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Sample No. 44AWW F-70 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 20003
Locality:
Field No. 44AWW F-70
Description:
[Shown as locality 105 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "44AWW F-70. Middle Jurassic - Tuxedni Fm. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet Region, Iniskin Peninsula. Northeast slope of Havenstrite Ridge in small steep canyon about 1300 ft. southeast of abandoned oil well I.B.A. #1, 2.06 miles S 57
o
E of Tonnie Peak. Strat. Pos. 80 ft. below the top of the Fitz Creek siltstone. Lithology - Light green medium grained arkose weathering dark brown. Coll. Wedow and Kellum 44NB Kellum 3 P. 9, Sept. 29, 1944."]
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Iliamna
C-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: Fitz Creek area
Map reference (pl. 3): 105
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 1000
all above data from Table 6, p. 33
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Bivalves
Cucullaea sp.
2
Bivalves
Inoceramus sp.