Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. F-39 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19972
Locality: Field No. F-39
Description: [Shown as locality 61 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "F-39. Tuxedni, Gaikima. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet region, Iniskin Peninsula. North side of Gaikima Creek about 2600 ft. upstream from the mouth of South Fork and 1.50 miles N 80 W of the mouth of Fitz Creek, about 75 ft. above stream level. Strat. Pos. 20 ft. below the top of the Gaikima. Lithology - sandy shale with very thin beds of shaly sandstone and a few large sandy concretions. Coll. Wedow and Kellum 44NB Kellum #2 P 48, Sept. 16, 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): 61
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 800
all above data from Table 5, p. 28
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Cucullaea sp.
2 Bivalves Pecten sp.
3 Bivalves Mytilus (Arcomytilus) sp.
4 Bivalves Pholadomya sp.
5 Bivalves Astarte sp.
6 Belemnites Belemnites