Sample: K-2563


Sample ID: K-2563 [1]
Station ID: K-2563
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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 3 mm; 10-12% subequal amounts of clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene, to 2 mm; 1% oxides to 0.5 mm; no olivine; sieved plagioclase present in a few grains; oxide-pyroxene-plagioclase aggregates 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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