Sample: 73-Arh-23AL


Sample ID: 73-Arh-23AL [1]
Station ID: 73-Arh-23
AT Num:
Volcano: Drum
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Richter, D. H.
Date sampled: 1973-01-01
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] 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5 Ma Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska, with an emphasis on the Skookum Creek volcanic complex: Miami University (Ohio) unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 547 p.