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Sample 56-B-1

NavDat sample number 8387 · RHYOLITE

Sample

Sample ID56-B-1
Rock nameRHYOLITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentGray to buff colored lava, often pumiceous; plagioclase An30-50, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, hornblende, and titanomagnetite phenocrysts set in a pilotaxitic cryptocrystalline groundmass dominated by plagioclase microlites and opaques.

Location

Latitude41.6359
Longitude-121.718
State / provinceCalifornia
Volcanic fieldMedicine Lake Highland
Location comment1/2 mi SW of hill 5598, on west side of barranca that separates this dome from the one represented by sample 47-B-1

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
0.95 0.81 1.09

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO271.47WT%XRF
AL2O314.48WT%XRF
FEO0.91WT%XRF
FE2O31.63WT%XRF
TIO20.31WT%XRF
MNO0.06WT%XRF
MGO0.51WT%XRF
CAO1.66WT%XRF
NA2O4.78WT%XRF
K2O3.18WT%XRF
P2O50.09WT%XRF

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