Usage:
Keene Member of Holy Hill Formation (WI)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): auger hole in south side of SE/4 lot 23, sec. 30, T. 22 N., R. 9 E., [on north side of County Trunk Highway N, west of WI State Highway 51, Buena Vista Twp.], in SE/4 SW/4 SW/4 E/2 sec. 30, T. 22 N., R. 9 E., [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 21 min. 06 sec. N., Long. 89 deg. 27 min. 44 sec. W.], Almond 7.5-min quadrangle, Portage Co., central WI (Clayton, 1986; Attig and others, 1988; see Syverson and others, 2011).
Named from community of Keene [northwest of type section], northwestern edge Almond 7.5-min quadrangle, Portage Co., central WI (Clayton, 1986; Attig and others, 1988; see Syverson and others, 2011).
Reference section: auger hole in NE/4 lot. 5 sec. 19 T. 23 N., R. 9 E., [near junction of two unnamed roads northwest of Arnott, Stockton Twp.], in NE/4 NE/4 NE/4 W/2 sec. 19, T. 23 N., R. 9 E., [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 28 min. 03 sec. N., Long. 88 deg. 28 min. 03 sec. W.], Arnott 7.5-min quadrangle, Portage Co., central WI (Attig and others, 1988; see Syverson and others, 2011).
[Additional locality information from Ownership Plat Book of Portage County, Wisconsin, www.digicoll.library.wisc.edu, USGS historical topographic map collection TopoView, and Wisconsin Highways, www.wisconsinhighways.org; accessed on June 9, 2018.]
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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