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Sample MHGFA3-WR
NavDat sample number 85654 · PYROCLASTIC-FALL
Sample
| Sample ID | MHGFA3-WR |
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| Rock name | PYROCLASTIC-FALL |
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| Rock type | VOLCANIC |
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| Composition | FELSIC |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Comment | Sample is dark yellowish brown vitric partially welded tuff with scarce to common very pale orange to very dark yellowish brown pumice to 22 mm. Felsic phenocrysts are scarce, black vitreous equant to highly elongate prismatic pyroxene and/or olivine is rare, and lithics are scarce to rare. |
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Location
| Latitude | 37.4738 |
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| Longitude | -116.586 |
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| State / province | NEVADA |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 9.37 |
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9.39 |
9.35 |
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Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
