Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 67ARR 542 -- USGS No. 23503-PC
Locality: Field No. 67ARR 542
Description: Slightly calcareous black slaty siltstone and black shale with black siltstone concretions and brachiopods from Howling Dog Creek. Coleen 67o 12' N., 141o 54 1/2' W. Collector: H. N. Reiser, 1967.
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Coleen A-2
Lat.: 67o12' " Long.: 141o54.5 '
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1967 (12/18)
This report deals with three samples submitted for possible pollen and spores. They are your field locality numbers 67ABe 371, 67ARR 542, and 67ARR 582C. None of these samples contained pollen or spores; they have been discarded.
Report by: R. A. Scott
Referred by: William P. Brosge
Age: No Data (Undetermined)

Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1970 (02/13)
This report covers the single collection for which information was requested on January 30, 1970.
Report by: J. Thomas Dutro , Jr.
Referred by: William P. Brosge
Age: Early Permian (Early? Permian)
Comment:This collection contains a limited brachiopod assemblage consisting of molds and casts of : Chonetinella sp., Anidanthus sp., "Pseudomartinia" aff. "P." greenladica (Dunbar) and Attenuatella sp. There are also fragments of indeterminate pelecypods and another productoid genus. The assemblage is probably facies controlled, and is similar to that found elsewhere in northern Alaska in the Siksikpuk Formation. The chonetid and martinioid resemble species reported from the Siksikpuk. Anidanthus is a genus closely related to Megousia but where the two have been found in sequence, Anidanthus is commonly the older.

Although the possibility of a mid-Permian age cannot be ruled out, I favor an Early Permian age for this collection and suggest correlation with the Siksikpuk.

Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Brachiopods Chonetinella sp.
2 Brachiopods Anidanthus sp.
3 Brachiopods "Pseudomartinia" aff. "P." greenlandica (Dunbar)
4 Brachiopods Attenuatella sp.
5 Brachiopods productoid genus, indet.
6 Bivalves pelecypod fragments, indet.

Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1972 (04/18)
Report by: J. Thomas Dutro , Jr.
Referred by: William P. Brosge
Age: Early Permian
Comment:The age is early Permian; correlative to a part of the "E Zone" of Bamber and Waterhouse (1971), probably the lower part.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Brachiopods productoid, indet.
2 Brachiopods Anidanthus sp.
3 Brachiopods Martinia sp.
4 Brachiopods Attenuatella sp.
5 Brachiopods terebratuloid, indet.
6 Bivalves pectenoid, indet.