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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  290/ 330  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   141.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   141.31   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 114

ROCK = PLAG  MOD PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   ( .5-1%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             RARE AND FRESH;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):     .03-.1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):    .01-.03  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN50-70,MANY TABULAR AND SKELETAL PLAG XTLS;

             MESOSTASIS
             MICROLITIC MESOSTASIS WITH PLAG-CPX;

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             Morphology: EUHEDRAL,VERMICULAR,SKELETAL
             THREE PIECES;

             PYRITE
             Morphology: EUHEDRAL,SKELETAL
             SMALL EUHEDRAL OR SKELETAL XTLS IN MESOSTASIS,SOME
             ASSOCIATED WITH CLAY-FILLED VESICLES;

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             Morphology: EUHEDRAL,SUBHEDRAL,SKELETAL
             IN MESOSTASIS,MAINLY IN GLASS AREAS,PYRITE-TITANO-
             MAGN CONTACT IS SHARP,CR-SPINEL + PYRITE AND TITANO
             MAGN = 1%*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: GLASS
             YELLOW OXIDATION ZONE,YELLOW RED SMECTITES IN
             VESICLES AND CRACKS AND REPLACING GLASS IN THE
             MESOSTASIS;

             CALCITE
             Location: CRACKS

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):   .03-.1
             Filling: SMECTITE
             Shape: ROUND

             Size(mm):  .01-.03
             Percent:   1-5
             Filling: SMECTITE
             Shape: ROUND
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL VESICLES,YELLOW-BROWN
             VESICLES AND PATCHES IN THE MESOSTASIS*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1080/1110  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   141.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   142.10   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 124

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,SPHERULITIC;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   ( .5-1%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL IN SECTION,FRESH WITH
             ALTERATION ALONG CRACKS;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN45-65,SKELETAL AND DENDRITIC PLAG MICROLITES;

             SPHERULITIC MESOSTASIS    (  >40%)

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             Morphology: EUHEDRAL,VERMICULAR,SKELETAL
             VERMICULAR AND SKELETAL TEXTURE;

             PYRITE
             Morphology: SKELETAL
             AS LARGE SKELETAL XTLS ASSOCIATED WITH CLAYS IN
             VESICLES OR AS DISSEMINATED VERY SMALL SUBHEDRAL
             EUHEDRAL XTLS IN THE MESOSTASIS(SECONDARY?);

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             CONFINED TO MESOSTASIS AS SUBMICROSCOPIC EUHEDRAL
             AND SUBHEDRAL XTLS WITH SOME SKELETAL FORMS,
             CR-SPINEL + PYRITE AND TITANO-MAGN=1% OF SLIDE,
             PYRITE/TITANO-MAGN=1/9*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES
             YELLOW OXIDATION ZONE-IDENTICAL TO 2-1-29-33*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):     .3-1
             Filling: SMECTITE

             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Percent:  1-5
             Location:             S
             Filling: MECTITE
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL VESICLES,YELLOW-BROWN
             SMECTITE FILLING*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  980/1010  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   141.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   143.50   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 142

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,OPHITIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):        1-3

             OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):       .3-1
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL PHENOS,MORE ALTERED THAN
             IN 2-1-108-111;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):     .03-.1
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN55-65;

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             AS LARGE HOMOGENOUS AND SKELETAL GRAINS,EUHEDRAL,
             ONE EXAMPLE OF THE FE-MINERAL SIMILAR TO CR-SPINEL
             IN A VESICLE;

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             DISSEMINATED BUT CONFINED TO THE GROUNDMASS,LARGE
             GRAINS SKELETAL,SMALLER EUHEDRAL AND SUBHEDRAL;

             PYRITE
             AS SUBHEDRAL PATCHES IN MESOSTASIS(SECONDARY),
             CR-SPINEL + PYRITE+TITANO-MAGN <2% OF SLIDE-MOSTLY
             TITANO-MAGN*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: OL
             YELLOW-RED(YELLOW-GREEN IN CROSSED POLARS)IN
             OXIDIZED ZONE*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):     .3-1
             Filling: SMECTITE

