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Sample USGS-D2391R
NavDat sample number 4957 · BASALT
Sample
| Sample ID | USGS-D2391R |
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| Rock name | BASALT |
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| Rock type | VOLCANIC |
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| Composition | MAFIC |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Collected by | R.C. Speed, Northwestern Univ. |
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| Comment | Silberman and others 1975 obtained a K-Ar whole-rock age of 3.8 +/- 0.6 m.y. on basalt from the same sequence but from a site on Candelaria Mountain about 1 km to the southwest. |
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Location
| Latitude | 38.1575 |
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| Longitude | -118.082 |
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| Location | Mineral County |
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| State / province | Nevada |
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| Volcanic field | Mina-Candelaria Region |
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| Location comment | E. side of mouth of Pickhandle Gulch |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 2.8 |
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2.7 |
2.9 |
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R.F. Marvin, H.H. Mehnert, and V.M. Merritt, U.S. Geological Survey |
Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
