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Sample U3CN5-2745.1C

NavDat sample number 84828 · SANDSTONE

Sample

Sample IDU3CN5-2745.1C
Rock nameSANDSTONE
MaterialSEDIMENTARY
CommentTuffaceous gravelly sandstone: Olive gray; moderately to strongly quartzo-feldspathic with substantial argillization and lesser zeolite, calcareous; subrounded to rounded pre-Tertiary rock fragments, up to cobble size, in a very tuffaceous, fine- to medium grained matrix of sandstone that contains partially altered feldspar and pseudomorphs after feldspar, black biotite, and zeolitic pumice fragments. Carbonaceous debris is present. This sample may represent a lahar.

Location

Latitude37.0576
Longitude-116.022
State / provinceNEVADA

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
52.5 66.4 38.6

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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