             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Percent:   1-5
             Filling: SMECTITE
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL VESICLES,YELLOW-BROWN
             VESICLES IN FRESH ZONES*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/ 420  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   141.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   144.41   Sect/Pc #:  3/PCE 152

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       FRESH PILLOW INTERIOR;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,DENDRITIC;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):        1-3

             OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):       .3-1
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL PHENOS,FRESH OL RELICS;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):     .03-.1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN50-60;

             SPHERULITIC MESOSTASIS    (  >40%)

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             SOME VERMICULAR AND SKELETAL TEXTURE,GRAINS IN
             VESICLE WALLS SHOW BIREFRINGENCE SO NOT CR-SPINEL
             (FE-MINERAL?);

             PYRITE
             SECONDARY,AS A SERIES OF BROAD BANDS/VEINS SEEN AS
             DISCONTINUOUS STRINGERS OR AGGREGATES OF PYRITE,
             SOME CAN BE EUHEDRAL;

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             Morphology: EUHEDRAL,SUBHEDRAL
             SUBMICROSCOPIC AND DISSEMINATED IN THE MESOSTASIS,
             CR-SPINEL + PYRITE AND TITANO-MAGN <1%(PYRITE=.01%)

Alteration - CALCITE
             Replacing: OL

             SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: OL
             YELLOW OXIDIZED ZONE WITH YELLOW-RED SMECTITES*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):     .3-1
             Filling: SMECTITE

             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Percent:   1-5
             Filling: SMECTITE
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL VESICLES*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1030/1060  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   141.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   145.05   Sect/Pc #:  3/PCE 161

ROCK = PLAG-OL-CR.SPINEL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       VERY FRESH PILLOW INTERIOR;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,SPHERULITIC,DENDRITIC;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   ( .5-1%)
             Size(mm):       .3-1

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             5 OR 6 GRAINS,AS EUHEDRAL XTLS FOUND ONLY IN THE
             MESOSTASIS,CAN BE VERMICULAR AND SKELETAL OR
             HOMOGENOUS THROUGHOUT IN REFLECTED LIGHT*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (10-20%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION;

             SPHERULITIC MESOSTASIS    (  >40%)

             PYRITE

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             PYRITE AND TITANO-MAGN(1:9)CONFINED TO MESOSTASIS,
             GENERALLY SUBMICROSCOPIC ALTHOUGH PYRITE XTLS CAN
             BE LARGER,EUHEDRAL AND SUBHEDRAL,FEW SKELETAL
             XTLS CR-SPINEL + PYR AND TITANO-MAGN=.5% OF SLIDE*

Vesicles   -
             Percent:    TR




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/  80  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   150.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   150.57   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 163

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       FRESH PILLOW INTERIOR;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,SPHERULITIC,DENDRITIC;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL IN SECTION;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):     .03-.1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN55-65;

             SPHERULITIC MESOSTASIS    (  >40%)

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             4-5 PIECES,AS EUHEDRAL XTLS IN MESOSTASIS OR
             WITHIN OL,XTLS CAN HAVE VERMICULAR AND SKELETAL
             TEXTURES OR BE HOMOGENOUS THROUGHOUT;

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             TITANO-MAGN IS SUBMICROSCOPIC AS SUBHEDRAL AND
             EUHEDRAL XTLS,IN SPHERULITIC ZONES SHOWING NO
             ALTERATION TO CLAYS,SKELETAL XTLS PRESENT AND ARE
             LARGER THAN ELSEWHERE,CR-SPINEL AND TITANO-MAGN =
             .5% OF SLIDE;

             PYRITE
             EUHEDRAL IN MESOSTASIS(POSSIBLY PRIMARY?) AS A
             TRACE*

Vesicles   -
             Percent:    TR




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  760/ 790  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   150.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   151.28   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 171

