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Sample USGSM-672-2
NavDat sample number 3011 · BASALTIC-ANDESITE
Sample
| Sample ID | USGSM-672-2 |
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| Rock name | BASALTIC-ANDESITE |
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| Rock type | VOLCANIC |
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| Composition | INTERMEDIATE |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Collected by | M.L. Silberman, F.R. Glass, U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Comment | The Aurora-Crater volcano is a complex of lavas and dikes with a central partly collapsed core within which the cinder cones have been built. It has suffered minimal erosion and retains geomorphic features common to very young volcanoes Kleinhampl and others, 1972. It occupies about 8 square miles, north of the Aurora mining district. Its age is the youngest isotopic age on volcanic rock from this area. |
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Location
| Latitude | 38.3128 |
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| Longitude | -118.882 |
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| Location | Aurora-Cedar Hill-Trench Canyon Alkali Valley Area |
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| State / province | Nevada |
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| Formation | Of Aurora-Crater |
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| Location comment | Mineral County, NV |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 0.26 |
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0.21 |
0.31 |
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Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
