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Sample R3476
NavDat sample number 4965 · BASALT
Sample
| Sample ID | R3476 |
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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 | J.S. Oldow, Northwestern Univ. |
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| Comment | unit 6 of Miocene tuffs of the Candelaria Hills. Olivine basalt lava with phenocrysts of altered olivine, fresh clinopyroxene, and plagioclase in a groundmass of pyroxene, plagioclase, ore, and unaltered brown glass. |
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Location
| Latitude | 38.2011 |
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| Longitude | -118.096 |
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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 | approx. 4.5 km N of Candelaria townsite |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 24.1 |
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22.2 |
26 |
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Geochron Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Mass. |
Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
