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Sample W3
NavDat sample number 54498 · TUFF
Sample
| Sample ID | W3 |
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| Rock name | TUFF |
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| Rock type | VOLCANIC |
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| Composition | FELSIC |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Comment | Wassuk Range, Lyon county, Nevada [Location of reference section of the Bluestone Mine tuff of Proffett and Proffett, 1976; NE 1/4, SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, Sec 36, T13N, R26E, just north of main dirt road]. Stratigraphic section of unwelded vitric pumicous lithic glassy tuff of Hackett Canyon, not the Nine Hill Tuff. Includes some bedded tuffs. |
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Location
| Latitude | 38.9417 |
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| Longitude | -119.023 |
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| State / province | Nevada |
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| Location comment | Wassuk Range Stratigraphic Section |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 21.18 |
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17.35 |
25 |
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