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Sample HSP-61

NavDat sample number 29333 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-61
Rock nameBASALT
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionMAFIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentalkali olivine basalt; erupted from small shield volcano 1.5 km south of cinder cone which sourced the other Smith Praire units; porphyritic with phenos of plag and olivine in intersertal to intergranular groundmass of plag, olivine, pyroxene, sanidine, glass and opaques; given location is for the vent

Location

Latitude43.509
Longitude-115.505
LocationWestern Snake River Plain
State / provinceIdaho
Volcanic fieldBoise River Group 2, Smith Praire basalt, unit 3

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
0.2 0.05 0.35

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO248.7WT%EPMA
TIO21.99WT%EPMA
AL2O316.9WT%EPMA
FEOT10.52WT%EPMA
MNO0.11WT%EPMA
MGO6.87WT%EPMA
CAO9.35WT%EPMA
NA2O2.91WT%EPMA
K2O1.78WT%EPMA
P2O50.45WT%EPMA
TOTAL99.61WT%EPMA
NB34PPMXRF
ZR203PPMXRF
Y26PPMXRF
SR496PPMXRF
RB47PPMXRF
NI68PPMXRF
CR133PPMXRF
V181PPMXRF
SC20PPMXRF
BA618PPMXRF
LA21.33PPMINAA
CE46.7PPMINAA
ND25.7PPMINAA
SM5.59PPMINAA
EU1.797PPMINAA
TB0.732PPMINAA
YB2.3PPMINAA
LU0.357PPMINAA
HF4.38PPMINAA
TA2.17PPMINAA
U0.53PPMINAA
TH1.91PPMINAA
D18O5.91PERMILLMS

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