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Sample UE7F-2570

NavDat sample number 84416 · PYROCLASTIC-FALL

Sample

Sample IDUE7F-2570
Rock namePYROCLASTIC-FALL
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentSample is grayish orange pink zeolitic and minor calcareous massive nonwelded tuff with common white pumice, mostly 1 to 3 mm, and common mostly bronze biotite, and including one large black grain that is probably hornblende. Ovoid liesegang rings, with long axes to 8 mm and short axes to 5 mm, have white interiors and moderate red outer bands. Rare lithics include a single grayish black, 0.8-mm diameter fragment observed.

Location

Latitude37.0887
Longitude-116.049
State / provinceNEVADA

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
15.35 15.4 15.3

Analyses

Whole Rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
UO25.1604PPMNAA
BAO838.923PPMXRF
BA751.4PPMXRF
CE2O3152.265PPMXRF
FE2O31.62WT%XRF
LA2O385.2714PPMXRF
NB2O557.2927PPMXRF
ND2O347.6104PPMXRF
RB2O172.24PPMXRF
SRO559.365PPMXRF
Y2O348.3836PPMXRF
ZNO38.7357PPMXRF
ZN31.12PPMXRF
ZRO2383.222PPMXRF
ZR283.7PPMXRF

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