Usage:
Chequamegon Sandstone of Bayfield Group of Keweenawan Supergroup (WI*)
Chequamegon Formation of Bayfield Group of Keweenawan Supergroup (WI)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on Chequamegon Bay, Bayfield and Douglas Cos., northwestern WI (Thwaites, 1912).
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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