Usage:
Lake George Formation of Saginaw Group (MI)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 764 to 885 ft, Michigan Consolidated Gas Company No. L-124 well, in NW/4 NW/4 NW/4 sec. 21, T. 18 N., R. 5 W., Lincoln Twp., Clare Co., MI. Named from the nearby village of Lake George (Vugrinovich, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Michigan basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).