Usage:
Compeau Creek Gneiss (MI*)
Geologic age:
Late Archean*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along and near Compeau Creek, in northern part of Marquette 7.5-min quadrangle, Marquette Co., Northern Peninsula, northwestern MI. Named from Compeau Creek (Gair and Thaden, 1968).
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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