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Sample KW-912-67

NavDat sample number 4099 · BASALT

Sample

Sample IDKW-912-67
Rock nameBASALT
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionMAFIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Collected byK.L. Wier
Commentdark-grey to black; scattered pyroxene phenocrysts only 5% of rock in groundmass of plagioclase, pyroxene, and iron oxide

Location

Latitude45.2883
Longitude-111.941
LocationAlder Gulch at the placer gold discovery site monument which is 0.5 miles S of Virginia City; Madison County
State / provinceMontana

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
32.7 31.3 34.1

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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