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Sample: FC-81

Sample ID: FC-81 [1]
Station ID: FC-81
AT Num:
Volcano: Fisher
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Unknown, Unknown
Date sampled: 2000-07-15
Sample type 1: Lava
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Dike seen intruding wall, cuts through cinders (which seem to be more massive here). Not sure if dike cuts Fisher Tuff, as we can't get that high up today. Cinders seem to weather grey in outcrop, looking like massive lava or ignimbrite Sparsely plag phyric, light grey, dense dike lava.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Volcanism on Unimak Island, Alaska, USA: a special focus on Shishaldin and Fisher volcanoes, 2003

Stelling, P. L., 2003, Volcanism on Unimak Island, Alaska, USA: a special focus on Shishaldin and Fisher volcanoes: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 193 p. and one CD-ROM.