Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. F-83 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 20016
Locality: Field No. F-83
Description: [Shown as locality 16 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "F-83. Tuxedni ss., Iniskin siltstone. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet region, Iniskin Peninsula. Fitz Creek Valley, on northwest side of trail from the old Fitz Creek landing to the abandoned oil well I.B.A. #1. About 1500 ft. northeast of point where trail crosses Forky Creek, and 1.9 miles S 73.7o E of Tonnie Peak, and 3.22 miles S 45o W of mouth of Fitz Creek. Strat. Pos. 280 ft. below top of Iniskin siltstone. Lithology - gray sandy shale with a few thin beds of shaly sandstone. Coll. John Reed and Louis B. Kellum, 44NB Kellum #2 P 25, Sept. 6, 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): 16
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 250-300
all above data from Table 4, p. 24
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus sp. fauna identified by R.W. Imlay