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Stratigraphic range: Pliocene
Kinds of fossils: Pollen
Quadrangle or area: Mt. Hayes A-3, Central Alaska
Shipment No.: A-74-3D
Referred by: Weber, Florence R.
Report prepared by: Leopold, Estella B.
Date: 09/27/1974

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73A Wr 226 (Paleobot loc. D5148) , Mt Hayes , Re your sample 73A Wr 226 from a clay (possible lake deposits) included in a thick (thousands of feet) section of grey semiconsolidated conglomerate or gravel which apparently overlies a gravel and lignitic sandstone of mid-Pliocene age. Unit of significance in tectonic history of the Alaska Range. Mt. Hayes A-3 quad., NW corner Sec. 17 R. 12 E., T. 20 S. (assigned USGS Paleobot loc. No. D5148).

Pollen is well preserved. A tally is included below:

Pseudotsuga
Pinus
Pinus or Picea
Picea
Tsuga (no spines)
Taxodiaceae (non papillate) TCT
Ulmus-Zelkova
Juglans
Ostrya-Carpinus
Artemisia?
Artemisia
Alnus p4
Alnus p5
Corylus?
Onagraceae
cf. Trapa
Juglandaceae undet. p3
Ericales
Abies? (broken)
Salix
Monocots undet.
NAP undet.
Sphagnum
Lycopodium selago
Trilete spores
Monolete spores
73A Wr 227 , Mt Hayes , Re your sample 73A Wr 227, clay beds in thick section of gravel in Dad Creek, Mt. Hayes A-3, Center of N. line of Sec. 4, T. 20 S., R. 12 E.