Usage:
Mesnard Quartzite of Chocolay Group of Marquette Range Supergroup (MI*-local)
Notable exposures in Marquette Range, Northern Peninsula.
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Mapped around Mount Mesnard [also informally called "Mount Marquette"], in secs. 34 and 35, T. 48 N., R. 25 W., south of Marquette, in southeastern part of Marquette 7.5-min quadrangle, Marquette Co., Northern Peninsula, northwestern MI. Named from Mount Mesnard (Van Hise and Bayley, 1895; Gair and Thaden, 1968).
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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