Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. F-23 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19955
Locality: Field No. F-23
Description: [Shown as locality 17 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "F-23. Tuxedni, Iniskin siltstone. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet region, Iniskin Peninsula. South shore of Chinitna Bay, about 400 ft. up small stream flowing out almost on the supposed axis of small anticline. (the Gaikima Creek anticline) and 1.02 miles N 51o W of the mouth of Fitz Creek. Strat. Pos. at the base of the Iniskin siltstone and strat. above coll. Lithology - shaly ss. Coll. Wedow and Kellum 44NB #2 P 34, Sept. 12, 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: South shore of Chininta Bay
Map reference (pl. 3): 17
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 450-500
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
2 Bivalves Lima sp.
3 Bivalves Lucina sp.