Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. F-17 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19948
Locality: Field No. F-17
Description: [Shown as locality 51 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "F-17. Jurassic-Tuxedni, Gaikima ss. mbr. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet Region, Iniskin Peninsula. North side of Gaikima Creek about 2800 ft. upstream from Chinitna Bay and 0.7 miles N 65 W from the mouth of Fitz Creek at the opposite end of the outcrop from which USGS Mesozoic Coll. 19947 was made. Strat. Pos. about 1/2 way up among the Gaikima Fossil colls. made 1944. Lithology - Arkosic sandstone with coarse conglomerate beds. Coll. Wedow and Kellum NB Kellum 44-#2 P 260, Sept. 3, 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: Gaikema Creek
Map reference (pl. 3): 51
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 100-150
all above data from Table 5, p. 28
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus sp.
2 Bivalves Trigonia sp.
3 Belemnites Belemnites