Usage:
Woodville Member of Pierce Formation (WI-subsurface)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): drillhole at reference section for Hersey Member of Pierce Formation, in SE/4 NW/4 NW/4 sec. 35, T. 29 N., R. 16 W., Baldwin East quadrangle, WI. Named from town in eastern St. Croix Co., WI (Baker, IN Attig and others, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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