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Sample ME-3
NavDat sample number 4986 · LATITE
Sample
| Sample ID | ME-3 |
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| Rock name | LATITE |
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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 | G.R. Priest, Mackay School of Mines and Geology |
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| Comment | Last volcanic rocks emplaced in Little Walker volcanic center, East Central California. These rocks were emplaced after the caldera collapse and eruption of the Eureka Valley Tuff Priest and others, 1974. |
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Location
| Latitude | 38.3083 |
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| Longitude | -119.517 |
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| Location | Mono County |
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| State / province | California |
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| Location comment | from Mt. Emma |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 8.9 |
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8.6 |
9.2 |
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M.L. Silberman, U.S. Geological Survey |
Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
References
- Morton, Janet L. and Silberman, Miles L. of the U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park; Bonham, H.F. and Garside, Larry J. of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno; and Noble, Donald C. of the Michigan Technological University, Houghton (1977) K-AR AGES OF VOLCANIC ROCKS, PLUTONIC ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA - DETERMINATIONS RUN UNDER THE USGS-NBMG COOPERATIVE PROGRAM.
