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Sanford, Richard F; Snee, Lawrence W (2005) U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin, Report: B 2064-II, 22 pp., May 2005

AuthorsSanford, Richard F; Snee, Lawrence W
Year2005
SourceU. S. Geological Survey Bulletin, Report: B 2064-II, 22 pp., May 2005
ISSN8755-531X
GeoRef2005-046755
Keywordsbreccia; Cenozoic; Challis Volcanics; Eocene; Idaho; igneous rocks;lava flows; lithostratigraphy; Little Wood River valley; Paleogene;pyroclastics; south-central Idaho; Tertiary; tuff; United States;USGS; volcanic rocks; volcaniclastics
NotesAccessed on July 6, 2005; includes appendix

Abstract

The Challis volcanic field is the largest of several Eocene volcanicfields in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. Inthe Little Wood River area of Idaho, rock types in the Eocene ChallisVolcanic Group include andesite lava flows and tuff breccia, dacitelava flows and flow breccia, volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks, lithictuff, nonvolcanic conglomerate, and rhyolite dikes.

28 samples from this reference

SampleRock nameMajorTraceIsotope
7H10ABasaltic-andesite yes
7H13Basaltic-andesite yes
7H18Basaltic-andesite yes
7H20Basaltic-andesite yes
7H22ABasaltic-andesite yes
7H59Shoshonite yes
7H22BAndesite yes
7H64Andesite yes
7H49Basalt yes
7H58Basalt yes
7H87ABasalt yes
7H35Dacite yes
7H109Dacite yes
7H110Dacite yes
7H21Trachyte yes
7H22DTrachyte yes
7H69Trachyte yes
7H34Rhyolite yes
7H31ARhyodacite yes
7H31BRhyolite yes
7H33 yes
7H126 yes
8H121Rhyolite
8H105Dacite
8H106Dacite
8H141Pyroclastic-fall
8H138Dacite
8H140Andesite