Usage:
Solor Church Formation of Keweenawan Supergroup (MN)
Solor Church Formation (IA)
Misspelled Solar Church in some reports.
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval approx. 945 to 2844 ft, diamond drill core Lonsdale No. 65-1 well, in SW/4 SW/4 sec. 14, T. 112 N., R. 21 W., Webster Twp., 1,016 ft elevation, [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 30 min. 12 sec. N., Long. 93 deg. 19 min. 16 sec. W., New Market 7.5-min quadrangle], Rice Co., southeastern MN. Named from Solor Church [www.solorlutheran.org] 3 mi northwest of type well (Morey, 1972, 1977).
Reference sections (subsurface):
AAPG geologic province:
Iowa shelf
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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