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Sample PR95/6
NavDat sample number 85944 · TUFF
Sample
| Sample ID | PR95/6 |
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| Rock name | TUFF |
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| Rock type | VOLCANIC |
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| Composition | FELSIC |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Comment | Samples PR95/1-16 were collected along a line across a basaltic dike to determine alteration assemblages of tuffs intruded by basaltic dikes and sills at Paiute Ridge. PR95/6 is ash flow tuff from the same unit as described for PR95/1, 7.8 m NW from a 9.4 m wide basaltic dike sampled as PR95/16. No changes in hardness or color were noted for this sample although it is closer to the intruding dike compared to samples PR95/1-5. Jointing is apparent at the sample site. |
Location
| Latitude | 37.0903 |
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| Longitude | -115.954 |
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| State / province | NEVADA |
Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
| 11.46 |
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11.465 |
11.455 |
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Analyses
Whole Rock
| Item | Value | Std. dev. | Unit | Method |
| AL2O3 | 13.56 | | WT% | XRF |
| BAO | 602.118 | | PPM | XRF |
| BA | 539.3 | | PPM | XRF |
| CAO | 0.9165 | | WT% | XRF |
| CR2O3 | | | PPM | XRF |
| CR | | | PPM | XRF |
| FE2O3 | 1.426 | | WT% | XRF |
| K2O | 5.577 | | WT% | XRF |
| LOI | 3.35 | | WT% | XRF |
| MGO | 0.6077 | | WT% | XRF |
| MNO | 0.1109 | | WT% | XRF |
| MN | 0.0859 | | WT% | XRF |
| NA2O | 3.024 | | WT% | XRF |
| NB2O5 | 61.4127 | | PPM | XRF |
| NIO | | | PPM | XRF |
| NI | | | PPM | XRF |
| P2O5 | 0.0463 | | WT% | XRF |
| RB2O | 205.267 | | PPM | XRF |
| SIO2 | 70 | | WT% | XRF |
| SRO | 158.585 | | PPM | XRF |
| TIO2 | 0.2686 | | WT% | XRF |
| TOTAL | 98.87 | | WT% | XRF |
| V2O3 | 35.4082 | | PPM | XRF |
| Y2O3 | 57.438 | | PPM | XRF |
| ZNO | 76.6374 | | PPM | XRF |
| ZN | 61.57 | | PPM | XRF |
| ZRO2 | 515.6 | | PPM | XRF |
| ZR | 381.7 | | PPM | XRF |