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Tuff breccia schist and minor iron-formation

Tuff breccia schist and minor iron-formation - Pink and gray, layered quartzofeldspathic schist of intermediate volcanic composition and associated thin iron-formation. Felsic gneiss at Arbutus Dam on Black River at Hatfield has U-Pb zircon age of about 2800 Ma (Sims and others, 1989)
StateWisconsin
NameTuff breccia schist and minor iron-formation
Geologic ageLate Archean
Original map labelWt
CommentsMarshfield terrane
Primary rock typeschist
Secondary rock typegneiss
Other rock typesiron formation
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schisttuff breccia schist
Minor
Metamorphic > Gneiss
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Banded-iron-formationthin iron-formation
Map references
Sims, P.K., 1992, Geologic map of Precambrian rocks, southern Lake Superior region, Wisconsin and northern Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-2185, scale= 1:500,000
Unit references
Sims and others, 1989, Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Early Proterozoic Wisconsin magmatic terranes of the Penokean orogen: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 26, p. 2145-2158
Geographic coverageClark - Jackson

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