Sample: 81ARj 13b


Sample ID: 81ARj 13b [1]
Station ID: 81ARj 13
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Volcano: Ugashik caldera
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Riehle, J. R.
Date sampled: 1981-01-01
Sample type 1: Lava
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Text Description: inclusion from sample 81ARj 13. Porphyritic hornblende-biotite dacite. Vesicular, flow-foliated glassy groundmass contains rounded phenocrysts of plagioclase and quartz. Dominant mafic is dark-green hornblende, abundant biotite after hornblende, and no orthopyroxene as compared to sample 81ARj 13. Plagioclase is albite twinned and has rare Carlsbad twins.
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References Cited

[1] Map and tables showing geochronology and whole-rock geochemistry of selected samples, Ugashik and part of Karluk quadrangles, Alaska, 1992

Wilson, F.H., and Shew, Nora, 1992, Map and tables showing geochronology and whole-rock geochemistry of selected samples, Ugashik and part of Karluk quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1539-E, 34 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.