Sample: K-2558


Sample ID: K-2558 [1]
Station ID: K-2558
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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 20-25% plagioclase, to 2.5 mm; 20% subequal clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene, to 1.5 mm; 2-3% oxides to 0.5 mm; no olivine, sieving present in a few plagioclase grains, oxide-pyroxene-plagioclase aggregates also 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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