Outcrop or artificial surface exposure, Quartz diorite
| Geographic location |
-158.516667, 56.25
158°
31'
"
W,
56°
15'
"
N
AK
Chignik A-2
1:63,360 scale map quadrangle
Accurate to within 0.1 minute (~500 feet)
along S fork of the river which flows into Mallard Duck Bay
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| Source of sample | Outcrop or artificial surface exposure |
| Rock name | Quartz diorite |
| Description | chloritized, altered |
| Laboratories | USGS Menlo Park |
| Compiler name | Moscati, R. |
| Date compiled | 1992 04 |
| Precision of location | Accurate to within 0.1 minute (~500 feet) |
| Location comment | along S fork of the river which flows into Mallard Duck Bay |
| Bibliographic reference | Wilson, F.H., 1978, Map showing preliminary results of K-Ar studies in the Chignik and Sutwik Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geologica Survey Open File Report 78-1064. |
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| Geologic map unit | -158.516667, 56.25 |
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
| Age estimate | 21.18 ± 0Ma age of intrusion
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| Type of analysis | conventional K-Ar |
| Rock or mineral analyzed | sericite |
| Analytical details | |
| Lab sample ID | 77AWs 183 |
| Decay constants | 4.962E-04, 0.581E-04, 1.1167E-04 |
| K2O concentration | 2.514 % |
| Radiogenic 40Ar concentration | 0.7707 |
| Radiogenic Ar | 66 % |