Badwater Greenstone (WIXb;0)

Badwater Greenstone

Dark-greenish-gray, pillowed to massive tholeiitic basalt and pyroclastic rocks. Correlated with the Hemlock Formation on basis of geology and similarity in chemical composition.

State	Wisconsin
Name	Badwater Greenstone
Geologic age	Early Proterozoic
Lithologic constituents	Major Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Pyroclastic, Flow)
Comments	Continental margin assemblage (north of Niagara Fault).
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
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 10177 NGMDB product page for 49339
Counties	Florence - Forest - Vilas

Badwater Greenstone

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.