National Geochronological Database sample #3882

Outcrop or artificial surface exposure, Quartz monzonite

Geographic location
-114.883333, 39.08
114° 53' " W, 39° 4' 48" N
White Pine county, NV
Ely 1:62,500 scale map quadrangle
Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
Source of sample Outcrop or artificial surface exposure
Rock name Quartz monzonite
Description QUARTZ MONZONITE OF THE WARD PLUTON
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)
Bibliographic reference McKee, E.H., Tarshis, A.L., and Marvin, R.F., 1976, Summary Of Radiometric Ages Of Tertiary Volcanic and Selected Plutonic Rocks In Nevada, Part V: Northeastern Nevada: Isochron/West, no. 16, p. 15-27.
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Geologic map unit -114.883333, 39.08
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K-Ar age determinations

Age estimate 35.1 ± 1.3Ma
age of intrusion
Type of analysis conventional K-Ar
NO ANALYTICAL DATA GIVEN
Rock or mineral analyzed biotite
Analytical details
Lab sample ID 62
Decay constants 4.72E-04, 0.585E-04, 1.19E-04