Usage:
Bessemer Quartzite of Keweenawan Supergroup (MI*,WI*)
Bessemer Sandstone (MI,WI)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type area:] in Gogebic, Ontonagan, and Houghton Cos., MI. Notable exposures near town of Bessemer, Gogebic Co., northwestern MI (Seaman, IN Snelgrove and others, 1944).
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.
"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 ( ).
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