Argon data for Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona (ver. 1.1, November 2022)
Dates
Publication Date
2021-07-15
Start Date
2020-02-28
End Date
2020-12-15
Revision
2022-11-15
Citation
Morgan, L.E., 2021, Argon data for Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona (ver. 1.1, November 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94NR0D9.
Summary
This data release includes 40Ar/39Ar data from the U.S. Geological Survey for samples from the Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona. Mineral samples were collected by Kenzie Turner and William Page from the upper Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona. Potassium-bearing mineral grains were separated from the bulk sample and analyzed by argon geochronology at the U.S. Geological Survey Argon Geochronology Laboratory in Denver, Colorado. The data provide age constraints on units in the relevant geologic mapping area.
Summary
This data release includes 40Ar/39Ar data from the U.S. Geological Survey for samples from the Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona. Mineral samples were collected by Kenzie Turner and William Page from the upper Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona. Potassium-bearing mineral grains were separated from the bulk sample and analyzed by argon geochronology at the U.S. Geological Survey Argon Geochronology Laboratory in Denver, Colorado. The data provide age constraints on units in the relevant geologic mapping area.
The data were collected to constrain the age of units in the area being geologically mapped in the upper Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona. This data release accompanies the planned publication, 'Geologic Map and hydrogeology of the Upper Santa Cruz Basin, southern Arizona'.
