Usage:
Miller Creek Formation (WI)
Subunits:
Hanson Creek and Douglas Members (WI)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene, late
Wisconsinan, late
Holocene, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures in bluff along Lake Superior, 0.25 mi (0.4 km) west of mouth of Amnicon River, in SE/4 SW/4 SW/4 sec. 27, T. 49 N., R. 12 W., [approx. Lat. 46 deg. 41 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 91 deg. 51 min. 45 sec. W.], Poplar NE 7.5-min quadrangle, Douglas Co., WI. Named from Miller Creek, a tributary of Amnicon River, Douglas Co., WI; name credited to Lee Clayton (Mickelson and others, 1984; Syverson and others, 2011).
[Additional locality information from USGS historical topographic map collection TopoView, accessed on June 9, 2018.]
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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