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Sample 11550-1

NavDat sample number 7155 · RHYOLITE

Sample

Sample ID11550-1
Rock nameRHYOLITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
Collected byM.L. Silberman and F.J. Kleinampl, U.S. Geological Survey.
CommentColumnar-jointed porphyritic rhyolite with phenocrysts of biotite and alkali feldspar; Oddie Rhyolite. Sample collected from between Mt. Oddie and Ararat Mountain in the main part of the Tonopah mining district.

Location

Latitude38.0772
Longitude-117.223
LocationNye Co., NV
State / provinceNevada

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
17.3 16.8 17.8 M.L. Silberman, U.S. Geological Survey.

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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