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    • Caledonia conglomerate
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    • Original reference
Publication:

Lane, A.C., 1911, The Keweenaw series of Michigan: Michigan Geological Survey Publication, no. 6, 983 p., Also issued as Michigan Geol. Survey Geol. Ser., no. 4


Summary:

Pg. 576, 580, 588, 593, 612, and 957. Is conglomerate No. 8 [Bohemia conglomerate], top formation of Bohemia Range group.
Probably named from exposures near old Caledonia mine, Ontonagon Co., Upper Peninsula, northwestern MI.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 316).


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