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Sample: 81-ASj-86

Sample ID: 81-ASj-86 [1]
Station ID: 81-ASj-86
AT Num:
Volcano: Tanada Peak
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Unknown, Unknown
Date sampled: 1981-00-00
Sample type 1: Lava
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Wrangell Lava. Young basalts and basaltic andesites (Pleistocene). Erupted from a vent, or group of vents, on the north flank of Tanada shield volcano. Flows. Chiefly dark gray to grayish-black, thin to medium (2-5 m), olivine basalt and basaltic andesite flows. * * * Whole rock K-Ar age of sample 81-ASj-86 (map locality 19) is 0.97 +/- 0.05 Ma (table 2).
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Geologic map of the Nabesna B-6 Quadrangle, south-central Alaska, 1993

Richter, D. H., Smith, J. G., Schmoll, H. R., and Smith, R. L., 1993, Geologic map of the Nabesna B-6 Quadrangle, south-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geological Quadrangle Map GQ 1688, unpaged, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.