Sample: 52-Fs-94


Sample ID: 52-Fs-94 [1]
Station ID: 52-Fs-94
AT Num:
Volcano: Tanaga
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Fraser, G. D.
Date sampled: 1952-01-01
Sample type 1: Lava
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Text Description: Andesite basalt, flow or sill, S. Tanaga. Specimen 52-Fs-94 (Rittmann: andesine basalt) is a black, very fine grained rock. About 1 percent consists of scattered phenocrysts of plagioclase, clinopyroxene, and pseudomorphs after olivine. The groundmass has a strong flow structure and consists of microlites of calcic andesine, clinopyroxene, and opaque oxides.
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Orange (Watch)
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Uninstrumented
Geologic Sites

References Cited

[1] Geology of the Delarof and westernmost Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1959

Fraser, G. D., and Barnett, H. F., 1959, Geology of the Delarof and westernmost Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: in Investigations of Alaskan volcanoes, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-I, p. 211-248, 4 sheets, scale 3 at 1:25,000, and 1 at 1:250,000.
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