Usage:
Waupaca Granite (WI*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not originally designated (Elders, 1968).
Type area: exposures in quarry [Lat. 44 deg. 25 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 89 deg. 03 min. W.], 6 km north of town of Waupaca, WI (Sims, 1990).
AAPG geologic province:
Lake Superior region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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