Usage:
Margeson Creek Gneiss (MI*)
Geologic age:
Archean*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from many exposures along Margeson Creek, in sec. 12, T. 44 N., R. 32 W., [Kelso Junction quadrangle]; secs. 6 and 7, T. 44 N., R. 31 W., [Kiernan quadrangle]; and sec. 31, T. 45 N., R. 31 W., [Hickman Lake quadrangle], Iron Co., MI (Gair and Wier, 1956, p. 18).
AAPG geologic province:
Lake Superior region*
Wisconsin arch*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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