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Sample U3MH-1400HS

NavDat sample number 84980 · PYROCLASTIC-FALL

Sample

Sample IDU3MH-1400HS
Rock namePYROCLASTIC-FALL
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentNonwelded tuff: Very pale orange to grayish yellow; zeolitic; minor pumice; very abundant felsic phenocrysts of feldspar and quartz; very abundant mafic minerals of black and bronze biotite and much less dark pyroxene; rare to minor lithic fragments.

Location

Latitude37.0307
Longitude-115.987
State / provinceNEVADA

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
15.125 15.15 15.1

Analyses

No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.

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