Notes on Neal Hot Springs samples

Well defined volcanic packages. NHS-9-110 may be the youngest flow. Unique in
being an olivine basalt, low potassium and high alumina. Note, NHS-9-110 is a high
alumina olivine tholeiite and not a high titanium western Snake River plain olivine
basalt.
Second package of basaltic andesites (CNHS-06; NHS-10-520, and NHS-12-140).
NHS-12-140 and NHS-10-520 are very likely the same lava flow.
Third pack of andesites (Vines Hill) (CNHS-08, TG-3-160, and NHS-2-220). Looks like
the same lava flow.
Fourth package of icelandite (iron-rich andesites) lava flows (Hunter Creek). Includes
two flows, a high silica variety (CNHS-02, NHS-2-1070, NHS-10-960, and NHS-121350) and a low silica variety (CNHS-07, TG-20-300, TG-3-1400, and perhaps NHS-91300).
Fifth package of rhyolites (Cottonwood Mountain) (CNHS-01, CNHS-03, CNHS-04,
NHS-2-1270, and NHS-12-1720).
Sixth package of iron-rich basaltic andesites and andesites that form the upper part
of Evans basalt of Malheur Gorge. Chemically equivalent to the Grande Ronde
Basalt and probably should be considered part of the Grande Ronde Basalt. Flow-onflow sequence of flood basalts (NHS-9-3930, NHS-2-3000, NHS-10-1520, NHS-102260, TG-20-1060, TG-20-3500, TG-3-1940, TG-3-2960, and NHS-12-2400). TG-31940 and TG-2960 strongly resemble the high silica variety of the Hunter Creek.
Seventh package of iron-rich basalts that form the lower part of Evans basalt of
Malheur Gorge. (NHS-12-3810, NHS-12-4210, and NHS-12-6170). Strongly
resembles the Imnaha Basalt and likely represents the lower part of the middle
Miocene bi-modal sequence.