Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Blodgett, R.B. Originator: Clautice, K.H. Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Fossil locality map of the Healy A-6 Quadrangle, south-central Alaska Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Report of Investigation Issue_Identification: RI 2000-5 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Fairbanks, Alaska - USA Publisher: State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Other_Citation_Details: 42 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360 Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/2680 Description: Abstract: This report presents in tabular form a complete listing of faunal and minor floral elements, along with their identification as known to date, for all fossils collected by field party members of the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) during their 1997 and 1998 geological mapping effort in the Healy A-6 Quadrangle. In addition, all known U.S. Geological Survey fossil localities that could be located from previously published maps are also shown on the fossil locality map and listed in the fossil register. Purpose: The purpose of this listing of fossil localities and their contained faunas is to provide biostratigraphic age control for the recent DGGS mapping efforts in the Healy A-6 Quadrangle and surrounding areas. Supplemental_Information: The layers listed below are present as ArcGIS shape files. Attribute information for the following layers (entities) is included in this metadata file under the "Entity_and_Attribute_Information" section. Each layer is listed and described in detail under its own heading starting "Entity_Type_Label." Layers include: >fossil_loc compiled fossil locations Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2000 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -150.00 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -149.50 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 63.25 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 63.00 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: Ammonites Theme_Keyword: Bivalves Theme_Keyword: Brachiopods Theme_Keyword: Bryozoans Theme_Keyword: Buchia Theme_Keyword: Corals Theme_Keyword: Conodonts Theme_Keyword: Fossils Theme_Keyword: Gastropods Theme_Keyword: Halobia Theme_Keyword: Mollusks Theme_Keyword: Paleontology Theme_Keyword: Pelecypods Theme_Keyword: Radiolarians Theme_Keyword: Trace Fossils Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Chulitna Place_Keyword: Healy Quadrangle Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: Chulitna Terrane Stratum_Keyword: Kahiltna Terrane Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: Cretaceous Temporal_Keyword: Devonian Temporal_Keyword: Early Jurassic Temporal_Keyword: Late Silurian Temporal_Keyword: Late Triassic Temporal_Keyword: Paleozoic Temporal_Keyword: Pennsylvanian Temporal_Keyword: Permian Access_Constraints: This report, map, and/or dataset are available directly from the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (see contact information below). Use_Constraints: Any hard copies or published datasets utilizing these datasets shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way, the user is obligated to describe the types of modifications the user has made. User specifically agrees not to misrepresent these datasets, nor to imply that changes made by the user were approved by the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Contact_Position: GIS Data Manager/Cartographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 3354 College Road City: Fairbanks State_or_Province: AK Postal_Code: 99709-3707 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (907) 451-5029 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (907) 451-5020 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (907) 451-5050 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dggspubs@alaska.gov Contact_Instructions: You may view our web site at http://www.dggs.alaska.gov for the latest information on available data. Please e-mail your questions and data requests when possible since our web site and e-mail address will remain current even if our phone number and mailing address change. Data_Set_Credit: Members of the DGGS mapping crew that contributed fossils for this study included: Rainer Newberry, Ellen Hams, Rocky Reifenstuhl, Shirley Liss, Tom Bundtzen, and Jim Clough. We are greatly indebted to C.C. Hawley for the hospitality extended to DGGS during their stay at the Golden Zone Mine during the summers of 1997 and 1998. We also greatly benefited from his vast knowledge of the areal geology of the Upper Chulitna district. Norm Silberling was extremely helpful during discussions on the Triassic stratigraphy of the region. We also gratefully appreciate the efforts of the following paleontologists in their efforts to identify various elements of the collected fauna: George Stanley, Triassic corals and spongiomorphs; Michael Sandy and Monica Stefanoff, Triassic bivalves; Norman Savage, Paleozoic and Triassic conodonts; and Chris McRoberts, Triassic bivalves. We extend our thanks to Arthur J. Boucot, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, and David LePain, DGGS, for reviewing this manuscript. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP SP2, ArcGIS 9.+, and any text editor. Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Clautice, K.H. Originator: Newberry, R.J. Originator: Blodgett, R.B. Originator: Bundtzen, T.K. Originator: Gage, B.G. Originator: Harris, E.E. Originator: Liss, S.A. Originator: Miller, M.L. Originator: Reifenstuhl, R.R. Originator: Clough, J.G. Originator: Pinney, D.S. Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Bedrock geologic map of the Chulitna region, southcentral Alaska Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report, tabular digital data, map, vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Report of Investigation Issue_Identification: RI 2001-1A Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Fairbanks, Alaska - USA Publisher: State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Other_Citation_Details: 31 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360 Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/2768 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Clautice, K.H. Originator: Newberry, R.J. Originator: Pinney, D.S. Originator: Blodgett, R.B. Originator: Bundtzen, T.K. Originator: Gage, B.G. Originator: Harris, E.E. Originator: Liss, S.A. Originator: Miller, M.L. Originator: Reifenstuhl, R.R. Originator: Clough, J.G. Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Geologic map of the Chulitna region, southcentral Alaska Series_Information: Series_Name: Report of Investigation Issue_Identification: RI 2001-1B Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Fairbanks, AK Publisher: State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Other_Citation_Details: 32 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360 Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/2771 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Pinney, D.S. Publication_Date: 200105 Title: Surficial-geologic map of the Chulitna region, southcentral Alaska Series_Information: Series_Name: Report of Investigation Issue_Identification: RI 2001-1C Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Fairbanks, AK Publisher: State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Other_Citation_Details: 3 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360 Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/3313 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Pinney, D.S. Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Engineering-geologic map of the Chulitna region, southcentral Alaska Series_Information: Series_Name: Report of Investigation Issue_Identification: RI 2001-1D Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Fairbanks, AK Publisher: State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Other_Citation_Details: 5 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360 Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/3314 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Locations were determined visually from topographic maps in the field. Attributes were verified for consistency and completeness during the creation of the metadata. Logical_Consistency_Report: This dataset consists only point data and does not require topology. Completeness_Report: This dataset includes geospatial information regarding fossil sample locations in the Healy A-6 Quadrangle. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Locations were determined visually from topographic maps in the field using 1:63,360 maps that had been enlarged to about 1:40,000 (GPS was not used). The coordinates of sample and station locations were entered into an Excel spreadsheet with a digitizing tablet. Point data was manually compiled/digitized on-screen in MapInfo to create the original published map, using the field sheet for reference. The original published map was then georectified and sample locations were digitized in ArcGIS software in 2007 (see Process_Step below). Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 100 Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Considering the errors inherent in the USGS topographic maps, locating oneself in the field, and the methods of digitizing localities, stations, and samples are located to an accuracy between 10 and 100 meters. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Hawley, C.C. Originator: Clark, A.L. Publication_Date: 1974 Title: Geology and mineral deposits of the Upper Chulitna District, Alaska Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper Issue_Identification: 758-B Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA - USA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: p. B1-B47, 2 sheets, scale 1:12,000 Online_Linkage: http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/id/4037 Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1974 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hawley and Clarke, 1974 Source_Contribution: This publication provides a geologic background and other fossil localities related to the field area. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Silberling, N.J. Originator: Jones, D.L. Originator: Csejtey, Bela, Jr. Originator: Nelson, W.H. Publication_Date: 1978 Title: Interpretive bedrock geologic map of part of the upper Chulitna district, Healy A-6 quadrangle, Alaska Range, Alaska Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 1961 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA - USA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360 Source_Scale_Denominator: 63360 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1978 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Silberling and others, 1978 Source_Contribution: This publication provides a geologic background and other fossil localities related to the field area. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Jones, D.L. Originator: Silberling, N.J. Originator: Csejtey, Bela, Jr. Originator: Nelson, W.H. Originator: Blome, C.D. Publication_Date: 1980 Title: Age and structural significance of ophiolite and adjoining rocks in the upper Chulitna District, South-central Alaska Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper Issue_Identification: 1121-A Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA - USA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: p. A1-A21, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360 Online_Linkage: http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/id/3980 Source_Scale_Denominator: 63360 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1980 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Jones and others, 1980 Source_Contribution: This publication provides geologic age constraints and other fossil localities related to the field area. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Csejtey, Bela, Jr. Originator: Mullen, M.W. Originator: Cox, D.P. Originator: Stricker, G.D. Publication_Date: 1992 Title: Geology and geochronology of the Healy Quadrangle, south-central Alaska Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Issue_Identification: 1961 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA - USA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: 63 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:360,000 Online_Linkage: http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/id/12847 Source_Scale_Denominator: 360000 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1992 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Csejtey and others, 1992 Source_Contribution: This publication provides a geologic background and other fossil localities related to the field area. