Usage:
Florence Member of Kewaunee Formation (WI)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene; Wisconsinan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: auger hole at the southwest corner of sec. 2, T. 38 N., R. 18 E., [approx. Lat. 45 deg. 47 min. 28 sec. N., Long. 88 deg. 13 min. 07 sec. W.], Iron Mountain SW 7.5-min quadrangle, Florence Co., northern WI. Named from Florence Co. (Clayton, 1986; Attig and others, 1988; see also Syverson and others, 2011).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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