Geologic Unit: Medford

Usage:

Medford Member of Marathon Formation (WI)

Geologic age:

Quaternary (Pleistocene)

Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: stream cut in south bank of Little Black River, in SE/4 NE/4 SE/4 sec. 3, T. 30 N., R. 1 E., [approx. Lat. 45 deg. 06 min. 33 sec. N., Long. 90 deg. 21 min. 21 sec. W.], Stetsonville 7.5-min quadrangle, Taylor Co., north-central WI (Attig and others, 1988; see also Syverson and others, 2011).
Named from town of Medford, Taylor Co., north-central WI, [northeast of type section]; name credited to John W. Attig and Maureen A. Muldoon (Attig and others, 1988; see also Syverson and others, 2011).
Reference section [composite]: two closely spaced power-auger holes (Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey (WGNHS) nos. Mr-1138 and Mr-1169) near crest of hill, btw. two barns, on north side County Trunk Highway N, in SE/4 SW/4 SW/4 sec. 17, T. 28 N., R. 2 E., [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 54 min. 10 sec. N., Long. 90 deg. 17 min. 44 sec. W.], Abbotsford 7.5-min quadrangle, Marathon Co., north-central WI (Attig and others, 1988; see also Syverson and others, 2011).
[Additional locality information from USGS historical topographic map collection TopoView and Wisconsin Highways, www.wisconsinhighways.org; accessed on June 9, 2018.]

AAPG geologic province:

Wisconsin arch