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Sample:
Sample No. F-52 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19985
Locality:
Field No. F-52
Description:
[Shown as locality 1 on Plate 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "Jurassic - Tuxedni, Iniskin siltstone. Orig. no. F-52. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet Region, Iniskin Peninsula. Northeast side of Tonnie Creek about 300 feet upstream from trail crossing at mouth of canyon and 1.62 miles S 64
o
E of Tonnie Peak. 95 feet below the top of the Iniskin siltstone. Lens of concretionary gray sandstone in sandy shale. Collected by Wedow and Kellum, Sept. 24, 1944."]
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Iliamna
D-1
Reference
Title:
Geology of the Iniskin-Tuxedni Region, Alaska
, 1966
Report by:
Robert L. Detterman
,
John K. Hartsock
Age:
Bajocian
Formation:
Red Glacier Formation
Comment:
Geographic location: Tonnie Creek area
Map reference (pl. 3): 1
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 100
all above data from Table 4, p. 24
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Bivalves
Pinna sp.
fauna identified by R.W. Imlay
2
Bivalves
Pholadomya sp.