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Sample W-85

NavDat sample number 37031 · BASALTIC-ANDESITE

Sample

Sample IDW-85
Rock nameBASALTIC-ANDESITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionINTERMEDIATE
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentLava Collected in abandoned quarry above Forest Rd. Reversed-polarity Corresponds to Wise locality 85 Wise, 1969 and to sample 79LP1109 of Keith and others 1985. The latter is from a talus cone or slide block below our sampling locality and has a weighted mean age of 1.38 +/- .10 Ma. Underlies andesite of Hiyu Mtn, which has a virtually identical weighted mean age of 1.38 +/- 0.06 Ma. Olivine 2-3% phenocrysts in an intergranular groundmass of plagioclase, augite, and opaque minerals; traces of alteration

Location

Latitude45.4387
Longitude-121.839
State / provinceOregon

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
1.24 0.55 1.93

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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