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Sample HSP-169

NavDat sample number 29324 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-169
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
SIO249.4WT%EPMA
TIO21.92WT%EPMA
AL2O317.6WT%EPMA
FEOT10.41WT%EPMA
MNO0.16WT%EPMA
MGO6.55WT%EPMA
CAO9.28WT%EPMA
NA2O3.16WT%EPMA
K2O1.8WT%EPMA
P2O50.43WT%EPMA
TOTAL100.72WT%EPMA
NB32PPMXRF
ZR184PPMXRF
Y30PPMXRF
SR526PPMXRF
RB47PPMXRF
NI73PPMXRF
CR130PPMXRF
V199PPMXRF
SC22PPMXRF
BA516PPMXRF

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