Sample 97-LT-53

NavDat sample number 130807 · ANDESITE

Sample

Sample ID	97-LT-53
Rock name	ANDESITE
Rock type	VOLCANIC
Composition	INTERMEDIATE
Material	IGNEOUS
Collected by	Cousens and others
Comment	pyroxene andesite

Location

Latitude	39.2269
Longitude	-120.081
Location	Carnelian Bay
State / province	California

Age

Age (Ma)	Error	Min	Max	Geologic age	Dated by
4.75		3.5	6

Analyses

Whole Rock

Item	Value	Std. dev.	Unit	Method
SIO2	57.58		WT%	XRF
TIO2	0.82		WT%	XRF
AL2O3	17.57		WT%	XRF
FE2O3	6.96		WT%	XRF
MNO	0.12		WT%	XRF
MGO	3.86		WT%	XRF
CAO	6.78		WT%	XRF
NA2O	3.43		WT%	XRF
K2O	2.03		WT%	XRF
P2O5	0.27		WT%	XRF
LOI	0.5		WT%	XRF
V	177		PPM	XRF
CR	28		PPM	XRF
NI	12		PPM	XRF
RB	49		PPM	XRF
SR	746		PPM	XRF
Y	20		PPM	XRF
ZR	159		PPM	XRF
BA	1089		PPM	XRF
LA	26.94		PPM	ICPMS
ND	26.48		PPM	ICPMS
YB	1.65		PPM	ICPMS
NB	6.97		PPM	ICPMS
CS	1.86		PPM	ICPMS
HF	4.1		PPM	ICPMS
TH	6.06		PPM	ICPMS

References

Cousens, Brian; Prytulak, Julie; Henry, Christopher; Alcazar, Al; Brownrigg, Tim (2008) Geology, geochronology, and geochemistry of the Miocene-Pliocene ancestral Cascades Arc, northern Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada;the roles of the upper mantle, subducting slab, and the Sierra Nevadalithosphere. Geosphere, vol. 4, no. 5, pp.829-853, Oct 2008 doi:10.1130/GES00166.1