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Geologic Unit: Pointe aux Chenes

Usage:

Pointe aux Chenes Shale of Salina Group (MI)


Geologic age:

late Silurian


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

Exposures in area near Pointe aux Chenes, a headland on Lake Michigan about 9 miles northwest of city of St. Ignace, Mackinac Co., MI (Ehlers, 1945).


AAPG geologic province:

Michigan basin


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