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Sample Older Tuffs Unit A

NavDat sample number 17023 · TUFF

Sample

Sample IDOlder Tuffs Unit A
Rock nameTUFF
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentAverages determined by analysis of pumice, vitrophyres, and devitrified interiors of ash flow tuffs and lava flows; additional data from Quinlivan and Byers 1977, Lipman et al. 1966, Spengler et al. 1981, Zielinski 1983, Scott and Castellanos 1984, and Broxton et al. 1986

Location

Latitude36.9
Longitude-116.5
LocationS side of TM-OV
State / provinceNevada
Volcanic fieldTimber Mountain- Oasis Valley Caldera Complex

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
14.3 12.87 15.73

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO275.3WT%XRF
TIO20.19WT%XRF
AL2O313.5WT%XRF
FEOT1.3WT%XRF
MNO0.04WT%XRF
P2O5-0.05WT%XRF
SC1.7PPMINAA
V19PPMINAA
CO1.1PPMINAA
ZR210PPMINAA
BA864PPMINAA
HF6.4PPMINAA
TA1.8PPMINAA
TH19PPMINAA
LA67PPMINAA
CE113PPMINAA
SM4.7PPMINAA
EU0.82PPMINAA
DY4.4PPMINAA
YB3.3PPMINAA
LU0.48PPMINAA

References