Usage:
Bell Creek Gneiss (MI*)
Geologic age:
Late Archean*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality is along pipeline, along the valley of Bell Creek, in secs. 32 and 33, T. 47 N., R. 28 W., Marquette Co., MI, where most phases of the gneiss are well exposed. Named from Bell Creek, Greenwood quadrangle (Cannon and Simmons, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
Lake Superior region*
Wisconsin arch*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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