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Sample USGSM-NTS10B
NavDat sample number 3007 · RHYOLITE
Sample
| Sample ID | USGSM-NTS10B |
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| Rock name | RHYOLITE |
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| Rock type | VOLCANIC |
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| Composition | FELSIC |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Collected by | M.L. Silberman, U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Comment | This flow is part of a rhyolitic complex cropping out in Bodie Canyon, west and north of the Aurora mining district. Parts of the rhyolite are altered, but no mineralization occurs within it. The age of this rhyolite see sample no. 29 also overlaps the age of mineralization of the Aurora mining district F.J. Kleinhampl and M.L. Silberman, unpublished data. |
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Location
| Latitude | 38.3011 |
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| Longitude | -118.897 |
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| Location | Aurora-Cedar Hill-Trench Canyon Alkali Valley Area |
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| State / province | Nevada |
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| Location comment | Mineral County, NV |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 11.3 |
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11.1 |
11.5 |
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Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
