Sunday Quartzite of Chocolay Group of Marquette Range Supergroup (recognized locally in MI*,WI*)
Notable exposures in Gogebic iron range, Northern Peninsula.
Paleoproterozoic*
Named from two exposures east of Sunday Lake, one a short distance east of Little Presque Isle River and the other near Newport Mine, Penokee-Gogebic district, Northern Peninsula, northwestern MI (Van Hise and Leith, 1911).
Lake Superior region*
Wisconsin arch*
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