Sample: 94SJP6

Sample ID:	94SJP6 ^[1]
Station ID:	94SJP6
AT Num:
Volcano:	Skookum Creek
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector:	Preece, S. J.
Date sampled:	1994-00-00
Sample type 1:	Lava
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Final unit:
Text Description:	Approximately 50' thick dipping flow (N45W, 42SW) overlying? 94SJP5 at Site 12. Fine grained, holocrystalline, seriate porphyritic with a matrix of mesostasis, opaque, clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene. Plagioclase phenocrysts (An36-An61) are up to 0.9 mm and many have fine mica along cracks, some display normal zoning. Orthopyroxene phenocrysts are uncommon and up to 0.13 mm. An altered phase is present. Mode: 76.3% matrix, 19.3% plagioclase, 4.4% alteration.
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References Cited

[1] Geochemical variation in the less than 5 Ma Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska, with an emphasis on the Skookum Creek volcanic complex, 1997

Preece, S. J., 1997, Geochemical variation in the less than 5 Ma Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska, with an emphasis on the Skookum Creek volcanic complex: Miami University (Ohio) unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 547 p.

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