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Sample TV-1
NavDat sample number 7150 · TUFF
Sample
| Sample ID | TV-1 |
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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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| Collected by | H.F. Bonham and L.J. Garside, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, and R.P. Ashley and M.L. Silberman, U.S. Geological Survey. |
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| Comment | Upper unit, King Tonopah Member of Fraction Tuff. The upper unit of the King Tonopah Member of the Fraction Tuff yields an age approximately 1.5 m.y. younger than that of the lower unit. The age of the upper unit appears to overlap in time hydrothermal mineralization and alteration in the Tonopah mining district. |
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Location
| Latitude | 38.1011 |
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| Longitude | -117.218 |
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| Location | Nye Co., NV |
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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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| 18.7 |
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18.1 |
19.3 |
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M.L. Silberman, U.S. Geological Survey. |
Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
