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Sample HSP-2

NavDat sample number 29287 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-2
Rock nameBASALT
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionMAFIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentalkali olivine basalt; aa flow erupted from cinder cone; nearly aphyritic; rare phenos of olivine and plag; intersertal groundmass of plag, olivine, glass, rare pyroxene, and stable K-feldspar; contains numerous granitic xenoliths in various stages of dissaggregation near its vent; location given is for the vent

Location

Latitude43.525
Longitude-115.566
LocationWestern Snake River Plain
State / provinceIdaho
Volcanic fieldBoise River Group 2, Smith Creek basalt

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
0.35 0.2 0.5

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO246.8WT%EPMA
TIO22.7WT%EPMA
AL2O317.1WT%EPMA
FEOT13.68WT%EPMA
MNO0.16WT%EPMA
MGO7.38WT%EPMA
CAO7.91WT%EPMA
NA2O1.81WT%EPMA
K2O1.07WT%EPMA
P2O50.38WT%EPMA
TOTAL99WT%EPMA
NB34PPMXRF
ZR184PPMXRF
Y38PPMXRF
SR340PPMXRF
RB20PPMXRF
NI129PPMXRF
CR177PPMXRF
V242PPMXRF
SC23PPMXRF
BA779PPMXRF
LA16.33PPMINAA
CE39.2PPMINAA
ND26PPMINAA
SM6.1PPMINAA
EU2.08PPMINAA
TB0.935PPMINAA
YB3.06PPMINAA
LU0.455PPMINAA
HF4.33PPMINAA
TA1.57PPMINAA
U0.35PPMINAA
TH1.22PPMINAA

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