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Stratigraphic range: Eocene to Miocene
Kinds of fossils: Mollusks, worm tubes
Quadrangle or area: St. Elias (A-7,8) & Bering Gla. (A-1) quads., Gulf of Alaska
Shipment No.: A-82-15M
Referred by: Plafker, George
Report prepared by: Marincovich, Louie , Jr.
Date: 12/16/1982

This report deals with 13 collections of mollusks from the Yakataga (?), Poul Creek, and Kulthieth Formations, and an unnamed volcanic unit, in the vicinity of the Samovar Hills, Gulf of Alaska Tertiary province.

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82APr50 (Cenozoic loc. M8080) , Mt St Elias , Unnamed vocanic unit at latitude 60 deg. 10.2 min. N., longitude 140 deg. 38.7 min. W., St. Elias (A-8) quadrangle, Samovar Hills.
Indeterminate genus - several fragments
?Acmaea sp.
Indeterminate naticid genus
82APr88 (Cenozoic loc. M8081) , Mt St Elias , Outcrop of Yakataga Formation at latitude 60 deg. 8.5 min. N., longitude 140 deg. 42.2 min. W., St. Elias (A-8) quadrangle, Samovar Hills.
Pododesmus cf. P. macroschismus (Deshayes, 1839) - fragment
Clinocardium cf. C. brooksi (Clark, 1932) - fragment
?Patinopecten jonesi Kanno, 1971 - internal molds
?Ostrea sp. - 1 fragment
Acila (Truncacila) cf. A.(T.) taliaferroi Clark, 1932
?Panomya sp. - 1 worn valve plus fragments
Nuculana alferovi sakhalinensis Krishtofovich, 1964 - 1 articulated
Calcareous worm tubes: several lumps
82APr99 (Cenozoic loc. M8082) , Mt St Elias , Outcrop of Kulthieth Formation at latitude 60 deg. 9.8 min. N., longitude 140 deg. 39.5 min. W., St. Elias (A-8) quadrangle, Samovar Hills.
A hash of fragments of some indeterminate species, possibly an oyster
82APr118c (Cenozoic loc. M8083) , Mt St Elias , Outcrop of Kulthieth Formation in the Samovar Hills, St. Elias (A-8) quadrangle.
Nuculana sp. indet. - fragments
Chlamys sp. indet. - fragments
82APr120 (Cenozoic loc. M) , Mt St Elias , Outcrop of the Kulthieth Formation at latitude 60 deg. 7.9 min. N., longitude 140 deg. 39.5 min. W., St. Elias (A-8) quadrangle, Samovar Hills.
Ostrea sp. - a mass of jumbled shell fragments, no whole specimens
Cristispira pugetensis Allison, 1965 - numerous, nearly a coquina
82APr122 (Cenozoic loc. M8085) , Mt St Elias , Float specimens from Samovar Hills at latitude 60 deg. 8.3 min. N., longitude 140 deg. 42 min. W., St. Elias (A-8) quadrangle.
?Macrocallista weaveri Clark, 1918 - several worn specimens
82APr123 (Cenozoic loc. M8086) , Mt St Elias , Outcrop of the Kulthieth Formation at latitude 60 deg. 8.75 min. N., longitude 140 deg. 41.8 min. W., St. Elias (A-8) quadrangle, Samovar Hills.
Cristispira pugetensis Allison, 1965
Indeterminate genus - fragment
82APr131P (Cenozoic loc. M8087) , Mt St Elias , Outcrop of Poul Creek or Kulthieth Formation, latitude 60 deg. 11.8 min. N., longitude 140 deg. 35.7 min. W., St. Elias (A-7) quadrangle.
?Portlandia sp. - fragment
?Nuculana sp. - fragment
Acila sp. indet. - several poorly preserved specimens
82APr131Q (Cenozoic loc. M8088) , Mt St Elias , Same locality as M8087 above.
Spisula sp. indet.
Acila sp. indet.
Indeterminate genera
Margarites sp.
Naticid sp.
Turrid sp.
82APr134 (Cenozoic loc. M8089) , Mt St Elias , Outcrop in Poul Creek Formation (?) at latitude 60 deg. 11 min. N., longitude 140 deg. 30.5 min. W., St. Elias (A-7) quadrangle.
Thyasira disjuncta (Gabb, 1866) - 2 articulated, closed specimens
?Lucinoma sp. - 1 articulated, closed specimen, poorly preserved
Clinocardium sp. - abundant molds and casts
?Yoldia sp. - common internal molds
?Neptunea sp. - 1 internal mold
Neptunea plafkeri Kanno, 1971 - 1 specimen
Turritella sp. - 1 very worn specimen
Naticid sp. - common, incomplete specimens
82APr135 (Cenozoic loc. M8090) , Mt St Elias , Outcrop of Poul Creek Formation at latitude 60 deg. 10.3 min. N., longitude 140 deg. 22.9 min. W., St. Elias (A-7) quadrangle.
Indeterminate bivalves
Indeterminate gastropods
82APr137 (Cenozoic loc. M8091) , Mt St Elias , Outcrop of Poul Creek Formation (?) at latitude 60 deg. 12 min. N., longitude 140 deg. 35 min. W., St. Elias (A-7) quadrangle.
Siliqua sp.
Cyclocardia sp.
Macoma sp.
Oenopota sp.
82APr145 (Cenozoic loc. M8092) , Bering Glacier , Outcrop of the Poul Creek Formation at latitude 60 deg. 11.6 min. N., longitude 141 deg. 01.6 min. W., Bering Glacier (A-1) quadrangle.
Delectopecten peckhami (Gabb, 1869)
Cyclocardia sp. indet. - fragments