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Sample BE-531

NavDat sample number 32825 · PYROCLASTIC-FLOW

Sample

Sample IDBE-531
Rock namePYROCLASTIC-FLOW
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentflow-layered; strong vapor-phase crystallization with tridymite and K-feldspar; phenos of qtz, K-feldspar, plag, and altered mafics

Location

Latitude42.4756
Longitude-116.833
Locationjust south of road to Brace Brothers ranch on NE flank of Juniper Mountain
State / provinceIdaho
Volcanic fielddevitrified upper-lobes tuff of Juniper Mountain

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
13.9 13.4 14.4

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO275.87WT%XRF
AL2O311.66WT%XRF
FE2O31.29WT%XRF
FEO0.19WT%XRF
MGO0.1WT%XRF
CAO0.88WT%XRF
NA2O3.18WT%XRF
K2O5.31WT%XRF
H2O_PLUS0.34WT%XRF
H2O_MINUS0.45WT%XRF
TIO20.18WT%XRF
P2O50.26WT%XRF
MNO0.026WT%XRF
CO20.32WT%XRF
TOTAL100.06WT%XRF

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