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SAMPLE INFO : UT1562
Sample ID:UT1562
Station ID:Jackson_Hill
Latitude:64.016
Longitude:-139.366
Datum:NAD83
Sample Type 1:Tephra Fall
 Text Description:
Consists mostly of bubble-wall glass shards with feldspar, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and minor amounts of green or red amphibole, titanomagnetite, ilmenite, apatite and zircon. From Preece et al. (2011): n.d. on deposit thickness; pumice, bubble-wall shards, spheres with a small amount of brown glass; in colluvial silt in channel incised into underlying Klondike Gravel; field name DF96-05

References:
The variegated (VT) tephra: A new regional marker for middle to late marine isotope stage 5 across Yukon and Alaska
A catalogue of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike Goldfields and adjacent areas, Yukon Territory
Glass-fission-track ages of late Cenozoic distal tephra beds in the Klondike district, Yukon Territory

GEOCHEM DATA
StationIDLatitudeLongitudeGeologistDateVisitedAge InfoVolcanoEruptionLocation DescriptionText DescriptionSample IDSample Type 1Sample Type 2Final UnitMaterialCoeffSiO2TiO2Al2O3FeOTMnOMgOCaONa2OK2OP2O5Total-majorsREF majorsMETH majorsFe2O3/Fe203T origFeO/FeOT origVolatiles csvMETH volatilesCsRbBaSrLaCePrNdSmEuGdTbDyHoErTmYbLuYZrNbHfTaPbThUScVCrFeCoNiCuZnGaMoAsNaKRef trace1METH trace1RbBaSrLaCeNdSmEuGdDyErYbLuYZrNbPbThUScTiVCrNiCuZnGaRef trace2METH trace2Light csvHalogen csvother major csvother lile csvother ree csvother hfse csvother hpe csvother tm csvother misc csv
Jackson_Hill64.016-139.366Unknown, Unknown 130000 ± 30000 known unit; 10321; Age is approximate. Glass - FT date obtained from sample UT1637; Sandhu and others (2001).Jackson Hill is located on the south side of the lower Klondike River valley, above the canyon mouth of Bonanza Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Coordinates from Froese and others (2005); vary slightly from those reported in Jensen and others (2011). Datum not provided, assumed to be NAD83.Consists mostly of bubble-wall glass shards with feldspar, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and minor amounts of green or red amphibole, titanomagnetite, ilmenite, apatite and zircon. From Preece et al. (2011): n.d. on deposit thickness; pumice, bubble-wall shards, spheres with a small amount of brown glass; in colluvial silt in channel incised into underlying Klondike Gravel; field name DF96-05UT1562Tephra FallCumulateGlass 3.97 67 721 177 18.29 37 5.38 22.6 5.73 1.4 6.26 1.03 6.31 1.3 3.83 0.62 3.99 0.5 36 256 6.3 6.56 0.31 6 3.17 10321ICPMS

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