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Sample UAKA-73-18

NavDat sample number 123990 · RHYOLITE

Sample

Sample IDUAKA-73-18
Rock nameRHYOLITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentBiotite, rhyolite ash-flow tuff The flow is tilted, striking northwest, dipping 40-50 degrees northeast. Unconsolidated gravel above this flow is tilted also. Sample (#19,UAKA-73-19) from this site is flat-lying lava flow. The flow predates deformation, a limiting older age for the mid-Tertiary unconformity.

Location

Latitude33.4662
Longitude-113.953
LocationDofa Butte Quad., Yuma Co., AZ
State / provinceArizona

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
23.6 22.98 24.22

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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