Outcrop or artificial surface exposure, Tuff
| Geographic location |
-119.208333, 38.979167
119°
12'
30"
W,
38°
58'
45"
N
Lyon county,
NV
Yerington
1:62,500 scale map quadrangle
Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
YERINGTON DISTRICT, SOUTH OF WEED HEIGHTS AND NW OF MASON, SINGATSE RANGE
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| Source of sample | Outcrop or artificial surface exposure |
| Rock name | Tuff |
| Description | GUILD MINE MEMBER OF MICKEY PASS TUFF |
| Laboratories | Geochron (Krueger of Cambridge, MA) |
| Compiler name | Nichols, S.L. |
| Date compiled | 1978 04 |
| Precision of location | Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile) |
| Location comment | YERINGTON DISTRICT, SOUTH OF WEED HEIGHTS AND NW OF MASON, SINGATSE RANGE |
| Bibliographic reference | Proffett, J.M., Jr., and Proffett, B.H., 1976, Stratigraphy Of The Tertiary Ash-Flow Tuffs In The Yerington District, Nevada: Nevada Bureau Of Mines and Geology, Report 27, p. 16. |
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| Geologic map unit | -119.208333, 38.979167 |
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
| Age estimate | 28 ± 1Ma age of volcanism
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| Type of analysis | conventional K-Ar NO ANALYTICAL DATA GIVEN
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| Rock or mineral analyzed | biotite |
| Analytical details | |
| Lab sample ID | 675 |
| Decay constants | 4.72E-04, 0.585E-04, 1.19E-04 |
| Age estimate | 25.1 ± 1.8Ma minimum age of volcanism
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| Type of analysis | conventional K-Ar NO ANALYTICAL DATA GIVEN
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| Rock or mineral analyzed | plagioclase |
| Analytical details | |
| Lab sample ID | 675 |
| Decay constants | 4.72E-04, 0.585E-04, 1.19E-04 |