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Petrographic analysis and correlation of volcanic rocks in Bostic 1-A well near Mountain Home, Idaho

Author
Arney, B. H.
Published
United States : [publisher not identified], 1984
Springfield, Va.: National Technical Information Service, [approximately 1984]
Physical Description
microfiche : negative ; 11 x 15 cm
Additional Creators
Belluomini, S. G. and Gardner, J. N.

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Summary
Detailed examination of volcanic rock cuttings from the Bostic 1-A well near Mountain Home, Idaho, provides data that correlate the stratigraphy of the well with the regional stratigraphy of the western Snake River Plain. The Bostic 1-A well penetrates basalt of the Middle Pleistocene Bruneau Formation and underlying sedimentary rocks of the Upper Pliocene Glenns Ferry Formation. Basalt underlying the Glenns Ferry Formation is most likely Banbury Basalt of Middle Pliocene age or Banbury equivalent. A 350-ft interval of felsic volcanics is then intersected above another 600 ft of basalt. The well bottoms in altered felsic volcanics. The lowest 600 ft of basalt flows has not been correlated with any basalt observed on the surface. From the established stratigraphy of the region, and from petrographic evidence, the silicic volcanic rocks occurring both above and below the lowermost basalts in the well are probably lower Pliocene Idavada Volcanics. North of the well, in the Mt. Bennett Hills, Idavada Volcanics overlie crystalline rocks of the Idaho batholith. No estimate of depth to plutonic bedrock can be made from the well data alone. Stratigraphic comparisons suggest as little as 0.2 to 0.3 km more of Idavada lie beneath the Bostic 1-A well. Results of geophysical studies suggest additional basalt lies beneath the Bostic 1-A rather than granitic rocks of the batholith.
Report Numbers
DE84010239; LA-9966-HDR
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NTIS collection.
Note
DOE contract number: W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI Identifier 5228770
Research organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States).
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