Usage:
Bird Iron-Bearing Member of Hemlock Formation of Baraga Group of Marquette Range Supergroup (MI*-local)
Notable exposures in Iron River-Crystal Falls district, Northern Peninsula.
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures in trenches and test pits at the Bird Exploration Mine [iron mine], in sec. 13, T. 43 N., R. 32 W., eastern Iron Co., Northern Peninsula, northwestern MI (James, 1958).
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.
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