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Sample HSP-1

NavDat sample number 29290 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-1
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
SIO248.4WT%EPMA
TIO22.39WT%EPMA
AL2O317.3WT%EPMA
FEOT12.72WT%EPMA
MNO0.16WT%EPMA
MGO6.63WT%EPMA
CAO8.5WT%EPMA
NA2O2.32WT%EPMA
K2O1.68WT%EPMA
P2O50.36WT%EPMA
TOTAL100.43WT%EPMA
NB29PPMXRF
ZR147PPMXRF
Y44PPMXRF
SR328PPMXRF
RB40PPMXRF
NI110PPMXRF
CR238PPMXRF
V267PPMXRF
SC29PPMXRF
BA1028PPMXRF
D18O6.3PERMILLMS

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