National Geochronological Database sample #3142

Outcrop or artificial surface exposure, Granodiorite

Geographic location
-117.267222, 41.176667
117° 16' 2" W, 41° 10' 36" N
Humboldt county, NV
Osgood Mountains 1:62,500 scale map quadrangle
Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
NORTH CENTER SEC. 17, T38N, R42E; NORTH SIDE OF JULIAN CREEK; OSGOOD MOUNTAINS
Source of sample Outcrop or artificial surface exposure
Rock name Granodiorite
Description OSGOOD MOUNTAINS STOCK. MEDIUM-GRAINED, EQUIGRANULAR GRANODIORITE CONSISTING OF ANDESINE, ORTHOCLASE, QUARTZ, BIOTITE, HORNBLENDE, AND MINOR MAGNETITE AND SPHENE.
Laboratories USGS Reston
Compiler name Nichols, S.L.
Date compiled 1977 12
Precision of location Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
Location comment NORTH CENTER SEC. 17, T38N, R42E; NORTH SIDE OF JULIAN CREEK; OSGOOD MOUNTAINS
Bibliographic reference Jaffe, H.W., Gottfried, D., Waring, C.L., and Worthing, H.W., 1959, Lead-alpha age determinations of accessory minerals of igneous rocks (1953-1957): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1097-B, 147 pp.
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Geologic map unit -117.267222, 41.176667
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