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Geologic Unit: Cummingsville

Usage:

Cummingsville Formation of Galena Group (MN)
Cummingsville Member of Galena Dolomite (IA)


Geologic age:

Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Chatfieldian)


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

Type section: 0.5 mi north of Cummingsville, on east edge of SE/4 sec. 21, T. 105 N., R. 12 W. Named from hamlet of Cummingsville, Olmsted Co., MN, on State Highway 30, 3.5 mi west of Chatfield, MN (Weiss, 1955).


AAPG geologic province:

Iowa shelf


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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