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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-221
A Pictorial Survey of the Bedrock Beneath Western Cape Cod, Massachusetts

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36MW1041

SAMPLE_ID:  36MW1041

DATE: 10/16/1998

Sample: 36MW1041 - Basalt

BASALT

An olivine-plagioclase phyric basalt, sample 36MW1041 contains plagioclase (60%), clinopyroxene (25%), chlorite (8%), and oxides (7%). Tabular plagioclase phenocrysts reach 2.5 mm. All olivine has been replaced by chlorite. The matrix, composed of plagioclase, clinopyroxene, chloritized olivine, and oxides exhibits a felty texture. Olivine also occurred as phenocrysts up to 0.6 mm long. Oxides show anhedral growth rims, suggesting a second growth episode, possibly during alteration of other minerals.

Latitude: 41.64268

Longitude: -70.50196

Elevation of well site (m): 28.62

Elevation of the upper
bedrock surface (m):
 -64.35

Elevation of the
top of casing (m):
 28.38

Total thickness of strata
penetrated by the well (m):
 71.93

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