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Sample USGSD-B-64

NavDat sample number 6242 · TUFF

Sample

Sample IDUSGSD-B-64
Rock nameTUFF
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentrhyolitic ash-flow tuff with quartz and sanidine phenocrysts, interbedded with rhyodacite flows; age appears too young if recently mapped stratigraphic relationships are correct

Location

Latitude44.4983
Longitude-114.277
LocationN slope of John Gulch; Custer County
State / provinceIdaho
Volcanic fieldChallis Volcanics

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
42.8 41.8 43.8

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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