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  • Usage in publication:
    • Rib Mountain quartzite
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Quartzite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Lake Superior region
Publication:

Read, W.F., and Weis, L.W., 1962, Northeastern Wisconsin, McCaslin syncline; Tigerton anorthosite: Tri-State Annual Field Conference Guidebook, October 13-14, 1962, no. 26, 22 p.


Summary:

First published use on map showing quartzites that may be related to the McCaslin quartzite (first used) in WI. Mapped areal extent at Rib Mountain, central Marathon Co, WI (Lake Superior region). Type locality not designated. Derivation of name not stated but apparently named from Rib Mountain. Lithologic description not given. Age is not stated. Appears only on map (p. 1). Other quartzites shown on the map include: Barron, Baraboo, Flambeau, McCaslin, Palms, Rudolph, and Sturgeon quartzites. [Is probably the same as the "Rib Hill quartzite" of Weidman (1907).]

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


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