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    • Jacobsville sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Lane, A.C., and Seaman, A.E., 1907, Notes on the geological section of Michigan; Part 1, The pre-Ordovician: Journal of Geology, v. 15, p. 680-695.


Summary:

Named for Jacobsville, Houghton Co., northwestern MI (Upper Peninsula). Replaces Lake Superior sandstones east of Copper Range and skirting coast at intervals to Grand Island. (Freda sandstone (new) used for Lake Superior sandstones west of Copper range; Munising sandstone (new) applies to upper 250 ft of Lake Superior sandstones that crosses the bluffs near Munising, dips southward, and is white or light in color). Consists of red and brown sandstone striped with streaks of red clay shale; conglomeratic where it laps on older formations. Thickness ranges from 0 to more than 1,500 ft. Relation to Freda sandstone is undetermined; they may be the same formation. Age is Late Cambrian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Thwaites, F.T., 1943, Stratigraphic work in northern Michigan, 1933-1941: Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, v. 28, p. 487-502.


Summary:

Age is not yet established, but is likely to be Upper Keweenawan [Precambrian, late Keweenawan].

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Michigan basin
Publication:

Cohee, G.V., 1945, Geology and oil and gas possibilities of Trenton and Black River limestones of the Michigan basin, Michigan and adjacent areas: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Chart, OC-11, 1 sheet, scale 1:4,435,200


Summary:

Age given is Cambrian. Is present in subsurface in one well in northwestern OH. Underlies Mount Simon sandstone; overlies Precambrian rocks.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

White, W.S., Cornwall, H.R., and Swanson, R.W., 1953, Bedrock geology of Ahmeek quadrangle, Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-27, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000 [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_725.htm]


Summary:

In Ahmeek quad, Jacobsville consists primarily of buff- or salmon-colored, fine- to coarse-grained sandstone, with subordinate amounts of reddish-brown pebble conglomerate. Sandstone contains a large proportion of well-rounded quartz grains. Outside quad area, more complete exposures show subordinate amounts of less resistant red shales and silty shales commonly interbedded with sandstone. Total thickness may be at least 1,800 ft based on drillhole a few miles south of Calumet; could be thicker. Although Lane (1911) suggested that Jacobsville could be a transitional unit linking Keweenawan with Cambrian sedimentation, later studies have shown it to represent probably the last phase of Keweenawan sedimentation and it may be of Precambrian age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Hamblin, W.K., 1958, The Cambrian sandstones of northern Michigan: Michigan Geological Survey Publication, no. 51, 146 p.


Summary:

Revised as Jacobsville formation in this report. Four lithic units recognized within formation: conglomerate facies, lenticular sandstone facies, massive sandstone facies, and red siltstone facies. Thickness varies because of relief of Precambrian surface over which formation was deposited. Underlies Munising formation; in some areas, is covered by glacial drift. Along Lake Superior coast, from Munising to Beaver Lake, formation is under water. Age has been a matter of conjecture for many years; paper gives background and discusses factors favoring Keweenawan age and evidence opposing Keweenawan age. Unconformity between Jacobsville and Munising formations exposed at Grand Island proves that Jacobsville is older than Upper Cambrian, but it is impossible to estimate magnitude of unconformity and state whether Jacobsville is Lower and Middle Cambrian or Upper Keweenawan. Jacobsville represents continental sediments deposited in an enclosed basin during the same time as marine sediments of Lower and Middle Cambrian age were being deposited in other parts of the country.

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Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Hamblin, W.K., 1961, Paleogeographic evolution of the Lake Superior region from Late Keweenawan to Late Cambrian time: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 72, no. 1, p. 1-18.


Summary:

Age revised to Cambrian or Precambrian(?).

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Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville Sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Eddy, G.E., 1964, Stratigraphic succession in Michigan, Paleozoic through Recent: Michigan Geological Survey Chart, no. 1, 1 sheet.


Summary:

Age on chart shown as Early Cambrian.

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Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville Sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Lake Superior region
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Books, K.G., White, W.S., and Beck, M.E., 1966, Magnetization of Keweenawan gabbro in northern Wisconsin and its relation to time of intrusion, IN Geological Survey Research 1966: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 550-D, p. 117-124.


Summary:

Geologic map (fig. 1) shows Jacobsville Sandstone as Upper Keweenawan.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville Sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Lake Superior region
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Gair, J.E., and Thaden, R.E., 1968, Geology of the Marquette and Sands quadrangles Marquette County, Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 397, 77 p., Prepared in cooperation with Michigan Dept. Conserv., Geol. Survey Div [Available online from the USGS PubsWarehouse: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/pp/pp397]


Summary:

Pg. 59-60. Jacobsville Sandstone. Although earlier workers thought Jacobsville to be of Keweenawan age, authors of this report follow Hamblin (Michigan Geol. Survey Div. Pub., no. 51, 1958) who believed that Jacobsville represented continental deposition during Early and Middle Cambrian time.

Source: Modified from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville Sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Fritts, C.E., 1969, Bedrock geologic map of the Marenisco-Watersmeet area, Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-576, 1 sheet, 5 p., scale 1:48,000


Summary:

Jacobsville Sandstone shown as Upper Precambrian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville Sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Sims, P.K., and Peterman, Z.E., 1976, Geology and Rb-Sr ages of reactivated Precambrian gneisses and granite in the Marenisco-Watersmeet area, nrothern Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research, v. 4, no. 4, p. 405-414.


Summary:

Jacobsville Sandstone shown as Precambrian Y in age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville Sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Cannon, W.F., 1986, Bedrock geologic map of the Iron River 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangle, Michigan and Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-1360-B, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000 [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_9158.htm]


Summary:

Age of Jacobsville Sandstone is Proterozoic Y, although correlation chart shows uncertainty as to how old or young the unit is. Assigned to Keweenawan Supergroup and is classified as Middle Keweenawan.

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Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville Formation, Sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Mudrey, M.G., Jr., and Ostrom, M.E., 1986, Upper Keweenawan stratigraphy, Chapter IV, IN Mudrey, M.G., Jr., ed., Precambrian petroleum potential, Wisconsin and Michigan: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, Geoscience Wisconsin, v. 11, p. 23-25.


Summary:

Shown as Middle Proterozoic age and is assigned to upper Keweenawan. Overlies middle Keweenawan volcanics. Correlated with Bayfield Group in WI (differs in its heavy mineral composition).

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Jacobsville Sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Cannon, W.F., Woodruff, L.G., Nicholson, S.W., and Hedgman, C.A., 1996, Bedrock geologic map of the Ashland and northern part of the Ironwood 30' x 60' quadrangles, Wisconsin and Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-2566, 1 sheet, scale 1:100,000 [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_13052.htm]


Summary:

Jacobsville Sandstone extended from MI into WI in the area Iron Co.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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