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  • Usage in publication:
    • Athelstane Quartz Monzonite*
  • Modifications:
    • Geochronologic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Lake Superior region
Publication:

Sims, P.K. (compiler), 1990, Geologic map of Precambrian rocks of Iron Mountain and Escanaba 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangles, northeastern Wisconsin and northwestern Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-2056, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000


Summary:

Athelstane Quartz Monzonite. U-Pb zircon age 1,836 +/-15 Ma (Early Proterozoic). Age recalculated from Banks and Cain (1969). Sample locality in sec. 30, T. 33 N., R. 20 E., Marinette Co., WI.

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


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