Usage:
Ajibik Quartzite of Menominee Group of Marquette Range Supergroup (MI*-local)
Notable exposures in Marquette Range, Northern Peninsula.
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic (Huronian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from typical exposures on Ajibik Hills, northeast of Palmer, [about 2.5 mi west of Sands 7.5-min quadrangle, and west-southwest of Grace Lake in SE/4 sec. 13, T. 47 N., R. 26 E., Palmer 7.5-min quadrangle, Marquette Co.], Marquette district, Northern Peninsula, northwestern MI (Van Hise and Bayley, 1895; Gair and Thaden, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Lake Superior region*
Wisconsin arch*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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