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Sample YU-PZ345a

NavDat sample number 2974 · RHYOLITE

Sample

Sample IDYU-PZ345a
Rock nameRHYOLITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Collected byPansze, Arthur J
Commentdark reddish-brown; porphyritic with 40-50% phenocrysts of plagioclase, biotite, quartz, and sanidine, in a felsitic groundmass; flow brecciated

Location

Latitude43.0028
Longitude-116.751
Locationfrom a poorly exposed exogenous dome; in Long Gulch W of Silver City, Owyhee County
State / provinceIdaho
Volcanic fieldupper rhyolite unit

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
16 15.7 16.3

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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