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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 55    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1240/1280  Describer: Dalrymple, G.
Hole: 433B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   166.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   167.76   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 10A

ROCK = PLAG-OL-CPX PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: PORPHYRITIC*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (    5%)
             Size(mm):      0.5-4  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL-ANHEDRAL
             ALTERED TO IDDINGS+CLAY.MIN;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    5%)
             Size(mm):      0.3-4  Morphology: ANHEDRAL
             COMPLEX TWINS,ZONED;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (    3%)
             Size(mm):    0.2-0.5
             MICROPHENOS,RAGGED,COLORLESS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    3%)
             Size(mm):  0.01-0.03  Morphology: GRANULAR
             ALTERED TO IDDINGSITE;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   55%)
             Size(mm):   0.05-0.3  Morphology: LATHS
             FRESH;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   15%)
             Size(mm):   0.01-0.2  Morphology: GRANULAR
             COLORLESS;

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (  5-7%)
             Size(mm):   0.01-0.1  Morphology: EQUANT GRAINS
             INCLUDES MAGN+ILMENITE;

             APATITE                   (    1%)
             Size(mm):       0.01

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (   10%)
             Location: INTERSTITIAL   Replacing: OL,GLASS
             UNSURE ABOUT GLASS, CLAY IS GREENISH*




Leg : 55    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  610/ 680  Describer: Kirkpatrick, J.
Hole: 433B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   166.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   168.64   Sect/Pc #:  2/

ROCK = PLAG-CPX-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       ALKALIC BASALT, SOURCE IS IR, 6% ALTERED;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,SUBTRACHYTIC*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (    3%)
             Size(mm):       1.35

             CLINOPYROXENE             (    2%)
             Size(mm):       0.56

             OLIVINE                   (   <1%)
             Size(mm):       0.70

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   60%)
             Size(mm):    .05-.90

             CLINOPYROXENE             (    5%)
             Size(mm):   .006-.50
             SECTOR ZONED;

             TITANOMAGNETITE           (    8%)
             Size(mm):   .001-.10  Morphology: EQUANT
             SOME HAVE ILMENITE EXSOLUTION;

             OLIVINE                   (    2%)
             Size(mm):    .01-.50
             COMPLETELY REPLACED BY OLIVE GREEN SMECTITE;

             ILMENITE
             Morphology: EQUANT

             PYRITE

             CHALCOPYRITE
             PERCENTAGES OBTAINED BY POINT COUNT*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Replacing: OL

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):  .15-.41
             Percent:     1
             Shape: OVOID




Leg : 55    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  830/ 850  Describer: Dalrymple, G.
Hole: 433B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   166.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   168.84   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 3C

ROCK = OL-PLAG-CPX PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: PORPHYRITIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (    7%)
             Size(mm):   0.05-0.5  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL
             FRESH;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    5%)
             Size(mm):      2-0.2  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL
             TWINNED,SOME ZONED;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (    5%)
             Size(mm):    0.5-0.1  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL
             MICROPHENOS,FRESH*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   50%)
             Size(mm):    0.5-0.3  Morphology: LATHS
             FRESH;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   15%)
             Size(mm):  <0.01-0.1  Morphology: GRANULAR
             FRESH;

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    7%)
             Size(mm):  <0.01-0.1  Morphology: EQUANT XTLS
             INCLUDES MAGN+ILMENITE;

             APATITE                   (    1%)
             Morphology: ACICULAR NEEDLES

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS
             Replacing: OL
             GREEN-BROWN*

Vesicles   -
             Percent:     0




Leg : 55    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  850/ 900  Describer: Kirkpatrick, J.
Hole: 433B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   166.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   170.38   Sect/Pc #:  3/

ROCK = PLAG-OL-CPX PHYRIC BASALT
       ALKALIC BASALT, SOURCE IS IR, 6% ALTERED;
       Texture: PHYRIC,MICROLITIC,INTERGRANULAR*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (    9%)
             Size(mm):       1.00

             OLIVINE                   (    7%)
             Size(mm):       1.51
             RARE LARGE OL HAVE KINK-BANDS,OL PHENOS CONTAIN
             CHROMITE;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (    2%)
             Size(mm):       0.73
             SECTOR ZONED*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   46%)
             Size(mm):    .05-.96

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   16%)
             Size(mm):   .002-.20

             TITANOMAGNETITE           (   12%)
             Size(mm):   .001-.05

             OLIVINE                   (    7%)
             Size(mm):    .01-.20
             ALMOST COMPLETELY REPLACED BY GREEN SMECTITE WITH
             IDDINGSITE RIMS,PERCENTAGES OBTAINED BY POINT
             COUNT*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Replacing: OL
             GREEN;

             IDDINGSITE
             Location: RIMS           Replacing: OL




Leg : 55    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  860/ 880  Describer: Avdeiko, G.
Hole: 433B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   166.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   170.37   Sect/Pc #:  3/PCE 9

ROCK = OL-PLAG-CPX PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: PORPHYRITIC,MICROLITIC GROUNDMASS;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR
       UNSURE ABOUT WS, POSSIBLY A BIT SAMPLE*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (10-12%)
             Size(mm):      0.5-4  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL-EUHEDRAL
             FRESH WITH IDDINGS RIMS;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (  5-7%)
             Size(mm):      0.5-3  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL-TABULAR
             ZONED,FRESH;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (  5-7%)
             Size(mm):    0.4-1.5  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL,EUHEDRAL
             FRESH,SECTOR ZONED,THERE ARE CPX+PLAG KNOTS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    5%)
             Size(mm):    0.1-0.2  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL
             ALTERATION TO IDDINGS+CLAY(50%);

             PLAGIOCLASE               (35-40%)
             Size(mm):    0.3-1.0  Morphology: LATHS,MICROLITES
             UP TO 1MM LONG;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   15%)
             Size(mm):    0.1-0.2  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL,ANHEDRAL
             USUALLY <0.1MM,BUT SOME ARE 0.2MM;

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (10-12%)
             Size(mm):   0.05-0.3  Morphology: ANHEDRAL,SUBHEDRAL
             INCLUDES MAGN+ILMENITE, USUALLY 0.05MM,SOME 0.3MM;

             GLASS                     (    5%)
             Morphology: INTERSTITIAL
             ALTERED TO GREEN CLAYS;

             APATITE                   (   <1%)
             Morphology: NEEDLES

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (  5-7%)
             Location: INTERSTITIAL   Replacing: GLASS,OL
             PARTLY OL;

             IDDINGSITE                (   <1%)
             Location: OL RIMS        Replacing: OL

Vesicles   -
             Percent:     0




    

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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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