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Sample YU-4-AY
NavDat sample number 4441 · BASALT
Sample
| Sample ID | YU-4-AY |
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| Rock name | BASALT |
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| Rock type | VOLCANIC |
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| Composition | MAFIC |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Collected by | Young, A.R. |
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| Comment | flow about 15 m thick interbedded with conglomerate; older than rhyolite YU-1-AY; date suggests correlation with Columbia River Basalt |
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Location
| Latitude | 41.6453 |
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| Longitude | -114.096 |
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| Location | Elko County |
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| State / province | Nevada |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 16.7 |
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14.7 |
18.7 |
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Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
References
- Armstrong, Richard Lee; Speed, Robert C; Graustein, W.C.; Young, A.Y. (1976) Potassium-argon dates from Arizona, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Isochron/West, vol.16, pp.1-6, 1976
