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Sample CH82-61

NavDat sample number 11460 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDCH82-61
Rock nameBASALT
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionMAFIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentvery fine grained, intergranular to ophitic matrix of plagioclase, titanaugite, clay-altered olivine, and oxide; abundant interstitial clay; large phenocrysts and laths of plagioclase; scattered microphenocrysts of fresh olivine; glomeroporphyritic clumps of plagioclase and olivine

Location

Latitude41.7581
Longitude-115.457
Locationerode, highly fractured hill of Seventy Six Basalt along road from Jarbridge to Charleston in Copper Basin, southern Jarbidge Mtns; Elko County
State / provinceNevada

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
15.9 15.1 16.7

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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