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Sample No. F-62 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19995
Locality:
Field No. F-62
Description:
[Shown as locality 68 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "F-62. Tuxedni, Fitz Creek siltstone. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet, Iniskin Peninsula. SW side of Tonnie Creek and 1650 ft. upstream from the trail crossing at the mouth of the canyon and 1.29 miles S 60 E Tonnie Peak. Strat. Pos. 220 ft. above the base of the Fitz Creek siltstone. Lithology - sandy shale and greenish-blue gray shale. Coll. Wdow and Kellum 44NB Kellum #2 P 69, 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
(middle Bajocian)
Formation:
Fitz Creek Siltstone
Comment:
Geographic location: Tonnie Creek-Twist Creek area
Map reference (pl. 3): 68
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 220
all above data from Table 6, p. 32
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Bivalves
Inoceramus sp.
2
Bivalves
Pecten sp.
3
Bivalves
Goniomya sp.