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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1120/1500  Analyst: Yeats, R.S.
Hole: 157   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   432.50
Core:  49   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   431.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   432.12

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (112-118), 2 (118-123), 3 (123-125),
               4 (130-132), 5 (133-144), 6 (144-150);

  Texture    : PCE 1 IS A SUBROUNDED OVOID, PCE 2 IS GLASSY,
               POSSIBLE CRUST OF A BASALT PILLOW, PCE 3 IS FINE-
               GRAINED, PCES 5 AND 6 ARE VERY FINE-GRAINED TO
               ALTERED GLASSY, ALSO CLOTS OF MAFIC PHENOS;

  Structure  : PCE 2 IS CURVED, PSEUDO AND IRREGULARLY LAMINATED
               CONVEX UPWARD, APPARENT FLOW STRUCTURE, PCES 5 AND 6
               ARE MASSIVE WITH IRREGULAR VEINS OF CALCITE;

  Alteration : PCES 3 AND 4 ARE ALTERED, PCES 5 AND 6 ARE ALTERED
               IN PATCHES THOUGHOUT AND ADJACENT TO CALCITE
               VEINS;

  Comments   : PCE 1 IS LIGHT TO VERY LIGHT GRAY (N6), COMPRESSED
               AXIAL TO THE CORE, PCE 2 IS LIGHT TO MED DARK GRAY
               (N7-N4), PCE 3 IS MOTTLED MED GRAY (N5), POSSIBLE
               VOLCANIC SEDIMENTS, PCE 4 IS MED GRAY, COMPRESSED
               AXIAL TO CORE, PCES 5 AND 6 ARE MED DARK GRAY (N4)
               WITH CALCITE VEINS VERY LIGHT GREY (N2);

  Vesicles   : PCE 1 HAS FILLED VESICLES;
               PCE 2 HAS SMEARED VESICLES;

               Size(mm):    1-5     Percent:
               AMYGDULES IN PCE 4;

  Phenocrysts: OTHER
               Size(mm):        1-4
               MAFIC PHENO POSSIBLY PYX, POSSIBLY ALTERED BUT
               WELL PRESERVED CLEVAGE;

  Groundmass : PLAGIOCLASE               ( 5-10%)
               Size(mm):       .2-1
               PLAG LATHS IN PCES 5 AND 6;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               CALCITE IN MATRIX;


Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Yeats, R.S.
Hole: 157   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   434.00
Core:  49   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   431.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   432.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (0-5), 2 (4-9), 3 (9-23), 4 (22-31),
               5 (31-46), 6 (46-51), 7 (51-54), 8 (55-66),
               9 (66-94), 10 (94-104), 11 (104-114), 12 (114-116),
               13 (116-124), 14 (124-143), 15 (143-150);

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED, APPEARS TO BE GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC;

  Structure  : MASSIVE, CUT BY IRREGULAR VEINS 0.5 TO 2MM THICK,
               RICH IN COARSE XTLINE CALCITE WITH OCCATIONAL CLOTS
               OF COARSE GRAINED PYRITE IN PCES 1,2,4,6 AND 9, SOME
               SULFIDE (MAYBE CHALPYR) ON PCES 6 AND 9;

  Alteration : POSSIBLY ALTERED MAFICS, SMALL VERY DARK GRAY
               AREAS 0.5-1MM, ALTERED FRACTURE ON PCE 15;

  Comments   : MED DARK GRAY (N4);

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE
               Size(mm):       TO 5

               PYROXENE
               Size(mm):       TO 5
               LARGE PHENOS, LIGHT GRAY, ANHEDRAL,
               GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC CLOTS OF PLAG WITH LARGE PYXS;

  Groundmass : PLAGIOCLASE
               Size(mm):       TO 1
               MICROLATHS ARE DARK GRAY, PROBABLY GLASSY;

  Replacement: CALCITE

               PYRITE
               FILLING IRREGULAR VEINS;

               CHALCOPYRITE
               IN VEINS POSSIBLY, BASED ON COLOR;

               PYRRHOTITE
               APPEARS TO BE THIS IN PCE 9;

               UNIDENTIFIED
               GRAY-BLACK MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH IRREGULAR
               VEINS;


Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Yeats, R.S.
Hole: 157   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   434.10
Core:  49   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   431.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   434.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED, APPEARS TO BE GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC;

  Structure  : MASSIVE, CUT BY IRREGULAR VEINS 0.5 TO 2MM THICK,
               RICH IN COARSE XTLINE CALCITE WITH OCCATIONAL CLOTS
               OF COARSE-GRAINED PYRITE, SOME SULFIDE (MAYBE
               CHALPYR);

  Alteration : POSSIBLY ALTERED MAFICS, SMALL VERY DARK GRAY
               AREAS 0.5-1MM;

  Comments   : MED DARK GRAY (N4);

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE
               Size(mm):       TO 5

               PYROXENE
               Size(mm):       TO 5
               LARGE PHENO, LIGHT GRAY, ANHEDRAL
               GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC CLOTS OF PLAG WITH LARGE PYXS;

  Groundmass : PLAGIOCLASE
               Size(mm):       TO 1
               MICROLATHS ARE DARK GRAY, PROBABLY GLASSY;

  Replacement: CALCITE

               PYRITE
               FILLING IRREGULAR VEINS;

               CHALCOPYRITE
               IN VEINS POSSIBLY, BASED ON COLOR;

               UNIDENTIFIED
               GRAY-BLACK MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH IRREGULAR
               VEINS;


    

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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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