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       FRESH PILLOW INTERIOR;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,SPHERULITIC,DENDRITIC;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC,EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC,EUHEDRAL

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             FRESH,PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL IN SECTION;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC,EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):     .03-.1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC,EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):    .01-.03  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC,EUHEDRAL
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN50-75,AN82 BY CARLSBAD-ALBITE,AN75 BY
             MICROLITES;

             SPHERULITIC MESOSTASIS    (  >40%)

             CHROMIUM SPINEL           ( .5-1%)
             CR-SPINEL AND A SIMILAR BIREFRINGENT MINERAL AS
             EUHEDRAL GRAINS CONFINED TO PERIPHERY OF VESICLES,
             CR-SPINEL ALONE OCCURS IN OL AND MESOSTASIS,
             SKELETAL AND VERMICULAR TEXTURE COMMON;

             PYRITE                    (   TR%)
             IN "VEINS" IN PLAG(SECONDARY?);

             TITANOMAGNETITE           (   .5%)
             Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             SUBMICROSCOPIC*
             YELLOW OXIDIZED ZONE*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):      1-3

             Size(mm):     .3-1

             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Percent:   1-5
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL VESICLES,SEGREGATION
             VESICLES*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  990/1010  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   150.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   153.00   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 788

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,DENDRITIC,OPHITIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   ( .5-1%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL IN SECTION,ALTERED BY
             SMECTITE ALONG CRACKS;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):     .03-.1
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN58-72;

             CHROMIUM SPINEL           (   TR%)
             AS EUHEDRAL OR SUBHEDRAL XTLS IN THE GROUNDMASS OR
             WITHIN PLAG XTLS,CAN BE VERMICULAR AND SKELETAL OR
             NOT;

             PYRITE
             AS ELONGATE AGGREGATES IN SOME SMECTITE AREAS
             (SECONDARY?)AND AS EUHEDRAL XTLS ON THE
             CIRCUMFERENCE OF SOME VESICLES,REMAINDER AS
             DISSEMINATED EUHEDRAL XTLS IN MESOSTASIS;

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             VERY SMALL EUHEDRAL,SUBHEDRAL AND SKELETAL XTLS IN
             MESOSTASIS,CR-SPINEL,PYRITE AND TITANO-MAGN = 1%,
             PYRITE/TITANO-MAGN=1/4*

Alteration - CALCITE
             Location: VESICLES,
             Location: CRACKS

             SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES,      Replacing: OL
             Location: CRACKS

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):     .3-1
             Filling: SMEC,CALCITE

             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Filling: SMEC,CALCITE

             Size(mm):   .03-.1
             Filling: SMEC,CALCITE
             SEGREGATION VESICLES,FRESH ZONE:VESICLES WITH
             YELLOW-BROWN SMECTITE,OXIDIZED ZONE:VESICLES WITH
             YELLOW-RED SMECTITE*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1350/1370  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   150.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   153.36   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 191

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       VERY BEAUTIFUL FRESH PILLOW MARGIN;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,VARIOLITIC,SPHERULITIC;
       Where sampled: PILLOW RIM*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

Groundmass - OLIVINE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):     .03-.1
             GLASSY INCLUSIONS IN PLAG;

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             EUHEDRAL,NON-VERMICULAR,NON-SKELETAL GRAINS IN
             PLAG,EUHEDRAL GRAINS SIMILAR TO CR-SPINEL BUT SHOW
             SOME BIREFRINGENCE ARE PRESENT AROUND VESICLES;

             PYRITE
             TRACES OF PYRITE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED(PRIMARY AND
             SECONDARY?);

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             UNIFORM SUBMICROSCOPIC EUHEDRAL AND SUBHEDRAL
             GRAINS ONLY IN BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL SPHERULITES,CR-
             SPINEL + UNKNOWN AND TITANO-MAGN=.5% OF SLIDE*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES
             LIGHT GREEN;

