Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 44AWW11 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19942
Locality: Field No. 44AWW11
Description: [Shown as locality 70 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry card in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "Jurassic - Tuxedni, Fitz Creek member. Orig. no. 44AWW11. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet region, Iniskin Peninsula. Right side of south fork of Gaikima Creek about 4500 ft upstream from its confluence with Gaikima Creek and 1.5 miles S 82 1/2o W from the mouth of the tributary to Fitz Creek. 260 ft above the base of the Fitz Creek siltstone member. Gray sandy shale interbedded with sandstone, weathers a rusty yellow brown. Collected by H. Wedow, 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: Gaikema Creek
Map reference (pl. 3): 70
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 250
all above data from Table 6, p. 33
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus sp.
2 Bivalves Pholadomya sp.