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Sample:
Sample No. 86SK238A -- USGS No. MR 7266
Locality:
Field No. 86SK238A
Description:
Howard Pass B-4. Lat. 68
o
21'10" N., Long. 158
o
17'10" W. Chert associated with red-weathering basal, in fault contact with vesicular basalt and limestone. (description from Dover et al., 2004, p. 61 (Table 2))
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Howard Pass
B-4
Lat.: 68
o
21
'
14
"
Long.: 158
o
17
'
20
"
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:
Triassic
Formation:
Unnamed
(Basalt (Jurassic? to Devonian?))
Comment:
Age: Triassic
Shown as locality 109 on Sheet 2; map unit: JDbc
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Radiolarian
Few, sparse nassellarians
Sample identified by B. Murchey, USGS