             CALCITE
             Location: VESICLES

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):     .3-1
             Filling: SMEC,CALCITE

             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Filling: SMEC,CALCITE

             Size(mm):   .03-.1
             Filling: SMEC,CALCITE
             SEGREGATION VESICLES*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  140/ 170  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   164.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   164.16   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 194

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       FRESH PILLOW INTERIOR;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,DENDRITIC;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL IN SECTION;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN60-85;

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             AS EUHEDRAL XTLS,LARGER FORMS SHOW VERMICULAR AND
             SKELETAL TEXTURES,FOUND WITHIN PLAG AND IN THE
             MESOSTASIS;

             PYRITE                    (   TR%)
             AS CORRODED EUHEDRAL XTLS IN SMECTITE OR AS DRAWN-
             OUT AGGREGATES OR "VEINS" NEAR VESICLES(SECONDARY)
             SMALL EUHEDRAL XTLS IN MESOSTASIS MAY BE PRIMARY;

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             Morphology: EUHEDRAL,SKELETAL
             IN TWO SIZE RANGES,BOTH IN MESOSTASIS,
             EUHEDRAL OR SKELETAL XTLS,TITANO-MAGN AND
             CR-SPINEL = 1%*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: OL
             YELLOW OXIDIZED ZONE*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):     .3-1
             Filling: SMECTITE

             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Percent:   1-5
             Filling: SMECTITE
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL VESICLES,SOME WITH LIGHT
             GREEN SMECTITE*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  430/ 450  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   164.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   164.44   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 197

ROCK = PLAG-OL-CR.SPINEL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       3 ZONES-1)GREY FRESH BASALT WITH YELLOW BROWN
       SMECTITE,2)YELLOW OXIDIZED ZONE WITH YELLOW-RED
       SMECTITE,3)DARK GREY BASALT WITH YELLOW-BROWN
       SMECTITE AND DARK BROWN MESOSTASIS;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,DENDRITIC,OPHITIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             Size(mm):       .3-1
             UNKNOWN FE-OXIDE(?)MINERAL WITH SIMILAR
             REFLECTIVITY TO CR-SPINEL(BUT LIMITED BIREFRING.)
             AND CR-SPINEL AS PROJECTING EUHEDRAL OR SUBHEDRAL
             XTLS IN CLAY FILLED VESICLES,FINE SKELETAL AND
             VERMICULAR TEXTURE*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL IN SECTION;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):     .03-.1
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN55-65;

             PYRITE
             AS EUHEDRAL XTLS IN VESICLES(SECONDARY)OR
             SUBHEDRAL/EUHEDRAL SPECKS IN MESOSTASIS(PRIMARY?);

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             AS DISSEMINATED EUHEDRAL XTLS WITH SOME SKELETAL
             FORMS,MOSTLY SUBMICROSCOPIC,CR-SPINEL,TITANO-MAGN
             AND PYRITE = 1%*

Alteration - CALCITE
             Location: VESICLES,
             Location: CRACKS

             SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: OL

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):     .3-1
             Filling: CALCITE,SMEC

             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Filling: CALCITE,SMEC

             Size(mm):   .03-.1
             Percent:  5-10
             Filling: CALCITE,SMEC
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL VESICLES*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  930/ 950  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   164.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   164.94   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 204

ROCK = PLAG-OL-CPX MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       FRESH PILLOW INTERIOR*
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,DENDRITIC;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL

             CLINOPYROXENE             ( .5-1%)
             Size(mm):       .3-1

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL IN SECTION;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):     .03-.1  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN55-65;

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             AS EUHEDRAL XTLS IN MESOSTASIS OR IN OL XTLS,NO
             VERMICULAR OR SKELETAL TEXTURE;

             PYRITE
             TRACE IN OL(SECONDARY),REMAINDER AS EUHEDRAL AND
             SUBHEDRAL XTLS IN MESOSTASIS AND PLAG;

