Alaska Paleontological Database
Guest
Login
Home
Search
Quadrangle
Sample
Reference
Map View
E and R Reports
Publications
Letters
Sample Detail
of
Sample:
Sample No. 44AWW F 4 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19935
Locality:
Field No. 44AWW F 4
Description:
[Shown as locality 52 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry card in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "Jurassic - Tuxedni, Gaikima (note by R.B. Blodgett: should be Gaikema) member. Orig. no. 44 AWW F 4. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet, Iniskin Peninsula. Right side of Tonnie Creek about 850 ft upstream the trail crossing the mouth of Fitz canyon, or 1.6 miles S 60
o
E of Tonnie Peak. 140 ft above the base of the Gaikima member or 360 ft below the top of the Gaikima member. Shaly sandstone. Collected by H. Wedow, July, 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:
Gaikema Sandstone
Comment:
Geographic location: Tonnie Creek-Fitz Creek area
Map reference (pl. 3): 52
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 150
all above data from Table 5, p. 28
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Bivalves
Pleuromya sp.
2
Belemnites
Belemnites