National Geochronological Database sample #8898

Outcrop or artificial surface exposure, Quartz diorite

Geographic location
-117.36, 45.260833
117° 21' 36" W, 45° 15' 39" N
Wallowa county, OR
Enterprise 1:62,500 scale map quadrangle
Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
WALLOWA MOUNTAINS
Source of sample Outcrop or artificial surface exposure
Rock name Quartz diorite
Description BIOTITE-HORNBLENDE QUARTZ DIORITE, HURRICANE DIVIDE UNIT (MAJOR UNIT OF ZONED TONALITE-GRANODIORITE COMPLEX), WALLOWA BATHOLITH
Laboratories Yale
Compiler name Marvin, R.F.
Date compiled 1980 12
Precision of location Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
Location comment WALLOWA MOUNTAINS
Bibliographic reference Armstrong, R.L., Taubeneck, W.H., and Hales, P.O., 1976, Rb-Sr and K-Ar Ages and Sr Isotopic Compositions Of Some Granitic Rocks Of Oregon and Washington: Isochron/West, no. 17, p. 27-32.
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Geologic map unit -117.36, 45.260833
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Rb-Sr age determinations

Age estimate (no age estimate specified)
Rock or mineral analyzed whole rock
Analytical details
Lab sample ID 9. 1350
Decay constants 1.42E-05
Rubidium concentration 31 ppm
Strontium concentration 607 ppm
Ratio 87Sr/86Sr 0.70367
Normal? T