Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. SOHIO 1059 -- USGS No. Cenozoic loc. M8521
Locality: Field No. SOHIO 1059
Description: Fossil material in 6" thick bed composed of fine grain, dark gray tuffaceous sandstone, about 160 feet below valcanics in Sandy Ridge section, about 5 miles northeast of Milky River, Port Moller area, Alaska Peninsula. In section 5, T. 48 S., R. 68 W., Chignik A-5 quadragnle.
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Chignik A-5
Township&Range: T48S R68W Section: Sec.5
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1985 (02/22)
This report deals with 23 collections of mollusks from Tertiary formations of the Alaska Peninsula. Most collections contain identifiable taxa that are of Miocene age, and presumably assignable to the Bear Lake Formation. These collections were made in 1984 by members of Rick Wilson's field party.
Report by: Louie Marincovich , Jr.
Referred by: Frederic H. Wilson
Age: Late Miocene
Comment:late Miocene.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Acila marujamensis