Sample: K-2556


Sample ID: K-2556 [1]
Station ID: K-2556
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Volcano: Snowy
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Eruption:
Collector: Unknown, Unknown
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Lava
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Text Description: Sample in thin section is 20% plagioclase, to 3 mm; 10% subequal amounts of clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene, to 3 mm; 1-2% oxides, to 0.4 mm; no olivine, sieved plagioclase present in a few grains, oxide-pyroxene-plagioclase aggregates are present.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Snowy Mountain: A pair of small andesite-dacite stratovolcanoes in Katmai National Park, 2001

Hildreth, E. W., Fierstein, Judy, Lanphere, M. A., and Siems, D. F., 2001, Snowy Mountain: A pair of small andesite-dacite stratovolcanoes in Katmai National Park: in Gough, L. P. and Wilson, F. H., (eds.), Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper PP 1633, p. 13-34.
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