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Geologic Unit: Blair Creek

Usage:

Blair Creek Formation of Marquette Range Supergroup (MI*-local)
Notable exposures in Gogebic iron range, Northern Peninsula.


Geologic age:

Paleoproterozoic*


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

Type area: exposures in the vicinity of Blair Creek, in T. 46 N., R. 40 and 41 W., [Thayer 15-min quadrangle, Ontonogan and Gogebic Cos., Ottawa National Forest], Northern Peninsula, MI (Sims and others, 1984).


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 ( ).

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