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Sample BL-325

NavDat sample number 8351 · TRACHYTE

Sample

Sample IDBL-325
Rock nameTRACHYTE
Rock typePLUTONIC
CompositionINTERMEDIATE
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentholocrystalline, porphyritic; sanidine phenocrysts in aphanitic, trachytic groundmass; no plagioclase; rock is pervasively fractured and altered; all original mafic minerals have been altered to products such as limonite, hematite, clay, calcite, analcime, and K-feldspar

Location

Latitude44.475
Longitude-104.439
LocationWarren Peaks area of Bear Lodge Mountains
State / provinceWyoming
Volcanic fieldBear Lodge intrusive complex

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
50.5 49.3 51.7

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO259.7WT%EPMA
AL2O317.1WT%EPMA
FEOT8WT%EPMA
MGO0.3WT%EPMA
CAO0.3WT%EPMA
NA2O0.4WT%EPMA
K2O12.7WT%EPMA
TIO20.9WT%EPMA
P2O50.2WT%EPMA
MNO0.3WT%EPMA
SO30WT%EPMA

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