Usage:
Paxton Member of Antrim Shale (MI*)
Geologic age:
early Late Devonian (Frasnian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Paxton Quarry, in N/2 sec. 30, T. 31 N., R. 7 E., along the south side of MI Highway 32, 14 km west of Alpena, Lachine, and Lake Winyah 7.5-min quadrangles, Alpena Co., northeast MI (Gutschick and Sandberg, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Michigan basin*
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