Usage:
Elk Mound Group (WI)
Subunits:
(ascending) Mount Simon Sandstone/Formation, Eau Claire Formation, Wonewoc Formation
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian (Dresbachian to Franconian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from town of Elk Mound, Dunn Co., west-central WI (Ostrom, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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