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Sample BL-83

NavDat sample number 8420 · TRACHYTE

Sample

Sample IDBL-83
Rock nameTRACHYTE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionINTERMEDIATE
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentholocrystalline, aphanitic, distinctly porphyritic; phenocrysts of orthoclase, aegirine-augite, melanite, and sphene; trachytic groundmass of orthoclase microlites and minor aegirine

Location

Latitude44.4738
Longitude-104.484
LocationBear Lodge Mountains, Houston Creek area
State / provinceWyoming

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
43.9 36.7 51.1

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO261.36WT%EPMA
AL2O318.2WT%EPMA
FE2O32.14WT%EPMA
FEO1.49WT%EPMA
MGO0.87WT%EPMA
CAO2.87WT%EPMA
NA2O5.88WT%EPMA
K2O6.05WT%EPMA
TIO20.64WT%EPMA
P2O50.36WT%EPMA
MNO0.12WT%EPMA
SO30WT%EPMA

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