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Sample BS-1
NavDat sample number 5005 · BASALT
Sample
| Sample ID | BS-1 |
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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 | M.L. Silberman, U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Comment | This and samples BS-1A and BS-1B are from the same specimen collected from one of a chain of cinder cones along the northwest flank of the Fish Creek Mountains. Samples were prepared using different techniques of acid treatment and analyzed for potassium and argon separately see BS-1A, BS-1B. This specimen was not treated but ground to 60 to 100 mesh. |
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Location
| Latitude | 40.3467 |
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| Longitude | -117.297 |
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| Location | Lander County |
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| State / province | Nevada |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 1.24 |
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1.03 |
1.45 |
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M.L. Silberman and J.L. Morton, U.S. Geological Survey |
Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
References
- Morton, Janet L. and Silberman, Miles L. of the U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park; Bonham, H.F. and Garside, Larry J. of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno; and Noble, Donald C. of the Michigan Technological University, Houghton (1977) K-AR AGES OF VOLCANIC ROCKS, PLUTONIC ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA - DETERMINATIONS RUN UNDER THE USGS-NBMG COOPERATIVE PROGRAM.
