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Sample HSP-11

NavDat sample number 29327 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDHSP-11
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
0.2 0.05 0.35

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO246.2WT%EPMA
TIO22.2WT%EPMA
AL2O315.8WT%EPMA
FEOT13.34WT%EPMA
MNO0.19WT%EPMA
MGO7.18WT%EPMA
CAO9.14WT%EPMA
NA2O3WT%EPMA
K2O1.09WT%EPMA
P2O50.41WT%EPMA
TOTAL98.52WT%EPMA
NB23PPMXRF
ZR143PPMXRF
Y29PPMXRF
SR358PPMXRF
RB18PPMXRF
NI79PPMXRF
CR147PPMXRF
V226PPMXRF
SC30PPMXRF
BA428PPMXRF

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