Ironwood Iron-formation of Menominee Group and Palms Formation of Chocolay Group (WIXip;0)

Ironwood Iron-formation of Menominee Group and Palms Formation of Chocolay Group - Mapped where units are too thin to show separately on map (Gogebic Range). Palms Formation includes Bad River Dolomite and Sunday Quartzite of Chocolay Group

State	Wisconsin
Name	Ironwood Iron-formation of Menominee Group and Palms Formation of Chocolay Group
Geologic age	Early Proterozoic
Original map label	Xip
Comments	this unit needs to be added to OFR 97-455 report on web (2 polygons near Mineral Lake, WI) and the two affected polygons retagged (from Xmd). Continental margin assemblage (north of Niagara Fault)
Primary rock type	iron formation
Secondary rock type	dolostone (dolomite)
Other rock types	quartzite
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Chemical > Banded-iron-formation (Bed) Minor Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)
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 [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2185]
Unit 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 [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2185]
Geographic coverage	Bayfield