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Sample CH82-32

NavDat sample number 11455 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDCH82-32
Rock nameBASALT
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionMAFIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentfine grained, ophitic to intergranular/interstitial matrix of cpx, plagioclase, olivine, oxide, and altered glass; scattered plagioclase laths and minor microphenocrysts of relict olivine completely altered to clay; abundant interstitial clay mainly after glass and olivine

Location

Latitude43.2341
Longitude-116.877
LocationLower Basalt flow along road S of Squaw Butte, Owyhee Mtns; Owyhee County
State / provinceIdaho

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
16.5 15.7 17.3

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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