Sample: 72-PCL-71


Sample ID: 72-PCL-71 [1]
Station ID: 72-PCL-71
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Collector: Lowe, P. C.
Date sampled: 1972-00-00
Sample type 1: Lava
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Text Description: Wrangell Lava. Rhyodacite domes and associated flows. Massive, usually gray rocks that weather pinkish gray to tan. Commonly porphyritic, with abundant phenocrysts of plagioclase (as much as 60% of rock), hypersthene, and minor oxyhornblende and altered biotite. Locally devitrified and altered to chlorite and clay minerals. K-Ar date on plagioclase from large dome in northeastern part of quadrangle (sec. 7 , T. 7 N., R. 13 E.) is 3.74 m.y. (M. Lanphere, written commun., 1977)
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References Cited

[1] Geologic map of the Nabesna B-5 Quadrangle, Alaska, 1982

Lowe, P.C., Richter, D.H., Smith, R.L., and Schmoll, H.R., 1982, Geologic map of the Nabesna B-5 Quadrangle, Alaska: US Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Maps 1566, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360, available at http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/pubs?reqtype=citation&ID=13055 .