Usage:
Wildcat Lake Member of Copper Falls Formation (WI)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Wisconsinan, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: gravel pit on southeast side of County Trunk Highway M, about 0.5 km southwest of its intersection with County Trunk Highway B, in NW/4 NW/4 NE/4 sec. 34, T. 43 N., R. 7 E., [approx. Lat. 46 deg. 10 min. 08 sec. N., Long. 89 deg. 36 min. 19 sec. W.], Tenderfoot Lake 7.5-min quadrangle, Vilas Co., northern WI (Attig and others, 1988).
Named from Wildcat Lake, [northwest of type section], western edge Tenderfoot Lake 7.5-min quadrangle, Vilas Co., northern WI; name credited to John W. Attig (Attig and others, 1988).
Reference section: in power-auger hole near crest of drumlin on south side of North Creek Road, in NW/4 NW/4 NW/4 sec. 36, T. 42 N., R. 6 E., [approx. Lat. 46 deg. 05 min. 00 sec. N., Long. 89 deg. 42 min. 02 sec. W.], Boulder Junction 7.5-min quadrangle, Vilas Co., northern WI (Attig and others, 1988).
[Additional locality information from USGS historical topographic map collection TopoView and Wisconsin Highways, www.wisconsinhighways.org; accessed on June 9, 2018.]
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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