Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 77ACh40 -- USGS No. Mesozoic M6995
Locality: Field No. 77ACh40
Description: East bank Melozitna River in canyon 10 km north of Yukon river. (description from Jones and Miller 1978 E&R report) [Ruby (D-5) 1:63360 quadrangle. East bank of Melozitna River in Melozitna Canyon. Elevation 400 ft (122 m). Latitude: 64o 52.00' N; Longitude: 155o 28.00' W; Township: 7S; R17E; Section 20; SE quarter; Collector: R.M. Chapman, 1977. Field Identifier: 77ACh40. (from Elder and Miller, 1991, p. 65)]
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Ruby D-5
Township&Range: T7S R17E Section: SE1/4 Sec.20
Lat.: 64o52.0 ' Long.: 155o28.0 '
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1978 (11/07)
Report by: David L. Jones , John W. Miller
Referred by: Robert M. Chapman
Age: Albian (middle Albian)
Comment:Age: Lower Cretaceous (Middle Albian).
Transmittal sheet submitted by Chapman indicates that 77Ch40 and 77Ch42B are probable Lower Cretaceous graywacke sections, resemble unit Ktg in Melozitna quad (Patton and others, 1977. OF Map 77-147).
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Arctica? sp.
2 Bivalves Corbicula sp.
3 Bivalves Isognomon? sp.
4 Bivalves Veniella? sp.

Title: Maps showing fossil localities and checklists of Jurassic and Cretaceous macrofauna of western Alaska ,  1991
Report by: William P. Elder , John W. Miller
Age: Albian (middle Albian)
Comment:Age: Lower Cretaceous (Middle Albian).
Transmittal sheet submitted by Chapman indicates that 77Ch40 and 77Ch42B are probable Lower Cretaceous graywacke sections, resemble unit Ktg in Melozitna quad (Patton and others, 1977. OF Map 77-147).
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Arctica? sp.
2 Bivalves Corbiculid
3 Bivalves Isognomon sp.
4 Bivalves Veniella sp.