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Geologic Unit: Hanson Creek

Usage:

Hanson Creek Member of Miller Creek Formation (WI)


Geologic age:

Quaternary (Pleistocene; Wisconsinan)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section (=Miller Creek Formation type section): exposures in bluff along Lake Superior, 0.25 mi (0.4 km) west of mouth of Amnicon River, in SE/4 SW/4 SW/4 sec. 27, T. 49 N., R. 12 W., [approx. Lat. 46 deg. 41 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 91 deg. 51 min. 45 sec. W.], Poplar NE 7.5-min quadrangle, Douglas Co., northern WI (Mickelson and others, 1984; Syverson and others, 2011).
Named from Hanson Creek, flowing into Lake Superior 0.6 mi (1 km) east of the mouth of the Amnicon River, Douglas Co., northern WI; name credited to E.A. Need (Mickelson and others, 1984; Syverson and others, 2011).
Reference section: bluff along Lake Superior, 0.2 mi (0.3 km) southwest of mouth of Pearson Creek, in SE/4 SE/4 NW/4 sec. 22, T. 49 N., R. 11 W., [approx. Lat. 46 deg. 42 min. 50 sec. N., Long. 91 deg. 43 min. 55 sec. W.], Cloverland 7.5-min quadrangle, Douglas Co., northern WI (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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