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Sample T-353
NavDat sample number 124302 · MONZODIORITE
Sample
| Sample ID | T-353 |
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| Rock name | MONZODIORITE |
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| Rock type | PLUTONIC |
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| Composition | INTERMEDIATE |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Collected by | Paterson and others |
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| Comment | Layered units with complex schlieren and troughs. Located in area where all three units (Kuna Crest, Half Dome, Cathedral Peak) occur. The schlieren also vary some with K-feldspar megacrysts, some without. Sample interpreted in field to be porphyritic Half Dome |
Location
| Latitude | 37.9595 |
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| Longitude | -119.294 |
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| State / province | California |
Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
| 90 |
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85 |
95 |
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References
- Paterson, Scott R; Zak, Jiri; Janousek, Vojtech (2008) Growth of complex sheeted zones during recycling of older magmaticunits into younger; Sawmill Canyon area, Tuolumne Batholith, SierraNevada, California. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 177, no. 2,pp.457-484, 25 Oct 2008 doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.024