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Stratigraphic range: Oligocene-Miocene
Kinds of fossils: Leaves, cones
Quadrangle or area: Tyonek (A-4, B-5)
Shipment No.: OF-61-6M
Referred by: Barnes, F. F.
Report prepared by: Wolfe, Jack A.
Date: 10/13/1961


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Brief statement of problem and remarks (from collector):
[Referred by F.F. Barnes, Organic Fuels Branch]

To determine more closely the geologic age of beds previously mapped only as Tertiary, possibly Kenai, and to establish their age relations to similar beds on the Kenai Peninsula (Homer District).
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61AB-3 , Tyonek , Kenai(?) formation, at Chuit River locality 10, 6.6 mi N. 58 deg. W. of Tyonek village, from calcareous siltstone Lat. 61 deg. 7.15'N., Long 151 deg. 18.2'W. (6.6, 8.3) Tyonek (A-4) quadrangle. (description from Barnes' Request for examination of fossils sheet)
Dennstaedtia blomstrandi of Hollick
Glyptostrobus sp.
Alnus sp. (cones)
Betula lacustris MacGinitie
Corylus aff. C. kenaiana Hollick
61AB-14 , Tyonek , Coaly shale float, picked up on bar of Coal Creek at point 2 miles due north of mouth of Coal Creek. Lat 61 deg. 26.3'N, Long 151 deg. 31.2'W. (11.8, 13.1) Tyonek (B-5) quadrangle. (description from Barnes' Request for examination of fossils sheet)
Pinus monticula Douglass (cone)
61AB-17 , Tyonek , Kenai(?) formation, west side of prominent red shale hill 7.8 mi S. 21 deg. W of SW corner of Beluga Lake, from baked shale and siltstone, Lat. 61 deg. 16.75'N, Long 151 deg. 45.1'W. (4.1, 2.0) Tyonek (B-5) quadrangle. (description from Barnes' Request for examination of fossils sheet)
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & Cheng
Carya cf. C. magnifica Knowlton
Corylus kenaiana Hollick