Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 92ADo202B -- USGS No. DR 1474
Locality: Field No. 92ADo202B
Description: Howard Pass B-3. Lat. 68o 26'13" N., Long. 157o 40'45" W. Bright reddish-orange-weathering, light- to medium-gray to grayish-green chert; thin bedded with locally abundant radiolarians. Abundant vein quartz in radiolarian sample residue. (description from Dover et al., 2004, p. 62 (Table 2))] [Formation: Pennsylvanian-Triassic -- Etivluk Gp? USGS Howard Pass 1:250,000 B-3 quadrangle, T. 12 S., R. 25 W., sec. 2, small orange-weathering spur ridge on NE side of easternmost tributary of Safari Creek. 68°26'14", 157°40'40". (description from Blome and Reed E&R report dated June 23, 1993; Shipment no. A-92-9D)]
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Howard Pass B-3
Township&Range: 12 S. 25 W. Section: 2
Lat.: 68o26'13 " Long.: 157o40'45 "
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 (?Paleozoic (?Mississippian))
Formation: Akmalik Chert
Comment:Age: ?Paleozoic (?Misssissippian)

Shown as locality 129; map unit: lPMap

Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Radiolarian No identifiable forms except poorly preserved broken arms possibly assignable to the Scharfenbergia impella group radiolarians identified by C.D. Blome and K.M. Reed
2 Sponges Abundant sponge spicules

Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1993 (06/23)
Report by: Charles D. Blome , Katherine M. Reed
Referred by: J. H. Dover
Age: Mississippian (?Paleozoic, (?Mississippian))
Formation: Etivluk Group (Etivluk Group?)
Comment:Age: ?Paleozoic (?Mississippian).
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Radiolarian No identifiable forms except for poorly preserved broken arms possibly assignable to the Scharfenbergia impella group
2 Abundant sponge spicules