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Stratigraphic range: Lower Paleozoic
Kinds of fossils: Conodonts
Quadrangle or area: Craig B-4 quad., Port Alexander Sheet, Alaska
Shipment No.: A-80-1
Referred by: Ovenshine, A. Thomas , Brew, David A. , Berg, Henry C. , Loney, R. A. , Campbell, R.
Report prepared by: Harris, Anita G.
Date: 01/25/1980

Completion of samples collected during the USGS-GSC Binational field trip, Ketchikan to Juneau, Alaska, Sept. 12-21, 1979

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9-15-79B , Craig , Wadleigh Limestone, lagoonal dark-gray micrite and ripple-beds with minor mud, underlying stromatoporoid-Amphiporabiostrome. Coronados Islands area on small island west of Troy Island, Craig B-4 quad.
9-16-79A (10160-SD) , Craig , Karheen Formation--brachiopod-coral-trilobite micrite. Brew s sample 79DB407A for trilobite collected from same outcrop. From Craig 1:250,000 sheet at Lat. 55 deg. 31.2 min., long. 133 deg. 08.5 min.
Belodella sp. element fragment
Ozarkodina eberleini Savage
Pandorinellina exigua philipi (Klapper)
Panderodus spp.
1 drepanodontiform element
3 hindeodelliform elements
11 indet. bar, blade, simple cone, and platform elements
9-18-79B (10161-SD) , Port Alexander , Black Chert Member of the Saginaw Bay Limestone-black petroliferous laminated limestone was collected for processing. Sample from head of Saginaw Bay at lat. 56 deg. 50.9 min., long. 134 deg. 08.4 min., Port Alexander 1:250,000 sheet.
9-18-79C , Port Alexander , Kuiu Limestone with conglomerate--dark-gray micrite overlying bed containing Conchidium sp. This locality is supposed to be Upper Silurian; Lat. 56 deg. 54.2 min., long. 134 deg. 19.1 min., Port Alexander 1:250,000 sheet.
2 Panderodus sp. elements
9-18-79D , Port Alexander , Bay of Pillars Formation--Unit dates Ludlow based on graptolites collected along strike. A 1-inch micritic distal turbidite bed within a graywacke shale and calcareous shale sequence was collected: Lat 56 deg. 53.8 min., long. 134 deg. 20.8 min., Port Alexander 1:250,000 sheet. This formation is the basinal equivalent of the Heceta.