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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1190/1240  Describer: Donaldson, C.H.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   115.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  13   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   121.22   Sect/Pc #:  4/PCE 4

ROCK = PLAG MICROPHYRIC BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: MICROPHYRIC,FINE-GRAINED,INTERGRANULAR,
       INTERSERTAL*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        <.5
             APPROX COMP AN69.8-67.0*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE
             Morphology: FELTED LATHS
             CORE TO RIM APPROX COMP AN64.2-56.2;

             AUGITE
             APPROX COMP CA39.8-34*
             VESICLES AND CALCITE-FILLED AMYGDULES UP TO .6MM*




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  420/ 450  Describer: Kempe, D.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   125.43   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 5

ROCK = BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: SUBOPHITIC-HYALOOPHITIC,VESICULAR*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (   TR%)

             PYROXENE
             Morphology: GRANULAR

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):         .5  Morphology: EMBAYED LATHS

             ORE MINERALS
             Morphology: SKELETAL
             PROBABLY MAINLY TI-MAGN*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):       .7




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  990/1020  Describer: Donaldson, C.H.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   126.01   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 10

ROCK = APHYRIC BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: APHYRIC
       TEXTURE IDENTICAL TO GROUNDMASS TEX OF 321-13-4-
       119-124*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE
             CORE TO RIM APPROX COMP AN64.8-45.2;

             AUGITE
             APPROX COMP CA37.6-32.5*
             VESICLES AND AMYGDULES UP TO 1.5MM ACROSS*




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1200/1210  Describer: Scott, R.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   126.21   Sect/Pc #:  1/

ROCK = BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: VESICULAR*

Groundmass - PYRITE
             A SMALL AMOUNT OF DISSEMINATED PRIMARY PYRITE IS
             IN THE ROCK*

Alteration - COMBINATION
             .1MM WIDE ANASTOMOSING VEIN OF PYRITE AND BLUE-
             GREEN TO EMERALD-GREEN SMECTITE;

             OTHER                     (   17%)
             Location: GROUNDMASS
             GRAYISH-BROWN ALTERATION PRODUCTS*

Vesicles   -
             Percent:     2
             Filling: CALCITE+SMEC




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   90/ 120  Describer: Kempe, D.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   126.61   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 2

ROCK = BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: HYALOOPHITIC,VESICULAR*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (   TR%)

             PYROXENE
             Morphology: GRANULAR-CLUSTERS

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):         <1  Morphology: LATHS

             ORE MINERALS
             Morphology: SKELETAL
             PROBABLY MAINLY TI-MAGN*




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1270/1300  Describer: Donaldson, C.H.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   127.79   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 12

ROCK = PLAG PHYRIC BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: PHYRIC,FINE-GRAINED
       SIMILAR TO 321-13-4-119-124*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE
             APPROX COMP AN70.4*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE
             CORE TO RIM APPROX COMP AN68.0-38.1;

             AUGITE
             APPROX COMP CA35.4-30*
             VESICLES AND CALCITE-FILLED VESICLES 1MM ACROSS*




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1350/1380  Describer: Scott, R.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   127.87   Sect/Pc #:  2/

ROCK = BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: VESICULAR*

Alteration - COMBINATION
             .1MM WIDE ANASTOMOSING VEIN OF PYRITE AND GRAY
             SMECTITE,A FEW CHALCOPYRITE XTLS ARE SCATTERED
             WITHIN THE PYRITE;

             OTHER                     (   15%)
             Location: GROUNDMASS
             GRAYISH-BROWN ALTERATION PRODUCTS*




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   70/ 100  Describer: Kempe, D.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   128.09   Sect/Pc #:  3/PCE 1

ROCK = BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: HYALOOPHITIC,VESICULAR*

Groundmass - OLIVINE
             POSSIBLE SMEC PSEUDOMORPHS;

             PYROXENE
             Morphology: GRANULAR

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):         <1  Morphology: EMBAYED LATHS

             ORE MINERALS
             Morphology: SKELETAL
             PROBABLY MAINLY TI-MAGN*

Vesicles   -
             Filling: CALCITE




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  930/ 960  Describer: Donaldson, C.H.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   128.95   Sect/Pc #:  3/PCE 12

ROCK = PLAG PHYRIC BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: PHYRIC,FINE-GRAINED
       SIMILAR TO 321-13-4-119-124*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE
             APPROX COMP AN68.7*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE
             CORE TO RIM APPROX COMP AN67.9-46.1;

             AUGITE
             APPROX COMP 30-32*
             VESICLES AND AMYGDULES 1MM ACROSS*




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1010/1100  Describer: Scott, R.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   129.06   Sect/Pc #:  3/

ROCK = BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR*

Alteration - SMECTITE                  (E    %)
             .1MM WIDE ANASTOMOSING VEINS OF GREENISH SMECTITE*




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   70/ 100  Describer: Kempe, D.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   129.59   Sect/Pc #:  4/PCE 2

ROCK = PLAG PHYRIC BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: SUBOPHITIC-COARSE HYALOOPHITIC*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1.3  Morphology: EMBAYED LATHS
             APPROX COMP AN69-57*

Groundmass - PYROXENE
             Morphology: GRANULAR-CLUSTERS

             PLAGIOCLASE
             APPROX COMP AN61

             ORE MINERALS
             Morphology: SKELETAL
             PROBABLY MAINLY TI-MAGN*
             RARE VESICLES*




Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  610/ 640  Describer: Donaldson, C.H.
Hole: 321   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   125.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   130.13   Sect/Pc #:  4/PCE 6

ROCK = APHYRIC BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: APHYRIC
       SIMILAR TO 321-14-1-99-102*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE
             CORE TO RIM APPROX COMP AN65.2-47.8;

             AUGITE
             APPROX COMP CA37-28*
             VESICLES LESS THAN .6MM ACROSS*




    

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Cite as: Deep Sea Drilling Project (1989): Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V54M92G2 [access date]

These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 1989 and modified in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center (now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information), and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder (now part of the World Data Service for Geophysics). Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (now the Consortium for Ocean Leadership), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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