Usage:
Branch River Member of Kewaunee Formation (WI)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene; Wisconsinan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Greenleaf quarry, on north side of WI Highway 96, 0.4 mi (0.7 km) east of Greenleaf, in SE/4 SW/4 sec. 4, T. 21 N., R. 20 E., [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 18 min. 48 sec. N., Long. 88 deg. 04 min. 54 sec. W.], Greenleaf 7.5-min quadrangle, Brown Co., eastern WI (Mickelson and others, 1984; Syverson and others, 2011).
Named from the Branch River in Morrison Twp., Denmark 15-min quadrangle; name credited to David M. Mickelson (Mickelson and others, 1984; Syverson and others, 2011).
Reference sections (Mickelson and others, 1984; Syverson and others, 2011):
(1) roadcut on east side of Campbell Road, 0.25 mi (0.4 km) south of Collins Road, in NW/4 NW/4 sec. 24, T. 21 N., R. 20 E., [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 16 min. 50 sec. N., Long. 88 deg. 01 min. 48 sec. W.], Greenleaf 7.5-min quadrangle, Brown Co., eastern WI; and
(2) small borrow pit on southwest corner of intersection of County Trunk Highways Z and PP, in northeast corner sec. 28, T. 21 N., R. 20 E., [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 16 min. 09 sec. N., Long. 88 deg. 04 min. 16 sec. W.], Greenleaf 7.5-min quadrangle, Brown Co., eastern WI.
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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