Sample: 74ALe-52


Sample ID: 74ALe-52 [1]
Station ID: 74ALe-52
AT Num:
Volcano: Drum
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Unknown, Unknown
Date sampled: 1974-00-00
Sample type 1: Lava
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Rhyodacite dome of Snider Peak - remnant core of rhyodacite dome representing one of the latest stages of eruptive history of Mount Drum Volcano. Rocks of dome are light gray to light buff gray, have a sugary texture, and are locally vesicular. They contain sparse small (2 mm) phenocrysts of plagioclase, strongly oxidized hornblende, and rare hypersthene and augite in a vapor-phase crystallized groundmass of feldspars and minor hypersthene. Chemistry: sample 17 (73-ARh-23)
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Geologic map of the Gulkana A-2 quadrangle, Alaska, 1979

Richter, D. H., Smith, R. L., Yehle, L. A., and Miller, T. P., 1979, Geologic map of the Gulkana A-2 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geological Quadrangle Map GQ 1520, unpaged, 1 plate, scale 1:63,360.