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Sample KA1268
NavDat sample number 3051 · PYROCLASTIC-FALL
Sample
| Sample ID | KA1268 |
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| Rock name | PYROCLASTIC-FALL |
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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 | G.T. James, Univ. Calif. Berkeley |
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| Comment | Biotite tuff interbedded with fossil plant-bearing tuffaceous shale and lignite seam Axelrod, 1940, quoted in Robinson and others, 1968. |
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Location
| Latitude | 38 |
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| Longitude | -117.85 |
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| Location | Silver Peak Range |
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| State / province | Nevada |
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| Formation | Esmeralda Formation |
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| Location comment | UCMP Loc. P3924; at Darmes Coal Mine, Silver Peak Range; Esmeralda County, NV |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 13 |
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11.7 |
14.3 |
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Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
