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Memorandum to Mr. J.B. Mertie, Jr.
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Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Kinds of fossils: plants
Quadrangle or area: Black River quad., east-central
Shipment No.: No data
Referred by: Mertie, J. B., Jr.
Report prepared by: Read, Charles B.
Date: 02/03/1942

Memorandum to Mr. J.B. Mertie, Jr.:
(Through Dr. J.B. Reeside, Jr., and the Chief Geologist)

Two collections of fossil plants have been examined from the Porcupine River at Graphite Point, 23.6 miles downstream from the mouth of the Coleen River.

Charles B. Read
Geologist

[Note by R.B. Blodgett: memorandum found on p. 2886 of Alaskan Fossil Reports, v. 12 (1935-1947), kept in Tech. Data Archives office in Anchorage, Alaska--Request for Examination of Fossils form on p. 2884, Localities of Fossil Plants on p. 2885]

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41AMt15 , Black River , (NW1/4SE1/4 661) Graphite Point, on north side Porcupine River; and 23.5 miles airline downstream from mouth of Coleen River.
Lepidodendropsis sp.
Lepidostrobus sp.
41AMt17 , Black River , (NW1/4SE1/4 661) Graphite Point, on north side Porcupine River; and 23.6 miles airline downstream from mouth of Coleen River.
Sphenopteridium sp.
Calamites sp.
Lepidodendron sp., leafy twigs