Usage:
Emperor Volcanic Complex in Menominee Group of Marquette Range Supergroup (MI*-local)
Notable exposures in Gogebic iron range, Northern Peninsula.
Subunits:
Wolf Mountain Creek Formation (MI*)
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: exposures north and west of Kimberly Clark logging road, which runs east to north-northeast through secs. 21, 22, and 15, T. 47 N., R. 44 W., Wakefield NE 7.5-min quadrangle, Gogebic Co., Ottawa National Forest, Northern Peninsula, northwestern MI. Named from Emperor Creek, a tributary of Little Presque Isle River, in secs. 14 and 15, T. 47 N., R. 44 W., Wakefield NE 7.5-min quadrangle, Gogebic Co., Ottawa National Forest, Northern Peninsula, northwestern MI (Trent, 1976).
Reference section: along the "mine road," in secs. 28, 29, 20, and 21, T. 47 N., R. 43 W., Marenisco Twp., Marenisco 7.5-min quadrangle, Gogebic Co., Ottawa National Forest, Northern Peninsula, northwestern MI (Trent, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Lake Superior region*
Wisconsin arch*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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