Object # PRR-12039: Rock Sample
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| Primary Field # | SL-18 | ||||||||||||||||
| IGSN # | PRR012039 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kind of Object | Rock Sample | ||||||||||||||||
| Rock Type | Metamorphic | ||||||||||||||||
| Rock Name | Quartzite | ||||||||||||||||
| Sample Description | Brownish gray, massive, calcareous quartzite. | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 177 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Susceptibility | 0 x10-5 SI units | ||||||||||||||||
| General Notes | Called Larson Nunatak. Only a few outcrops. Veins of quartz and calcite, slightly metamorphosed rock. Green schistose quartzite heavy minerals include: epidote, chlorite, sphene, muscovite, garnet, hematite magnetite. Black quartzitic sandstone contains garnet, zircon, sphene and magnetite. | ||||||||||||||||
| Expedition | IGY Byrd Station Traverse | ||||||||||||||||
| Continent | Antarctica | ||||||||||||||||
| Region | Ellsworth-Whitmore Mountains | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain Range/Island Group | Sentinel Range | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain/Island Name | Helfert Nunatak | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | -77.922, -87.424 (77° 55.3' S, 87° 25.4' W) | ||||||||||||||||
| Positioning Method | Geographic Name | ||||||||||||||||
| Era | Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||
| Stratigraphy |
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| Additional Material | Reference | ||||||||||||||||
| Primary Field Logistics | Sno-cat | ||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Field Logistics | Foot traverse | ||||||||||||||||
| Field Logistics Notes | [Called Larson Nunataks but pers.comm with Long, W indicates that the samples come from Helfert Nunatak] | ||||||||||||||||
| Data Sources | Report Typed notes | ||||||||||||||||
| Field Year Collected | 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Collector | Anderson, Vernon H. | ||||||||||||||||
| Donor | Anderson, Vernon H. | ||||||||||||||||
| References | Anderson, V.H. 1960. USNC-IGY Antarctic Glaciological Data, Report No. 2: Field Work 1958-1959: The Petrography of Some Rocks From Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Ohio State University Research Foundation Report 825-2-Part VIII, IGY Project No. 4.10, The Ohio State University Research Foundation, 45 pages. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/51922 |
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The Polar Rock Repository (PRR), Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC), Ohio State University: Polar rock and dredge samples available for research and educational use from the PRR.
doi:10.7289/V5RF5S18 [date of access]
