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Geologic Unit: Bergland

Usage:

Bergland Group of Keweenawan Supergroup (MI*,WI*)


Subunits:

Portage Lake Volcanics (MI*,WI*), Porcupine Volcanics (MI*,WI*).


Geologic age:

Mesoproterozoic*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type area: north and northeast of Bergland, in T. 49 N., R. 42 W., Ontonagon Co., northwestern MI (Upper Peninsula) (Cannon and Nicholson, 1992).


AAPG geologic province:

Wisconsin arch*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).