Sample: K-2562
Sample ID: | K-2562 [1] | ||||||||||
Station ID: | K-2562 | ||||||||||
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Volcano: | Snowy | ||||||||||
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Collector: | Unknown, Unknown | ||||||||||
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Sample type 1: | Lava | ||||||||||
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Text Description: | Sample in thin section is 20% plagioclase, to 2.5 mm; 12-15% subequal amounts of clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene, to 2.5 mm; 1-2% oxides to 0.3 mm; no olivine; sieved plagioclase present in a few grains; oxide-pyroxene-plagioclase aggregates present. | ||||||||||
Sample Location: |
![]() ![]() Akutan Aniakchak Atka volcanic complex Augustine Cleveland Dutton Edgecumbe Fisher Gareloi Great Sitkin Griggs Iliamna Isanotski Kanaga Katmai Little Sitkin Mageik Makushin Martin Novarupta Pavlof Redoubt Semisopochnoi Shishaldin Snowy Spurr Takawangha Tanaga Trident Ugashik-Peulik Ukinrek Maars Veniaminof Westdahl Wrangell Legend ✕
30 km 20 mi |
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.

