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Sample No. F-35 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19967
Locality:
Field No. F-35
Description:
[Shown as locality 23 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "F-35. Tuxedni Fm., Iniskin siltstone. Southwestern Alaska, Cook Inlet Region, Iniskin Peninsula. North side of Gaikima Creek about 600 ft. upstream from the mouth of the South fork of Gaikima Creek or about 1.18 miles N 84 1/2
o
W of the mouth of Fitz Creek. Strat. Pos. 800 ft. below the top of the Iniskin siltstone. Lithology - shaly sandstone, weathering dark green to brown usually in the form of slabs. Coll. Wedow and Kellum 44NB #2 P. 40, Sept. 15, 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: Gaikema Creek
Map reference (pl. 3): 23
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 750-800
all above data from Table 4, p. 24
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Bivalves
Cucullaea sp.
fauna identified by R.W. Imlay
2
Bivalves
Inoceramus sp.
3
Bivalves
Pecten sp.
4
Bivalves
Camptonectes sp.
5
Bivalves
Pleuromya sp.
6
Bivalves
Pholadomya sp.
7
Belemnites
Belemnites sp.