Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 44AWW 6 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19937
Locality: Field No. 44AWW 6
Description: [Shown as locality 62 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "44AWW 6. Tuxedni Formation - Fitz Creek siltstone mbr. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet region, Iniskin Peninsula. Right side of Tonnie Creek about 1300' upstream from the trail crossing at the mouth of Tonnie Creek and Fitz Creek and 1.3 miles S 58 1/2o E of Tonnie Peak, same loc. as # 19993. Strat. Pos. 40 ft. above the base of the Fitz Creek siltstone member of the Tuxedni fm. Lithology - Platy sandy shale and a few small concretions. Coll. 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 (middle Bajocian)
Formation: Fitz Creek Siltstone
Comment:Geographic location: Tonnie Creek-Twist Creek area
Map reference (pl. 3): 62
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 40
all above data from Table 6, p. 32
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Parallelodon sp.
2 Bivalves Trigonia sp.
3 Bivalves Pleuromya sp.
4 Belemnites Belemnites