Sample: 72-ARh-310


Sample ID: 72-ARh-310 [1]
Station ID: 72-ARh-310
AT Num:
Volcano: Jarvis
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Richter, D. H.
Date sampled: 1971-01-01
Sample type 1: Lava
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Dacite cinder cone. Chiefly dense glassy scoria and blocks showing bread-crust texture. Rocks are dark gray to black and contain phenocrysts of augite, plagioclase, and minor hypersthene in a glassy matrix. Cone still retains original form. K-Ar date (M.A. Lanphere, written commun., 1974) on plagioclase indicates age of 1.34 +/- 0.20 m.y. (Sample 72-ARh-310)
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Geologic map of the Nabesna A-5 quadrangle, Alaska, 1976

Richter, D.H., and Smith, R.L., 1976, Geologic map of the Nabesna A-5 quadrangle, Alaska: US Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map 1292, 1 sheet, available at http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/pubs?reqtype=citation&ID=13027 .