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Sample HSP-73

NavDat sample number 29309 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-73
Rock nameBASALT
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionMAFIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentalkali olivine basalt; microporphyritic with microphenos of olivine and plag in fine-grained, subophitic to intersertal matrix of plag, pyroxene, glass, and opaques; erupted from same cinder cone as unit 1; location given is for vent

Location

Latitude43.509
Longitude-115.505
LocationWestern Snake River Plain
State / provinceIdaho
Volcanic fieldBoise River Group 2, Smith Praire basalt, unit 2

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
0.26 0.1 0.42

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO249.6WT%EPMA
TIO21.92WT%EPMA
AL2O316.8WT%EPMA
FEOT10.39WT%EPMA
MNO0.11WT%EPMA
MGO6.58WT%EPMA
CAO9.14WT%EPMA
NA2O2.83WT%EPMA
K2O1.7WT%EPMA
P2O50.29WT%EPMA
TOTAL99.43WT%EPMA
NB38PPMXRF
ZR208PPMXRF
Y31PPMXRF
SR496PPMXRF
RB41PPMXRF
NI70PPMXRF
CR138PPMXRF
V189PPMXRF
SC26PPMXRF
BA682PPMXRF

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