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Sample HSP-101

NavDat sample number 29294 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-101
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
SIO248.2WT%EPMA
TIO22.44WT%EPMA
AL2O316WT%EPMA
FEOT12.44WT%EPMA
MNO0.2WT%EPMA
MGO7.51WT%EPMA
CAO8.35WT%EPMA
NA2O2.5WT%EPMA
K2O1.63WT%EPMA
P2O50.43WT%EPMA
TOTAL99.77WT%EPMA
NB26PPMXRF
ZR153PPMXRF
Y34PPMXRF
SR327PPMXRF
RB31PPMXRF
NI113PPMXRF
CR222PPMXRF
V241PPMXRF
SC22PPMXRF
BA1372PPMXRF

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