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Mafic metavolcanic rocks

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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.
State Wisconsin
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.
Comments Pembine-Wausau terrane
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 Barron - Florence - Forest - Iron - Langlade - Lincoln - Marathon - Marinette - Oneida - Price - Rusk - Sawyer - Taylor - Vilas