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Sample MRH/93KV/8A

NavDat sample number 85672 · PYROCLASTIC-FALL

Sample

Sample IDMRH/93KV/8A
Rock namePYROCLASTIC-FALL
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentPinkish gray vitric nonwelded tuff, poorly sorted with scarce very light gray pumice to 5 mm. Scarce to common mafics are mostly black, bronze, and gray biotite, but include black prismatic hornblende. Abundance of felsics very difficult to estimate, but quartz is present.

Location

Latitude37.4189
Longitude-116.073
State / provinceNEVADA

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
15.05 15.1 15

Analyses

Whole Rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
AL2O313.63WT%XRF
BAO775.284PPMXRF
BA694.4PPMXRF
CAO1.547WT%XRF
CR2O3PPMXRF
CRPPMXRF
FE2O31.882WT%XRF
K2O4.56WT%XRF
LOI3.93WT%XRF
MGO0.5258WT%XRF
MNO0.0788WT%XRF
MN0.061WT%XRF
NA2O2.987WT%XRF
NB2O556.649PPMXRF
NIOPPMXRF
NIPPMXRF
P2O50.0626WT%XRF
RB2O224.952PPMXRF
SIO269.97WT%XRF
SRO444.062PPMXRF
TIO20.2531WT%XRF
TOTAL99.41WT%XRF
V2O322.4776PPMXRF
Y2O352.8283PPMXRF
ZNO94.1133PPMXRF
ZN75.61PPMXRF
ZRO2454.679PPMXRF
ZR336.6PPMXRF

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