Site: Casino

Island: Tinian       Lithology: Limestone high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology: Limestone ( Dickinson (2006) )

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic sedimentary ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 7798614       Wikidata ID: Q139667758       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Northern Mariana Islands Wikidata ID: Q16644

Tinian Province Wikidata ID: Q7808227

Tinian Island Wikidata ID: Q325652

Mariana Islands Wikidata ID: Q153732

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Fabrics:

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
tpr7 6 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic
Saipan hybrid quartz 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Marianas

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_6_14 tpr7 (Saipan hybrid quartz) Saipan Early Pre-Latte (3500 - 2500 BP) 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic

WD_6_14

Tinian117B Tinian117B
Sherd 117B from Casino (Tinian). Slide WD_6_14 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Hybrid temper sand (85-90% of total grain population is calcareous reef detritus). Pre-latte.


References:

323 Mariana, reports 1-15 for MTAT, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)

011 Mariana 1966 (Dickinson, W.)