Sample MP-845

NavDat sample number 32385 · GRANITE

Sample

Sample ID	MP-845
Rock name	GRANITE
Rock type	PLUTONIC
Composition	FELSIC
Material	IGNEOUS

Location

Latitude	37.6567
Longitude	-119.412
Location	Ritter Range Roof Pendant - Minarets sequence
State / province	California
Pluton	Leucogranite Porphyry of Red Peak

Age

Age (Ma)	Error	Min	Max	Geologic age	Dated by
96		88	105

Analyses

Whole rock

Item	Value	Std. dev.	Unit	Method
SIO2	77.9		WT%	RAPID_ROCK
TIO2	0.14		WT%	RAPID_ROCK
AL2O3	12.8		WT%	RAPID_ROCK
FE2O3	0.32		WT%	RAPID_ROCK
FEO	0.16		WT%	RAPID_ROCK
MNO	0		WT%	RAPID_ROCK
MGO	0.1		WT%	RAPID_ROCK
CAO	0.54		WT%	RAPID_ROCK
NA2O	3.8		WT%	RAPID_ROCK
K2O	4.3		WT%	RAPID_ROCK
P2O5	0.06		WT%	RAPID_ROCK

References

Bateman, Paul C; Dodge, Franklin C W; Bruggman, Peggy E (1984) Major oxide analyses, CIPW norms, modes, and bulk specific gravities of plutonic rocks from the Mariposa 1 degrees by 2 degrees sheet, central Sierra Nevada, California. Open-File Report - U. S. Geological Survey, Report: OF 84-0162, 59 pp., 1984