Usage:
High Cliff Member of Hayton Formation (WI)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene; Wisconsinan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposure in quarry, [about 0.25 mi west of Sherwood and 1.5+/- mi east of Lake Winnebago], in SW/4 SE/4 sec. 30, T. 20 N., R. 19 E., [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 10 min. 14 sec. N., Long. 88 deg. 16 min. 14 sec. W.], Sherwood 7.5-min quadrangle, Calumet Co., eastern WI. Named from High Cliff State Park, Calumet Co., eastern WI; name credited to Betty J. Socha (Syverson and others, 2011).
Reference sections (subsurface): drillholes B23, B24, MW29D, and MW30C, in NE/4 sec. 23, T. 19 N., R. 19 E., [in vicinity of Lat. 44 deg. 06 min. 20 sec. N., Long. 88 deg. 11 min. 28 sec. W.], Chilton 7.5-min quadrangle, Calumet Co., eastern WI (Syverson and others, 2011).
[Additional locality information from USGS historical topographic map collection TopoView, accessed on June 9, 2018.]
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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