Usage:
Kallander Creek Formation of Powder Mill Group of Keweenawan Supergroup (MI*,WI*)
Kallander Creek Volcanics of Powder Mill Group (MI*,WI*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
According to Reston GNULEX, is along Powder Mill Creek valley and hills to east, in secs. 5 and 8, T. 47 N., R. 46 W., and in sec. 33, T. 48 N., R. 44 W., Gogebic Co., northwest MI (Upper Peninsula). Named from Kallander Creek, north of Bessemer (Hubbard, 1975).
According to Denver GNULEX, is where Kallander Creek intersects outcrop belt of Powder Mill Group in T. 48 N., and in northern part of T. 47 N., R. 46 and 47 W. (Hubbard, 1975).
[Discrepancy in GNU records (USGS DDS-6) concerning where type locality is. --unresolved.]
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch*
Lake Superior region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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