Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. F-29 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19961
Locality: Field No. F-29
Description: [Shown as locality 53 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "F-29. Tuxedni, Gaikima sandstone member. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet region, Iniskin Peninsula. Sea cliffs south shore of Chinitna Bay and 1600 ft. west of the mouth of Gaikima creek and 0.6 mile N 40o W of the mouth of Fitz Creek. Strat. Pos. 180 ft. above the base of the Gaikima. Lithology - fine-grained evenly bedded sandstone just below a coarse conglomerate. Coll. Wedow and Kellum 44NB Kellum #2 P 30, Sept. 9, 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: South Shore of Chinitna Bay
Map reference (pl. 3): 53
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 200
all above data from Table 5, p. 28
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus sp.
2 Bivalves Trigonia sp.
3 Ammonoids Witchellia? sp.