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Sample KW-19-66

NavDat sample number 4097 · ANDESITE

Sample

Sample IDKW-19-66
Rock nameANDESITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionINTERMEDIATE
MaterialIGNEOUS
Collected byK.L. Wier
Commentphenocrysts of andesine and also biotite and magnetite; cloudy microcrystalline groundmass; believed to be erosional remnant of a lava flow

Location

Latitude45.2986
Longitude-111.935
Locationrock quarry N of Virginia City; Madison County
State / provinceMontana

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
51 47.2 54.8

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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