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Sample CH82-61

NavDat sample number 11459 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDCH82-61
Rock nameBASALT
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionMAFIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentvery fine grained, intergranular to ophitic matrix of plagioclase, titanaugite, clay-altered olivine, and oxide; abundant interstitial clay; large phenocrysts and laths of plagioclase; scattered microphenocrysts of fresh olivine; glomeroporphyritic clumps of plagioclase and olivine

Location

Latitude41.7581
Longitude-115.457
Locationerode, highly fractured hill of Seventy Six Basalt along road from Jarbridge to Charleston in Copper Basin, southern Jarbidge Mtns; Elko County
State / provinceNevada

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
12.4 11.7 13.1

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO248.4WT%UNKNOWN
TIO21.88WT%UNKNOWN
AL2O318.3WT%UNKNOWN
FE2O3T11.8WT%UNKNOWN
MNO0.17WT%UNKNOWN
MGO4.17WT%UNKNOWN
CAO7.96WT%UNKNOWN
NA2O3.73WT%UNKNOWN
K2O1.56WT%UNKNOWN
P2O50.48WT%UNKNOWN
LOI1.16WT%UNKNOWN
TOTAL99.61WT%UNKNOWN

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