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Sample HSP-96

NavDat sample number 29313 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-96
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
SIO248.4WT%EPMA
TIO21.87WT%EPMA
AL2O316.4WT%EPMA
FEOT10.31WT%EPMA
MNO0.11WT%EPMA
MGO8.58WT%EPMA
CAO9.68WT%EPMA
NA2O2.73WT%EPMA
K2O1.37WT%EPMA
P2O50.37WT%EPMA
TOTAL99.81WT%EPMA
NB31PPMXRF
ZR165PPMXRF
Y24PPMXRF
SR501PPMXRF
RB30PPMXRF
NI117PPMXRF
CR272PPMXRF
V203PPMXRF
SC26PPMXRF
BA596PPMXRF

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