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Sample USGSD-M516-1

NavDat sample number 10035 · GRANITE

Sample

Sample IDUSGSD-M516-1
Rock nameGRANITE
Rock typePLUTONIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentmedium to coarse grained, unevenly textured, leucocratic; large, euhedral , equant quartz phenocrysts are conspicuous and distinctive; matrix consists of felted feldspars, minor biotite, and euhedral sphene; no primary foliation present

Location

Latitude45.6644
Longitude-113
Locationlarge outcrop N of open valley at 9050 ft elevation, NW of Bob's Lake; Beaverhead County
State / provinceMontana
Volcanic fieldPioneer Batholith

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
66.8 64.4 69.2

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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