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Sample:
Sample No. 92ADo275A -- USGS No. DR 1482
Locality:
Field No. 92ADo275A
Description:
Howard Pass C-5. Lat. 68
o
39'10" N., Long. 158
o
45'50" W. Medium- to dark-gray, thin- to thick-bedded chert containing abundant carbonate interbeds. (description from Dover et al., 2004, p. 52 (Table 2)); [Formation: Ml -- possible Lisburne chert? USGS Howard Pass 1:250,000 C5 quadrangle,T. 9 S., R. 29 W., small ridge near boundary between sections 18 and 19 about midway between Rampart and Rolling Pin Creeks; at summit 835, approx. 0.125 mi SE of locality 92ADo274A. Lat 68°39'15:, long 158°46'00". (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: boundary between sections 18 and 19
Lat.: 68
o
39
'
10
"
Long.: 158
o
45
'
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:
Mississippian
(Mississippian (possibly Meramecian-Chesterian))
Formation:
Akmalik Chert
Comment:
Age: Mississippian (possibly Meramecian-Chesterian)
Shown as locality 8 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
?Palaeoxyphostylus sp. (robust spines only)
spelled as Paleoxyphostyla
3
Radiolarian
Scharfenbergia impella group (flattened and distorted tests of younger morphotypes)
Title:
Report on Referred Fossils
, 1993 (06/23)
Report by:
Charles D. Blome
,
Katherine M. Reed
Referred by:
J. H. Dover
Age:
Meramecian-Chesterian
(Mississippian (possibly Meramecian - Chesterian))
Formation:
Lisburne Group
(Ml -- possible Lisburne Group chert?)
Comment:
Age: Mississippian (possibly Meramecian - Chesterian).
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Radiolarian
Poorly preserved forms including:
2
Radiolarian
?Belowea sp. (fragments)
3
Radiolarian
?Palaeoxyphostylus sp. (robust spines only)
4
Radiolarian
Scharfenbergia impella group (flattened and distorted tests of younger morphotypes)