Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 92ADo283A -- USGS No. DR 1484
Locality: Field No. 92ADo283A
Description: Howard Pass C-5. Lat. 68o 37'01" N., Long. 158o 35'05" W. Rubble of medium-gray to grayish-green chert; locally orange-weathering, covered with black lichen and containing abundant radiolarians. No limestone interbeds. (description from Dover et al., 2004, p. 53 (Table 2)); [Formation: Triassic -- Otuk?? USGS Howard Pass 1:250,000 C5 quadrangle, T. 9 S., R. 29 W., sec. 36; approx. 0.75 mi SE of hill 951 and 1.33 mi north of confluence of Drenchwater and Wager Creeks. Lat 68°37.02", long 158°35'09". (description from Blome and Reed E&R report dated June 23, 1993; Shipment no. A-92-9D)]
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Howard Pass C-5
Township&Range: 9 S. 29 W. Section: 36
Lat.: 68o37'01 " Long.: 158o35'05 "
Reference
Title: Geologic and fossil locality maps of the west-central part of the Howard Pass Quadangle and part of the adjacent Misheguk Mountains Quadrangle, western Brooks Range, Alaska ,  2004
Report by: Jim Dover , Irv L. Tailleur , Julie A. Dumoulin
Age: Visean (Mississippian (Visean, undifferentiated))
Formation: Akmalik Chert
Comment:Age: Mississippian (Visean, undifferentiated)

Shown as locality 20 on Sheet 2; map unit: lPMap

Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Radiolarian Poorly preserved forms including ?Belowea sp. (fragments). radiolarians identified by C.D. Blome and K.M. Reed
2 Radiolarian Scharfenbergia impella group (sensu Won)
3 Radiolarian Poorly preserved undescribed spumellarians
4 Sponges Rare sponge spicules

Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1993 (06/23)
Report by: Charles D. Blome , Katherine M. Reed
Referred by: J. H. Dover
Age: Visean (Mississippian (Visean undifferentiated))
Formation: Otuk Formation (Otuk Formation??)
Comment:Age: Mississippian (Visean undifferentiated).
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Radiolarian ?Belowea sp. (fragments)
2 Radiolarian Scharfenbergia impella group (sensu Won)
3 Radiolarian Poorly preserved spumellarians
4 Rare sponge spicules