Leg : 14 Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 200/1500 Analyst: Benson, W.E.
Hole: 137 Sample Midpoint (m) : 398.50
Core: 17 Top of Core Depth (m) : 397.00
Sect: 1 Top of Section Depth(m): 397.20
LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
GREENSTONE;
Piece No. : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;
Texture : ORIGINAL TEXTURE HYALOPILITIC - HYPOCRYSTALLINE
WITH MICROLITES OF FELDSPAR+PYX+POSSIBLE OLIVINE
SET IN GLASS;
Structure : CALCITE VEINS ARE WHITE, FIBROUS ZEOLITE VEINS ARE
CLAY, COLORS ARE GREEN WITH RED PATCHES, HOW MUCH
OF THIS IS HYDROTHERMAL AND HOW MUCH IS CLAY FROM
ABOVE THAT HAS BEEN ALTERED AND CEMENTED IS
INDETERMINATE, NO APPARENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
GREEN VEINS AND THE RED PATCHES WITHIN THEM;
Alteration : HIGHLY ALTERED;
Comments : BASALT-FROM POOR THIN SECTIONS AND POWDER UNDER
OILS, SECTIONS, EVEN UNDER IMPREGNATION, WOULD NOT
HOLD TOGETHER TO GET DOWN TO <.006, STUDY
THEREFORE VERY TENTATIVE;
Phenocrysts: FELDSPAR
LONG LATHS, MICROLITES, ORIGINAL COMPOSITION
INDETERMINATE, NOW ALTERED TO CLAY AND CHLORITE(?)
AND SOME ALBITE OR OLIGOCLASE;
PYROXENE
EUHEDRAL MICROLITES COMPLETELY ALTERED TO CHLORITE
AND SERP, FEW MICROLITES MAY HAVE BEEN OLIVINE;
OLIVINE
POSSIBLY, ALL BUT THE VERY LARGEST FELDSPARS
(PHENOS?) ARE NEARLY COMPLETELY ALTERED;
Groundmass : GLASSY MATRIX;
Replacement: CALCITE
ZEOLITE
FIBROUS;
CHLORITE
MONTMORILLONITE
A MONTMORILLONITIC CLAY;
SAPONITE
FEW SPHERULITES FILLED WITH SERP+CHLORITE AND/OR
SAPONITE;
Leg : 14 Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 0/ 0 Analyst: Benson, W.E.
Hole: 137 Sample Midpoint (m) : 398.60
Core: 17 Top of Core Depth (m) : 397.00
Sect: CC Top of Section Depth(m): 398.60
LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
Piece No. : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;
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