State | Wisconsin |
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Name | Mafic metavolcanic rocks |
Geologic age | Early Proterozoic |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow, Pyroclastic-tuff)Dominantly tholeiitic basalt and basaltic andesite flows and tuffs; associated with sheet dikes, massive and layered metagabbro, and ultramafic rocks. In northeastern Wisconsin, rocks have been named the Quinnesec Formation.
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basaltic-andesite (Flow, Pyroclastic-tuff)Dominantly tholeiitic basalt and basaltic andesite flows and tuffs; associated with sheet dikes, massive and layered metagabbro, and ultramafic rocks. In northeastern Wisconsin, rocks have been named the Quinnesec Formation.
Minor
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metaintrusive > MetagabbroDominantly tholeiitic basalt and basaltic andesite flows and tuffs; associated with sheet dikes, massive and layered metagabbro, and ultramafic rocks. In northeastern Wisconsin, rocks have been named the Quinnesec Formation.
Igneous > Plutonic > Ultramafic (Flow)Dominantly tholeiitic basalt and basaltic andesite flows and tuffs; associated with sheet dikes, massive and layered metagabbro, and ultramafic rocks. In northeastern Wisconsin, rocks have been named the Quinnesec Formation.
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Comments | Pembine-Wausau terrane |
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Counties | Barron - Florence - Forest - Iron - Langlade - Lincoln - Marathon - Marinette - Oneida - Price - Rusk - Sawyer - Taylor - Vilas |