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Sample HSP-100

NavDat sample number 29289 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-100
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
SIO248WT%EPMA
TIO22.25WT%EPMA
AL2O315.8WT%EPMA
FEOT12.13WT%EPMA
MNO0.15WT%EPMA
MGO7.83WT%EPMA
CAO8.88WT%EPMA
NA2O2.67WT%EPMA
K2O1.69WT%EPMA
P2O50.39WT%EPMA
TOTAL99.8WT%EPMA
NB26PPMXRF
ZR147PPMXRF
Y35PPMXRF
SR359PPMXRF
RB44PPMXRF
NI105PPMXRF
CR227PPMXRF
V225PPMXRF
SC20PPMXRF
BA1187PPMXRF
LA16.8PPMINAA
CE36.7PPMINAA
ND22.6PPMINAA
SM5.22PPMINAA
EU1.79PPMINAA
TB0.76PPMINAA
YB2.58PPMINAA
LU0.37PPMINAA
HF3.7PPMINAA
TA1.53PPMINAA
U0.49PPMINAA
TH1.26PPMINAA
D18O5.79PERMILLMS

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