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Geologic Unit: Solberg

Usage:

Solberg Schist of Dickinson Group (MI*)


Subunits:

Skunk Creek Member (MI*).


Geologic age:

Late Archean*


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

Named from Solberg Lake, in secs. 17 and 20, T. 42 N., R. 29 W., east of scattered outcrops that extend for about 10 mi in a belt 1 to 2.5 mi wide, 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.

"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 ([ ]).