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Sample HSP-186

NavDat sample number 29326 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-186
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
SIO248.9WT%EPMA
TIO21.83WT%EPMA
AL2O317.3WT%EPMA
FEOT11.6WT%EPMA
MNO0.18WT%EPMA
MGO6.46WT%EPMA
CAO8.64WT%EPMA
NA2O3.07WT%EPMA
K2O2.05WT%EPMA
P2O50.45WT%EPMA
TOTAL100.48WT%EPMA
NB31PPMXRF
ZR165PPMXRF
Y29PPMXRF
SR429PPMXRF
RB56PPMXRF
NI63PPMXRF
CR76PPMXRF
V197PPMXRF
SC23PPMXRF
BA653PPMXRF

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