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Report on Referred Fossils
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Stratigraphic range: Silurian or Devonian
Kinds of fossils: Corals
Quadrangle or area: Mt. Hayes B-4, Alaska
Shipment No.: A-71-16M
Referred by: Stout, James H.
Report prepared by: Merriam, C. W.
Date: 10/29/1971

This report covers a collection of Paleozoic corals from the north side of the Denali fault, Delta River--Mt. Hayes area. The single associated ammonite piece (float) has been transmitted to Ralph Imlay in Washington, D.C., after consultation with D.L. Jones of this Branch.

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JS101B-71 , Mt Hayes , All fossil material was collected from a single outcrop of dark-grey limestone which is interbedded with several hundred feet of sandstone, conglomerate and shale. The latter rocks show good tops evidence but are unfossiliferous. Ferruginous sandstone with enclosed ammonite(?) is float block from beds adjacent to the limestone referred to above. [statement taken from transmittal sheet - R.B. Blodgett]
Heliolites sp.
Syringopora sp.
digitate favositids (possibly the genus Thamnopora)
crinoidal debris