Sample: 81ASh 2


Sample ID: 81ASh 2 [1]
Station ID: 81ASh 2
AT Num:
Volcano: Blue Mtn
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Shew, N. B.
Date sampled: 1981-01-01
Sample type 1: Lava
Color: Very light gray
Final unit:
Text Description: Very light gray (N 8), vesicular dacite porphyry. Major minerals are plagioclase (approximately An 63), biotite, hornblende, and quartz. Weakly flow foliated and contains phenocrysts of plagioclase, biotite, quartz, and rare hornblende in an aphanitic crystalline groundmass. Probably an extrusive dome.
Sample Location:

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.