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Sample S92-H269

NavDat sample number 37042 · BASALTIC-ANDESITE

Sample

Sample IDS92-H269
Rock nameBASALTIC-ANDESITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionINTERMEDIATE
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentBasalt lava near top of Polallie escarpment, east side of Hood River. Second highest lava in this cliffy exposure; highest lava is the basaltic andesite of Dog River, which is younger than 0.78 Ma middle Plesitocene. Sampled lava upper Pleistocene in turn overlies a conglomerate deposited on top of upper Miocene andesite Wise, 1969; Keith and others, 1985. Magnetic polarity indeterminate at this site. Corresponds to Wise locality 112. Essentially alteration-free sample is petrographically and chemically similar to S92-H265

Location

Latitude45.4233
Longitude-121.564
State / provinceOregon

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
2.26 2.18 2.34

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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