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SAMPLE INFO : 95-ASL-11
Sample ID:95-ASL-11
Station ID:95-ASL-11
Latitude:62.18
Longitude:-143.09998
Datum:NAD83
Sample Type 1:Lava
Sample Type 2:Flow
Field Lithology:Basaltic Andesite
Text Description:
Sample taken from the base of a 60' basaltic andesite? flow. Flow is bracketed by oxidized zones, with an increase in vesicularity with elevation. Talus is blocky and massive, and much like the flow represented by sample 10. Sample contains up to 5% orange weathered ferromagnesian minerals, and occasional 4-6 mm acicular plagioclase in a dark blue groundmass.

References:
A reconnaissance study of mafic to intermediate intra-arc volcanism in the western Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska

GEOCHEM DATA
StationIDLatitudeLongitudeGeologistDateVisitedAge InfoVolcanoEruptionLocation DescriptionText DescriptionSample IDSample Type 1Sample Type 2Final UnitMaterialSiO2TiO2Al2O3FeOTMnOMgOCaONa2OK2OP2O5Total-majorsREF majorsMETH majorsFe2O3/Fe203T origFeO/FeOT origVolatiles csvMETH volatilesCsRbBaSrLaCePrNdSmEuGdTbDyHoErTmYbLuYZrNbHfTaPbThUScVCrFeCoNiCuZnGaMoAsNaKRef trace1METH trace1RbBaSrLaCeNdSmEuGdDyErYbLuYZrNbPbThUScTiVCrNiCuZnGaRef trace2METH trace2Light csvHalogen csvother major csvother lile csvother ree csvother hfse csvother hpe csvother tm csvother misc csv
95-ASL-1162.18-143.09998Lunt, A. S. GordonBase of Horseshoe Mesa. SE 1/4, SE 1/4, Sec 25, T5N, R12E, Nabesna A-5 quad, AlaskaSample taken from the base of a 60' basaltic andesite? flow. Flow is bracketed by oxidized zones, with an increase in vesicularity with elevation. Talus is blocky and massive, and much like the flow represented by sample 10. Sample contains up to 5% orange weathered ferromagnesian minerals, and occasional 4-6 mm acicular plagioclase in a dark blue groundmass.95-ASL-11LavaWhole-rock 56 1.42 17.23 7.06 0.14 4.24 7.3 4.12 1.3 0.43 100.716122DCP7.847.06LOI=0.7DCP 26 446 521 21 47 29 204 9.4 22 155 57 39 35 71 20 6122DCP

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