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Sample Tuffs of Fleur-de-lis Ranch
NavDat sample number 17049 · TUFF
Sample
| Sample ID | Tuffs of Fleur-de-lis Ranch |
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| Rock name | TUFF |
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| Rock type | VOLCANIC |
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| Composition | FELSIC |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Comment | Averages 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
| Latitude | 37.1 |
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| Longitude | -116.7 |
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| Location | W side of TM-OV |
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| State / province | Nevada |
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| Volcanic field | Timber Mountain- Oasis Valley Caldera Complex |
Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
| 11.4 |
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10.26 |
12.54 |
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References
- Broxton, David E; Warren, Richard G; Byers, Frank M, Jr; Scott, Robert B (1989) Chemical and mineralogic trends within the Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley caldera complex, Nevada; evidence for multiple cycles of chemical evolution in a long-lived silicic magma system. Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, vol.94, no.5, pp.5961-5985, 10 May 1989 doi:10.1029/JB094iB05p05961