Usage:
New Rome Member of Big Flats Formation (WI)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene; Wisconsinan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: clay pit in a terrace scarp of Wisconsin River, about 0.3 km north of Apache Ave., in NE/4 SE/4 SE/4 sec., 15, T. 20 N., R. 5 E., [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 12 min. 06 sec. N., Long. 89 deg. 52 min. 50 sec. W.], Arkdale NW 7.5-min quadrangle, Adams Co., central WI (Attig and others, 1988; see also Syverson and others, 2011).
Named from community of New Rome, northwestern Adams Co., central WI; name credited to Jim Brownell (Attig and others, 1988; see also Syverson and others, 2011).
Reference section (subsurface; =Big Flats Formation type section): drillhole located in the unincorporated community of Big Flats, 100 m east of State Highway 13 on County Trunk Highway C, in NW/4 NW/4 NE/4 sec. 20, T. 19 N., R. 6 E., [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 06 min. 42 sec. N., Long. 89 deg. 48 min. 22 sec. W.], Roche A Cri 7.5-min quadrangle, Adams Co., 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
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