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Sample W-55

NavDat sample number 37039 · ANDESITE

Sample

Sample IDW-55
Rock nameANDESITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionINTERMEDIATE
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentRoadcut in lava flow. Reversed-polarity. Correspsonds to Wise locality 55 Wise, 1969. Highly plagioclase-phyric 30-35%, two-pyroxene andesite with rare opaque minerals and olivine phenocrysts in a very fine grained intergranular to holocrystalline groundmass; plagioclase and pyroxene phenocrysts show evidence of disequilibrium; traces of alteration among fractures

Location

Latitude45.2908
Longitude-121.565
State / provinceOregon

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
2.1 2.06 2.14

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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