Geologic Unit: Oak Creek

Usage:

Oak Creek Formation (WI)

Geologic age:

Quaternary
Pleistocene
Wisconsinan, late

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

Type section: Oakwood Road South section, exposure in Lake Michigan bluffs between Oakwood Road and Elm Road, just north of Oak Creek Power Plant, in NE/4 NE/4 NE/4 sec. 36, T. 5 N., R. 22 E., and NW/4 sec. 31, T. 5 N., R. 23 E., [in vicinity of Lat. 42 deg. 51 min. 15 sec. N., Long. 87 deg. 50 min. 06 sec. W.], Racine North 7.5-min quadrangle, Milwaukee Co., southeastern WI (Mickelson and others, 1984; Syverson and others, 2011).
Named from city of Oak Creek, southeastern Milwaukee Co., southeastern WI; name credited to Allan F. Schneider (Mickelson and others, 1984).
Reference section: Sheridan Park section, a Lake Michigan bluff exposures at the north end of Sheridan Park, just south of St. Francis Power Plant [now residential properties], in SW/4 NW/4 and NW/4 SW/4 sec. 24, T. 6 N., R. 22 E., [in vicinity of Lat. 42 deg. 58 min. 00 sec. N., Long. 87 deg. 50 min. 54 sec. W.], South Milwaukee 7.5-min quadrangle, Milwaukee Co., southeastern WI (Mickelson and others, 1984; Syverson and others, 2011).

AAPG geologic province:

Wisconsin arch