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Stratigraphic range: Lower-Middle Devonian
Kinds of fossils: Corals, echinoderms
Quadrangle or area: Melozitna quad., Alaska
Shipment No.: A-83-20
Referred by: Patton, William W., Jr.
Report prepared by: Dutro, J. Thomas, Jr.
Date: 08/24/1983

According to Patton's transmittal sheet, this "limestone occurs with metamorphic terrane of the Ruby Geanticline - these fossils may provide the first protolith age for this terrane."

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83APa112 (10799-SD; Harris conodont report gives 10802-PC) , Melozitna , Melozitna 1:250,000 quad.; T. 1 S., R. 23 E.; 65 deg. 24.5' N., 154 deg. 06.1' W.; From unnamed metacarbonate on low ridge between west and east forks of Wolf Creek, approx. 10.9 km N 8 deg. W of VABM Hi Peak on top of Wolf Mtn; unnamed carbonate within metamorphic terrane of Ruby Geanticline. Collector: W.W. Patton, Jr., 1983. Collection retained.
Favosites
large amounts of echinodermal debris,
including Gasterocoma? bicaula Johnson & Lane