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Sample SSP5

NavDat sample number 54568 · TUFF

Sample

Sample IDSSP5
Rock nameTUFF
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentSoda Springs, Sierra County, California [NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4, Sec 34, T 17 N, R 14 E, along Soda Springs Rd. at outlet to Ice Lakes] Stratigraphic section of both the lower and upper phase of the Nine Hill Tuff, lying without intervening sediment on a biotitic unwelded tuff of unknown affinity. Tuff in this section contains granitic lithic fragments up to 1 cm in size, similar to material in the BH samples. Un welded grey-white phenocryst poor, slightly pumiceous lower pahse tuff a few cm above the biotitic tuff, 2 m below a few-cm thick clay zone at the glassy/devitrivified transition.

Location

Latitude39.2942
Longitude-120.382
State / provinceCalifornia
Location commentSoda Springs Road Stratigraphic Section

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
22.78 19.21 26.34

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO273.23WT%XRF
TIO20.18WT%XRF
AL2O312.51WT%XRF
FEO2.52WT%XRF
MNO0.03WT%XRF
MGO-0.38WT%XRF
CAO0.37WT%XRF
NA2O3.68WT%XRF
K2O4.88WT%XRF
P2O5-0.08WT%XRF
ZN86PPMXRF
GA22PPMXRF
RB200PPMXRF
SR23PPMXRF
Y29PPMXRF
ZR380PPMXRF
NB28PPMXRF
CS7PPMXRF
BA125PPMXRF
PB38PPMXRF
TH26PPMXRF
LA35PPMXRF
CE62PPMXRF
PR-8PPMXRF
ND36PPMXRF
SM-8PPMXRF

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