Beldenville Pass Limestone Quarry, Pierce Co., Wisconsin, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Beldenville Pass Limestone Quarry | Quarry |
| Pierce Co. | County |
| Wisconsin | State |
| USA | Country |
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 44° 46' 48'' North , 92° 30' 38'' West | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 44.78000,-92.51056 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GeoHash: | G#: 9zynwzgy7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| USGS MRDS Record: | 10157662 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Locality type: | Quarry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Köppen climate type: | Dfa : Hot-summer humid continental climate | ||||||||||||||||||
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Abandoned quarry that produced stone from the Ordovician Platteville dolostone.
Regions containing this locality
| North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
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Regional Geology
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| Paleozoic 251.902 - 541 Ma ID: 3187973 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Phanerozoic (251.902 - 541 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Ordovician 443.8 - 485.4 Ma ID: 2811079 | Ancell Group Age: Ordovician (443.8 - 485.4 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Ancell Group Description: Orthoquartzitic sandstone with minor limestone, shale and conglomerate; includes Glenwood and St. Peter Formations Comments: Original map source: Cannon, W.F., Kress, T.H., Sutphin, D.M., Morey, G.B., Meints, Joyce, and Barber-Delach, Robert, 1997, Digital Geologic Map and mineral deposits of the Lake Superior Region, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan: USGS Open-File Report 97-455 (version 3, Nov. 19 Lithology: Major:{sandstone}, Minor:{limestone}, Incidental:{shale, conglomerate} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
| Middle Ordovician 458.4 - 470 Ma ID: 3184037 | Platteville Formation Age: Middle Ordovician (458.4 - 470 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Platteville Formation Description: Light brown to buff dolomite, thin- to medium-bedded. Up to 20 ft thick on hilltops in southwestern St. Croix County. Reference: LePain, D.L. (St.Croix); T.J. Evans, W.S. Cordua, D.L. LePain (Pierce). Preliminary Geology of the Buried Bedrock Surface in St. Croix and Pierce Counties (harmonized digital versions). . Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. [153] |
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