Usage:
Skunk Creek Member of Solberg Schist of Dickinson Group (MI*)
Geologic age:
Late Archean*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Skunk Creek, near southeast corner of sec. 17, T. 42 N., R. 28 W., where creek crosses iron-rich rocks, Dickinson Co., MI (James, 1958).
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.
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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).