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Geologic Unit: Ragged Hills

Usage:

Ragged Hills member (informal) of Kona Dolomite of Chocolay Group of Marquette Range Supergroup (MI-local)
Recognized locally in Marquette Range, Northern Peninsula.

Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

Paleoproterozoic


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

[Type locality not designated.] Occurs in eastern Marquette Range, Northern Peninsula, northwestern MI.


AAPG geologic province:

Lake Superior region
Michigan basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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