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Sample No. F-47 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19981
Locality:
Field No. F-47
Description:
[Shown as locality 115 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966][Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "F-47. Tuxedni Fm., Fitz Creek siltstone. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet, Iniskin Peninsula. Small gully south side of Gaikima Creek about 800 ft. upstream from the crest of lower falls and 1.85 miles N 84
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W of the mouth of Fitz Creek. About 1.25 ft. above stream level. Strat. Pos. 160 ft. below the top of the Fitz Creek siltstone. Lithology - concretions in shales. Coll. Wedow and Kellum 44NB #2 P 52, Sept. 18, 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): 115
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 1150
all above data from Table 6, p. 33
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Bivalves
Inoceramus sp.
2
Ammonoids
Chondroceras allani (McLearn)
3
Ammonoids
Stephanoceras? sp.
4
Ammonoids
Stemmatoceras sp. juv.
5
Belemnites
Belemnites