Report on Referred Fossils |
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Stratigraphic range: |
Tertiary |
Kinds of fossils: |
Mollusks, echinoid |
Quadrangle or area: |
Bering Glacier, Cordova & Middleton Island quads. |
Shipment No.: |
A-73-31Ma,b |
Referred by: |
Plafker, George
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Report prepared by: |
Addicott, Warren O.
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Date: |
12/07/1973 |
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This report is based upon collections from the Bering Glacier 2 degrees, Cordova B-2 15 min and Middleton Island D-1 & D-2 15 min quads. made by George Plafker and others during the 1973 field season. The spatangoid echinoid from M5940 has been sent to Wyatt Durham, University of California, for further study; if it can be more precisely identified a separate report will be written.
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73APr357
(Cenozoic loc. M5935)
, Bering Glacier
, West side of Stellar Glacier near divide between Stellar and Martin River Glaciers, 60 degrees 30.5 min N., 143 degrees 28 min W., 1.15 mi S., 2.6 mi E. of NW. cor. T. 15 S., R. 11 E., Bering Glacier 2 degree quad. Unnamed lower Tertiary unit. Coll: G. Plafker, 1973. (according to report of Addicott, 12/-7/1973)[None description given in E&R report of Jones, 03/07/1974 - RBB]
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73ATz96
(Cenozoic loc. M5939)
, Cordova
, Martin River north of Little Martin Lake, 150 ft. N., 1,600 ft. W. of SE. cor. sec. 11, T. 17 S., R. 5 E., Cordova B-2 15 min quad. Katalla Formation? Coll: R. Truesdale, 1973.
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Turritella n. sp.? aff. T. merriami brevitabulata Merriam and Turner
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Nuculana sp. A - internal mold
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Nuculana sp. B - internal mold
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Tellina sp. - deformed specimens
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Spatangoid - fragment similar to specimens in M5940
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73AH126
(Cenozoic loc. M5940)
, Cordova
, Martin River east of Little Martin Lake, 350 ft S., 2,500 ft E. of NW. cor. sec. 18, T. 17 S., R. 6 E., Cordova B-2 15 min quad. Katalla Formation? Coll: R. Hudson, 1973.
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Spatangoid - probably Brisaster or ..
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73APr257
(Cenozoic loc. M5938)
, Cordova
, West slope of Ragged Mountain, 1,400 ft S., 400 ft W. of NE cor. sec. 29, T. 18 S., R. 5 E., Cordovia B-2 15 min quad. Unnamed lower Tertiary sequence. Coll: G. Plafker, 1973.
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73APr209
(Cenozoic loc. M5941)
, Middleton Island
, Rocks off SE. coast of Kayak Island, 1.3 mi E., 0.25 mi S. of NW cor. sec. 33, T. 23 S., R. 5 E., Middleton Island D-1 & D-2 15 min quads. Lower Katalla Formation? Coll: G. Plafker, 1973.
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Conchocele disjuncta Gabb
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73APr211
(Cenozoic loc. M5942)
, Middleton Island
, Tidal flat off SE. coast of Kayak Island, 1,750 ft S., 2,400 ft E. of NW. cor. sec. 23, T. 23 S., R. 5 E., Middleton Island D-1 and D-2 15 min quads. Upper Katalla or lower Yakataga Formation. Coll. G. Plafker, 1973.
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Acila gettysburgensis (Reagan)
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73APr213
(Cenozoic loc. M5943)
, Middleton Island
, Kayak Is., 550 ft S., 1,250 ft E. of NW. cor. sec. 22, T. 23 S., R. 5 E., Middleton Is. D-1 and D-2 quad. Yakataga Formation. Coll: G. Plafker, 1973.
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Fragment of a fish vertebra
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73APr219
(Cenozoic loc. M5944)
, Middleton Island
, Kayak Is., 2,300 ft. S., 550 ft E. of NW. cor. sec. 14, T. 23 S., R. 5 E., Middleton Is. D-1 and D-2 quad. Middle part of the Katalla Formation. Coll: G. Plafker, 1973
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73APr231
(Cenozoic loc. M5945)
, Middleton Island
, Kayak Is., 600 ft. N., 2,550 ft E. of SW. cor. sec. 29, T. 22 S., R. 6 E., Middleton D-1 and D-2 15-min quad. Lower part of the Yakataga Formation? Coll: G. Plafker, 1973.
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73ATz205
(Cenozoic loc. M5932)
, Bering Glacier
, Between Martin River Glacier and Stellar Glacier at point of emergence of two unnamed glacier tributaries of Martin River Glacier, 1.1 mi N., 0.2 mi W. of SE. cor. T. 15 S., R. 9 E., Bering Glacier 2 degree quad. Unnamed lower Tertiary unit possibly equivalent to Orca Group, near fault contact with Tertiary Kushtaka Formation. Coll: R. Truesdale and G. Plafker, 1973.
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73APr338
(Cenozoic loc. M5934)
, Bering Glacier
, At end of spur projecting south from the east end of Barkley Ridge, 1.5 mi E. of SW. cor. T. 16 S., R. 19 E., Bering Glacier 2 degree quad. Elev. 5,600 ft. Unnamed lower Tertiary unit. Coll: G. Plafker, 1973.
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Undetermined fragments - molds
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Cardiid - minute specimen
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73ATz206B
(Cenozoic loc. M5936)
, Bering Glacier
, Southwest side of Waxell Ridge 2.2 mi S., 0.9 mi W. of NE. cor. T. 15 S., R. 12 E., 60 degrees, 29.4 min N., 143 degrees 13.2 min W., Bering Glacier 2 degree quad. Unnamed lower Tertiary unit, near probable fault contact with andesitic volcanic rock. Coll: R. Truesdale, 1973.
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Turritella buwaldana Dickerson?
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73AH229C
(Cenozoic loc. M5937)
, Bering Glacier
, Near head of an elongate unnamed glacier convergent with Martin River Glacier, 2.2 mi S. of NE. cor. T. 15 S., R. 8 E., 60 degrees 34.6 min N., 143 degrees 53.7 min W., Bering Glacier 2 degree quad. Unnamed lower Tertiary sequence, immediately south of fault contact with metasediments of lower metamorphic grade. Coll. R. Hudson, 1973.
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73APr290C
(Cenozoic loc. M5931)
, Bering Glacier
, West side of Stellar Glacier 60 degrees 35.6 min N., 143 degrees 29 min W., 10,800 ft E. of NW. cor. T. 15 S., R. 11 E., Bering Glacier 2 degree quad. Elev. 5,500 ft. Coll: G. Plafker, 1973.
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Undet. fragments - 2 or more spp.
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Undet. hexacoral fragment
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