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Stanley, G.D., Jr. Publication_Date: 1999 Title: Upper Triassic reef faunas from the Chulitna terrane, Alaska Series_Information: Series_Name: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Issue_Identification: v. 31, no. 7 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boulder, CO - USA Publisher: Geological Society of America Other_Citation_Details: p. A-104 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1999 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Stanley, 1999 Source_Contribution: This publication provides other fossil localities related to the field area. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Stefanoff, Monica Originator: Sandy, M.R. Originator: Blodgett, R.B. Publication_Date: 1999 Title: Late Triassic brachiopods from the Chulitna terrane, south-central Alaska and the paleogeographic significance Series_Information: Series_Name: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Issue_Identification: v. 31, no. 7 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boulder, CO - USA Publisher: Geological Society of America Other_Citation_Details: p. A-472 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1999 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Stefanoff and others, 1999 Source_Contribution: This publication provides other fossil localities related to the field area. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Yarnell, J.M. Originator: Stanley, George Originator: Hart, C.J.R. Publication_Date: 1999 Title: New paleontological investigations of Upper Triassic shallow-water reef carbonates (Lewes River Group) in the Whitehorse area, Yukon Larger_Work_Citation: Other_Citation_Details: p. 179-184 Online_Linkage: http://www.geology.gov.yk.ca/publications/yeg/yeg98/yarnell_lewes_river.pdf Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Roots, C.F. (ed.) Originator: Emond, D.S. (ed.) Publication_Date: 1999 Title: Yukon Exploration and Geology 1998 Series_Information: Series_Name: none Issue_Identification: none Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Publisher: Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1999 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Yarnell and others, 1999 Source_Contribution: This publication provides other fossil localities related to the field area. Process_Step: Process_Description: Fieldwork and map compilation - The fossils were collected by field party members of the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) during their 1997 and 1998 geological mapping effort in the Healy A-6 Quadrangle. In addition, all known U.S. Geological Survey fossil localities that could be located from previously published maps are also shown on the fossil locality map and listed in the fossil register. Lengthy faunal lists for rocks of the upper Chulitna district are found in Hawley and Clark (1974), Silberling and others (1978), Jones and others (1980), and Csejtey and others (1992). Two abstracts and one paper (Stanley, 1999; Stefanoff and others, 1999; and Yarnell and others, 1999) were published in 1999, which delve respectively with aspects of the coral, brachiopod, and bivalve fauna from the Upper Triassic of the Chulitna terrane. Point data was manually compiled and digitized on-screen in MapInfo to create the original published map, using the field sheet for reference. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Hawley and Clarke, 1974 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Silberling and others, 1978 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Jones and others, 1980 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Csejtey and others, 1992 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Stanley, 1999 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Stefanoff and others, 1999 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Yarnell and others, 1999 Process_Date: 1998 Process_Step: Process_Description: Digitizing sample locations - An ArcGIS shape file was created by georectifying the original map image using the four corner points and three points within the map located in the northeast, central, and southwest portions of the image. The image was then assigned a NAD 27 UTM Zone 6N projection and points were digitized using a pen tablet in the ArcGIS environment. Process_Date: 2007 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 6 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -147.000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0 False_Easting: 500000 False_Northing: 0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000064 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000064 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Planar_Coordinate_Layer_Name: fossil_loc Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Attribute_Layer_Name: fossil_loc Entity_Type_Label: fossil_loc.shp Entity_Type_Definition: Object type is point, there are 154 records associated with this entity, and the entity values refer to fossil locations. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Attribute: Attribute_Label: POINT_X Attribute_Definition: Easting coordinate in UTM Attribute_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 348913.284818 Range_Domain_Maximum: 373463.962979 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute: Attribute_Label: POINT_Y Attribute_Definition: Northing coordinate in UTM Attribute_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 6989289.53673 Range_Domain_Maximum: 7014932.74724 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute: Attribute_Label: sample_num Attribute_Definition: Sample number assigned to each fossil location Attribute_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Arbitrary sample number assigned to each fossil location (1-154). 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