Usage:
Flambeau Quartzite (WI*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by authors, but probably named from exposures at Flambeau or on Flambeau River, Rusk Co., northwestern WI (Hotchkiss and others, 1915).
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.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).