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             IN MESOSTASIS AND ASSOCIATED WITH VESICLES AS
             SUBMICROSCOPIC EUHEDRAL XTLS,CR-SPINEL +  PYRITE AN
             TITANO-MAGN<1%,PYRITE/TITANO-MAGN=1/9*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Percent:  .5-1
             Filling: SMECTITE
             SEGREGATION VESICLES WITH LIGHT GREEN SMECTITE(IN
             CROSSED POLARS,YELLOW GREEN IN PLANE POLARIZED
             LIGHT)*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  510/ 560  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   169.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   6   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   169.54   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 211

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,DENDRITIC-OPHITIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL IN SECTION;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):     .03-.1
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN55-70;

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             AS SMALL ISOLATED EUHEDRAL XTLS IN THE MESOSTASIS,
             NON-VERMICULAR AND NON-SKELETAL;

             PYRITE
             AS SEVERAL LARGE EUHEDRAL GRAINS IN MESOSTASIS
             (SECONDARY?),REMAINDER SMALL AND DISSEMINATED
             (EUHEDRAL);

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             SUBMICROSCOPIC AS EUHEDRAL OR SKELETAL(LIMITED
             AMOUNT)XTLS,CR-SPINEL + PYRITE AND TITANO-MAGN=1% O
             SLIDE*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES,
             Location: CRACKS

             ZEOLITE
             Location: VESICLES

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Percent:  .5-1
             Filling: SMEC,ZEOLITES
             IN VESICLES,SMALL ELONGATE XTLS WITH LOW
             BIREFRINGENCE-PHILLIPSITE?*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1120/1140  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   169.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   6   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   170.13   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 218

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       FRESH FLOW INTERIOR WITH YELLOW OXIDIZED ZONE;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,OPHITIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       3-10

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   ( .5-1%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL IN SECTION;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (  >40%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION;

             CHROME SPINEL
             Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             NON-SKELETAL AND NON-VERMICULAR,OCCUR IN
             GROUNDMASS;

             PYRITE
             AS LARGE EUHEDRAL AND SUBHEDRAL GRAINS SOMETIMES
             LOOKING FRACTURED,ASSOCIATED WITH SMECTITE AND IS
             SECONDARY;

             ILMENITE                  (   TR%)

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             2 SIZE RANGES,LARGER FORMS ARE EUHEDRAL AND
             SKELETAL,SMALLER MAINLY EUHEDRAL,PYRITE/TITANO-
             MAGN CONTACTS SHARP,CR-SPIN + PYRITE AND TITANO-MAG
             =1% OF SLIDE*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: OL

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):     .3-1
             Filling: SMECTITE

             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Percent:  .5-1
             Filling: SMECTITE
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL VESICLES*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  380/ 400  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505B  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   169.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   6   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   170.89   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 225

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       WITH YELLOW OXIDIZED ZONE;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,DENDRITIC-OPHITIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL PHENOS;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN55-70;

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             AS EUHEDRAL XTLS ENCLOSED BY OL-SEVERAL TO ANY ONE
             OL,SOME SKELETAL AND VERMICULAR;

             PYRITE
             AS LARGE AGGREGATES ELONGATED INTO "VEINS" ONLY IN
             GROUNDMASS(SECONDARY),REMAINDER AS SUBMICROSCOPIC
             EUHEDRAL GRAINS IN MESOSTASIS;

             TITANOMAGNETITE
             DISSEMINATED,OCCUR AS EUHEDRAL/SUBHEDRAL AND RARE
             SKELETAL GRAINS,CR-SPINEL + TITANO-MAGN AND PYRITE
             <1% OF SLIDE*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: OL
             ALONG CRACKS IN OL*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):     .3-1
             Filling: SMECTITES

             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Percent:  .5-1
             Filling: SMECTITES
             SEGREGATION VESICLES,PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL
             VESICLES*




    

Introduction


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]

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