Usage:
Foxhollow Member of Walworth Formation (IL,WI)
Foxhollow Till Member of Glasford Formation (IL)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene; Illinoian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): test hole 671 of Fricke (1976), 3 mi (5 km) east of Beloit on east side of Town Hall Road, north of WI State Highay 67 (formerly part of County Trunk Highway P), in center NE/4 SE/4 NE/4 sec. 33, T. 1 N., R. 13 E., [approx. Lat. 42 deg. 30 min. 18 sec. N., Long. 88 deg. 57 min. 36 sec. W.], Shopiere 7.5-min quadrangle, Rock Co., southern WI (Mickelson and others, 1984; Syverson and others, 2011).
Named from the community of Foxhollow, [in sec. 25, about 3.4 mi northeast of type section], Shopiere 7.5-min quadrangle, Rock Co., southern WI; name credited to Carl Fricke and David M. Mickelson (Mickelson and others, 1984; Syverson and others, 2011).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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