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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1150/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   457.50
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   453.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   457.15

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : MICROPHENOS OF PARTIALLY CHLORITIZED AND ZONED PLAG
               ARE PRESENT;

  Comments   : MEDIUM DARK GRAY (N4);

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):            Percent:    10
               AMYGDULES;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE
               MICROPHENOS, PARTIALLY CHLORITIZED AND ZONED;

  Groundmass : PLAGIOCLASE               (   50%)
               LATHS;

               CLINOPYROXENE             (   30%)
               GRANULES;

  Replacement: CHLORITE

               HEMATITE

               OPAQUE MINERALS
               IRON OXIDE (MAGNETITE?);


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  100/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   459.00
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   453.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   457.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED, INTERVAL (10-40) AND
               INTERVAL (135-150);

  Structure  : INTERVAL (135-150) IS SCORIACEOUS;

  Alteration : INTERVAL (135-150) IS ABUNDANTLY OXIDIZED;

  Comments   : INTERVAL (10-40) IS MEDIUM DARK GRAY (N4) AND
               INTERVAL (135-150) IS PALE RED (5R6/2), FOR MORE
               INFORMATION REFER TO "LITHOLOGIC SUMMARY" IN THE
               SITE 216 CHAPTER OF THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/1350  Analyst:
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   458.85
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   453.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   457.90

LITHOLOGY: VOLCANOGENIC SEDIMENT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : LITHIC VITRIC TUFF, THE GLASS WAS PROBABLY ALTERED
               INTO CHLORITE, COLOR AT TOP IS PALE GREEN (10G6/2),
               AT 80CM GRAYISH RED PURPLE 5RP4/2 AND PALE GREEN,
               FELDSPAR, VESICULAR VOLCANICS, CHLORITIC MATRIX,
               FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO "LITHOLOGIC
               SUMMARY" AND CORE DESCRIPTION IN THE SITE
               216 CHAPTER OF THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst:
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   459.10
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   453.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   459.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  700/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   464.00
Core:  37   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   462.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   463.20

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;

  Structure  : AT 70CM OXIDIZED SCORIACEOUS BASALT;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):        3   Percent:     1
               LARGE VESICLES PRESENT;

  Replacement: CHLORITE
               CHLORITE BEARING FINE-GRAINED BASALT;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   465.50
Core:  37   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   462.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   464.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;

  Comments   : DARK GREENISH GRAY (5GY4/1);

  Replacement: CHLORITE
               CHLORITE BEARING FINE-GRAINED BASALT, OCCURS IN
               THE MATRIX PROBABLY AS REPLACEMENT PRODUCT OF
               GLASS, CHLORITE FILLED ZONES AT 72 AND 92CM;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   467.00
Core:  37   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   462.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   465.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;

  Comments   : MEDIUM GRAY (N5), FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO
               "LITHOLOGIC SUMMARY" IN THE SITE 216 CHAPTER OF THE
               INITIAL REPORTS;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):       10   Percent:
               VESICLES UP TO 1CM IN DIAMETER OCCUR;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   468.50
Core:  37   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   462.50
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   467.00

LITHOLOGY: PLAG SPARSELY PHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : SPARSELY PHYRIC, FINE GRAINED, GENERAL TEXTURE IS
               PILOTAXITIC SUB PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT OF PLAG LATHS;

  Structure  : VEIN CONTAINING NATURAL COPPER AT 96-100CM;

  Alteration : ALTERED BASALT LIGHT OLIVE GRAY (5Y5/2) IN
               INTERVAL (97-150) LIGHT OLIVE GRAY (5Y5/2), THIS
               ALTERED ZONE OCCURS IN PATCHES AND OFTEN THEY ARE
               SURROUNDED BY GREEN CHLORITIC ZONES;

  Comments   : BASALT IS MEDIUM GRAY (N5);

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE               (    1%)
               PLAG MICROPHENOS;

  Groundmass : PLAGIOCLASE               (   50%)

               CLINOPYROXENE             (   35%)

               MESOSTASIS                (    3%)
               DARK MESOSTASIS;

  Replacement: CHLORITE
               3%;

               HEMATITE
               <3%;

               FERROUS MN OXIDE
               7%, (MAGNETITE?);


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   468.60
Core:  37   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   462.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   468.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   470.00
Core:  38   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   468.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   468.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : INTERVALS (10-30) AND (40-90) AND (70-150) ARE FINE-
               GRAINED;

  Alteration : INTERVALS (0-13) AND (25-50) AND A THIN MARGIN
               (70-90) ARE ALTERED BASALT (PATCHY ZONE)
               CONTAINING RIM OF GREENISH ZONE, IN INTERVAL
               (25-50) PATCHY ZONE WITH RIM OF CHLORITE MATERIAL;

  Comments   : FINE-GRAINED BASALT COLOR IS MEDIUM GRAY,
               FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO "LITHOLOGIC
               SUMMARY" IN THE SITE 216 CHAPTER OF THE
               INITIAL REPORTS;

  Replacement: CHLORITE


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   471.50
Core:  38   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   468.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   470.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : INTERVALS (0-35) AND (72-150) ARE FINE-GRAINED;

  Alteration : INTERVAL (35-75) IS ALTERED;

  Comments   : FINE-GRAINED BASALT COLOR IS MEDIUM GRAY, ALTERED
               BASALT COLOR IS LIGHT OLIVE GRAY, FOR MORE
               INFORMATION REFER TO "LITHOLOGIC SUMMARY"               IN THE SITE 216 CHAPTER OF THE INITIAL
               REPORTS;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   473.00
Core:  38   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   468.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   471.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : INTERVAL (0-42) IS FINE-GRAINED AND SIMILAR TO
               SECTION 38-1;

  Structure  : INTERVAL (42-90) IS SCORIACEOUS;

  Alteration : INTERVAL (62-90) IS OXIDIZED;

  Comments   : INTERVAL (0-42) IS MEDIUM GRAY (N4), INTERVAL
               (132-150) IS MEDIUM DARK GRAY (N4), INTERVAL (42-62)
               IS MEDIUM GRAY AND PALE RED, INTERVAL (62-90) IS
               PALE RED (5R6/2), FOR MORE INFORMATION
               REFER TO "LITHOLOGIC SUMMARY" IN THE SITE
               216 CHAPTER OF THE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CHLORITE,CALCITE
               INTERVAL (42-62) IS SCORIACEOUS MATERIAL WITH
               SMALL AMYGDULES FILLED WITH CHLORITE AND CALCITE;

  Replacement: CHLORITE

               CALCITE
               CHLORITE AND CALCITE FILL AMYGDULES IN INTERVAL
               (42-62);


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   474.50
Core:  38   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   468.50
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   473.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : INTERVAL (0-14) IS FINE-GRAINED;

  Comments   : INTERVAL (0-14) COLOR IS MEDIUM GRAY, INTERVAL
               (14-150) IS MEDIUM DARK GRAY (N4), FOR MORE
               INFORMATION REFER TO "LITHOLOGIC SUMMARY" AND CORE
               DESCRIPTION IS THE SITE 216 CHAPTER OF THE INITIAL
               REPORTS;

  Vesicles   : INTERVALS (14-73) AND (86-150) ARE VESICULAR AND
               INTERVAL (73-86) IS AMYGDULAR;

  Replacement: CHLORITE

               CALCITE
               CHLORITE AND CALCITE FILL AMYGDULES IN INTERVAL
               (42-62);


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 216   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   474.60
Core:  38   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   468.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   474.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;


    

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]

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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