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Sample ML-74-17

NavDat sample number 8384 · RHYOLITE

Sample

Sample IDML-74-17
Rock nameRHYOLITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentGray pumiceous lava with unfilled and unlined vesicles; plagioclase An30-50 often oval-shaped from resorption; orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, and titanomagnetite phenocrysts set in a pilotaxitic groundmass dominated by fresh clear glass.

Location

Latitude41.6104
Longitude-121.553
State / provinceCalifornia
Volcanic fieldMedicine Lake Highland
Location commentsummit dome on Mount Hoffman

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
0.04 0 0.08

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO270.44WT%XRF
AL2O314.18WT%XRF
FEO1.68WT%XRF
FE2O30.88WT%XRF
TIO20.4WT%XRF
MNO0.06WT%XRF
MGO0.58WT%XRF
CAO1.65WT%XRF
NA2O4.68WT%XRF
K2O3.73WT%XRF
P2O50.07WT%XRF

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