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Sample:
Sample No. 86Tr2G -- USGS No. MR 7295
Locality:
Field No. 86Tr2G
Description:
Howard Pass C-5. Lat. 68
o
41'53" N., Long. 158
o
27'50" W. Top of uppermost chert interval at this locality; chert residue is black. (description from Dover et al., 2004, p. 64 (Table 2))
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Howard Pass
C-5
Lat.: 68
o
41
'
53
"
Long.: 158
o
27
'
50
"
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:
Late Triassic
Formation:
Unnamed
(Rocks of the Picnic Creek sequence, undivided (Lower Cretaceous (Neocomian) to Mississippian))
Comment:
Age: Late Triassic
Shown as locality 157 on Sheet 2; map unit: KMp
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Radiolarian
Capnodoce .......
Sample identified by B. Murchey, USGS
2
Radiolarian
...... or Capnuchosphaera sp.
3
Radiolarian
Nassellarians
4
Radiolarian
Preservation = 2 on a scale of 1-5