Usage:
Palmer Gneiss (MI*)
Geologic age:
Late Archean*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Typical exposures west of Lake Palmer, shown on map in sec. 25, T. 47 N., R. 27 W. (Van Hise and Bayley, 1895).
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.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).