Outcrop or artificial surface exposure, Granite
| Geographic location |
-76.175, 39.733333
76°
10'
30"
W,
39°
44'
"
N
Lancaster county,
PA
Conowingo Dam
1:24,000 scale map quadrangle
Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
APPROX 0.7 MILE NORTH OF PENNSYLVANIA-MARYLAND STATE LINE
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| Source of sample | Outcrop or artificial surface exposure |
| Rock name | Granite |
| Description | GRANITIZED PETERS CREEK FORMATION (MODERATE ALTERATION) |
| Laboratories | Berkeley Geochronology Center |
| Compiler name | Godoy, M.M. |
| Date compiled | 1979 03 |
| Precision of location | Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile) |
| Location comment | APPROX 0.7 MILE NORTH OF PENNSYLVANIA-MARYLAND STATE LINE |
| Bibliographic reference | Lapham, D.M., and Bassett, W.A., 1964, K-Ar dating of rocks and tectonic events in the Piedmont of southeastern Pennsylvania: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 75, p. 661-668 |
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| Geologic map unit | -76.175, 39.733333 |
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
| Age estimate | 360 ± 18Ma |
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| Type of analysis | conventional K-Ar NO ANALYTICAL DATA GIVEN
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| Rock or mineral analyzed | muscovite |
| Analytical details | |
| Lab sample ID | 15 |
| Decay constants | 4.83E-04, 0.585E-04 |
| Comments | AGE REFLECTS THE EFFECTS OF A REGIONAL THERMAL EVENT ABOUT 330 M.Y. AGO |