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Sample HSP-7

NavDat sample number 29286 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-7
Rock nameBASALT
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionMAFIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentalkali olivine basalt; aa flow erupted from cinder cone; nearly aphyritic; rare phenos of olivine and plag; intersertal groundmass of plag, olivine, glass, rare pyroxene, and stable K-feldspar; contains numerous granitic xenoliths in various stages of dissaggregation near its vent; location given is for the vent

Location

Latitude43.525
Longitude-115.566
LocationWestern Snake River Plain
State / provinceIdaho
Volcanic fieldBoise River Group 2, Smith Creek basalt

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
0.35 0.2 0.5

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO247.2WT%EPMA
TIO22.56WT%EPMA
AL2O315.8WT%EPMA
FEOT12.68WT%EPMA
MNO0.17WT%EPMA
MGO7.34WT%EPMA
CAO9.42WT%EPMA
NA2O2.73WT%EPMA
K2O1.36WT%EPMA
P2O50.33WT%EPMA
TOTAL99.64WT%EPMA
NB20PPMXRF
ZR144PPMXRF
Y34PPMXRF
SR360PPMXRF
RB22PPMXRF
NI93PPMXRF
CR172PPMXRF
V244PPMXRF
SC23PPMXRF
BA655PPMXRF
LA15.83PPMINAA
CE35.9PPMINAA
ND26PPMINAA
SM5.7PPMINAA
EU2PPMINAA
TB0.828PPMINAA
YB2.97PPMINAA
LU0.429PPMINAA
HF4.17PPMINAA
TA1.55PPMINAA
U0.22PPMINAA
TH1.14PPMINAA

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