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Sample HSP-40

NavDat sample number 29320 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-40
Rock nameBASALT
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionMAFIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentalkali olivine basalt; microporphyritic with microphenos of olivine and plag in fine-grained, subophitic to intersertal matrix of plag, pyroxene, glass, and opaques; erupted from same cinder cone as unit 1; location given is for vent

Location

Latitude43.509
Longitude-115.505
LocationWestern Snake River Plain
State / provinceIdaho
Volcanic fieldBoise River Group 2, Smith Praire basalt, unit 2

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
0.26 0.1 0.42

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO248.8WT%EPMA
TIO21.79WT%EPMA
AL2O316.5WT%EPMA
FEOT10.53WT%EPMA
MNO0.16WT%EPMA
MGO8.9WT%EPMA
CAO10.07WT%EPMA
NA2O2.07WT%EPMA
K2O1.05WT%EPMA
P2O50.11WT%EPMA
TOTAL100.05WT%EPMA
NB29PPMXRF
ZR164PPMXRF
Y27PPMXRF
SR452PPMXRF
RB33PPMXRF
NI127PPMXRF
CR268PPMXRF
V212PPMXRF
SC23PPMXRF
BA511PPMXRF
D18O5.64PERMILLMS

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