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Oronto Group; Freda Sandstone

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Mainly reddish-brown, medium- to fine-grained lithic arkosic sandstone, siltstone, and micaceous silty shale.
State Michigan
Name Oronto Group; Freda Sandstone
Geologic age Middle Proterozoic
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Arkose (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
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.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2185
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Counties Gogebic - Houghton - Keweenaw - Ontonagon