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Sample HSP-12

NavDat sample number 29328 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-12
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
0.2 0.05 0.35

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO247.9WT%EPMA
TIO22.36WT%EPMA
AL2O316.3WT%EPMA
FEOT11.62WT%EPMA
MNO0.17WT%EPMA
MGO6.85WT%EPMA
CAO9.77WT%EPMA
NA2O2.87WT%EPMA
K2O1.37WT%EPMA
P2O50.59WT%EPMA
TOTAL99.86WT%EPMA
NB33PPMXRF
ZR202PPMXRF
Y22PPMXRF
SR466PPMXRF
RB26PPMXRF
NI73PPMXRF
CR154PPMXRF
V227PPMXRF
SC33PPMXRF
BA576PPMXRF

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