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Eocene Fossils from Driftwood Creek

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Part Of
Tom Prouse Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
981.4.1
Scope and Content
Eocene Fossils from Driftwood Creek.
Part Of
Tom Prouse Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
981.4.1
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : color ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Eocene Fossils from Driftwood Creek.
Subject Access
Geology
Fossils
Geographic Access
Smithers
Storage Location
photograph storage
Object Type
Biospecimen
Material
calcium carbonate
Accession Number
976.28.1-13
Description
Early post glacial shells from the time when the ocean rushed into the Kitimat Valley to the 700 level. Shells are from Mickey's Cove (Moon Bay) South Northern Dock. The shells were exposed by the April 27, 1975 land-sea slide at Mickey's Cove, where "Rivtow Straits" had worked on new docking facilities. The slide started in the bush higher up and the shell slid down with it, indicating same as at Rod and Gun Club, that the sea level was much higher pretty recently. The shells are not fossilized. Jingle shells (Pododesmus) 76-28-1 & -2, Small seallop (Chlamys) 76-28-3, Small Clam 76-28-4 & -5, Tube Worm 76-28-6, Clam 76-28-7 & 8, Clams 76-28-9 to -13 18 vials, some numbered, some not.
Object Type
Biospecimen
Quantity
1
Description
Early post glacial shells from the time when the ocean rushed into the Kitimat Valley to the 700 level. Shells are from Mickey's Cove (Moon Bay) South Northern Dock. The shells were exposed by the April 27, 1975 land-sea slide at Mickey's Cove, where "Rivtow Straits" had worked on new docking facilities. The slide started in the bush higher up and the shell slid down with it, indicating same as at Rod and Gun Club, that the sea level was much higher pretty recently. The shells are not fossilized. Jingle shells (Pododesmus) 76-28-1 & -2, Small seallop (Chlamys) 76-28-3, Small Clam 76-28-4 & -5, Tube Worm 76-28-6, Clam 76-28-7 & 8, Clams 76-28-9 to -13 18 vials, some numbered, some not.
Physical Condition
good
Material
calcium carbonate
Diameter
0.2 - 4 cm
Accession Number
976.28.1-13
Biographical Notes
Museum Curator
Subject Access
seashells
Category
Biological T&E
Location
Bay 1 Shelf 4 Box 2