Outcrop or artificial surface exposure, Granodiorite
| Geographic location |
-117.283333, 41.195833
117°
17'
"
W,
41°
11'
45"
N
Humboldt county,
NV
Osgood Mountains
1:62,500 scale map quadrangle
Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
OSGOOD MOUNTAINS; SOUTH-CENTRAL PART OF SEC. 6, T38N, R42E; 1,000 FT. NE OF ALPINE MINE, AT SADDLE
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| Source of sample | Outcrop or artificial surface exposure |
| Rock name | Granodiorite |
| Description | NORTH LOBE OF OSGOOD MOUNTAINS STOCK. MEDIUM-GRAINED BIOTITE-HORNBLENDE GRANODIORITE |
| Laboratories | USGS Menlo Park |
| Compiler name | Nichols, S.L. |
| Date compiled | 1978 02 |
| Precision of location | Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile) |
| Location comment | OSGOOD MOUNTAINS; SOUTH-CENTRAL PART OF SEC. 6, T38N, R42E; 1,000 FT. NE OF ALPINE MINE, AT SADDLE |
| Bibliographic reference | Silberman, M.L., and Mckee, E.H., 1971, K-Ar Ages Of Granitic Plutons In North-Central Nevada: Isochron/West, No. 1, p. 15-32. |
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| Geologic map unit | -117.283333, 41.195833 |
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
| Age estimate | 92.1 ± 1.8Ma age of intrusion
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| Type of analysis | conventional K-Ar |
| Rock or mineral analyzed | biotite 1% CHLORITE
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| Analytical details | |
| Lab sample ID | 1. USGS(M)-MB33B |
| Decay constants | 4.72E-04, 0.585E-04, 1.19E-04* |
| K2O concentration | 8.88 % |
| Radiogenic 40Ar concentration | 12.08 |
| Radiogenic Ar | 89 % |