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Sample K-1
NavDat sample number 4157 · RHYOLITE
Sample
| Sample ID | K-1 |
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| Rock name | RHYOLITE |
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| Rock type | VOLCANIC |
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| Composition | FELSIC |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Collected by | H.F. Bonham, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, and M.L. Silberman, U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Comment | Crystal-poor columnar-jointed rhyolite with sparse phenocrysts of quartz and sanidine with rare iron oxides in a fine-grained groundmass of feldspars and quartz. |
Location
| Latitude | 37.9017 |
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| Longitude | -117.203 |
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| Location | Esmeralda County, NV |
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| State / province | Nevada |
Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
| 10.8 |
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10.5 |
11.1 |
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M.L. Silberman, U.S. Geological Survey |
Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.