Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. F-59 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19992
Locality: Field No. F-59
Description: [Shown as locality 55 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "F-59. Tuxedni, Gaikima ss. mbr. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet region, Iniskin Peninsula. SW side of Tonnie Creek on a spur between two small tributaries about 1200 ft. upstream from the trail crossing at the mouth of the canyon and 1.35 miles S 60o E of Tonnie Peak. Strat. Pos. 50 ft. below the top of the Gaikima ss. mbr. Lithology coquina in a series of mudstones. Coll. Wedow and Kellum 44NB Kellum #2 P 66, Sept. 25, 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): 55
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 450
all above data from Table 5, p. 28
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus sp.
2 Bivalves Trigonia sp.
3 Bivalves Pecten sp.
4 Bivalves Astarte sp.
5 Bivalves Arctica sp.