Elroy Quarry (Arthur Overgard Company), Juneau Co., Wisconsin, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Elroy Quarry (Arthur Overgard Company) | Quarry |
| Juneau Co. | County |
| Wisconsin | State |
| USA | Country |
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 43° 44' 30'' North , 90° 12' 3'' West | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 43.74167,-90.20083 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GeoHash: | G#: 9zzbg6vv8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| USGS MRDS Record: | 10181194 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Locality type: | Quarry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Köppen climate type: | Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate | ||||||||||||||||||
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Commodities (Major) - Stone - Crushed/Broken
Development Status: Producer
Regions containing this locality
| North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
List of minerals for each chemical element
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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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] |
| Early Ordovician - Late Cambrian 470 - 501 Ma ID: 3171001 | Jordan Formation Age: Paleozoic (470 - 501 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Jordan Formation Description: About 20 m of reddish-brown sandstone (Cambrian) that consists of quartzose, fine to medium sand; generally overlain by about 1 m of sandy hillsope sediment (late Pleistocene); occurs at edge of summit plateaus; upper slope is a sandstone cliff in many places; below the cliff is a tree-covered slope of 15° to 30°. Reference: Attig, J.W., M.A. Muldoon. Data Accompanying IC66: Geology of Juneau County, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. [150] |
| Cambrian 485.4 - 541 Ma ID: 2985493 | Cambrian, undivided Age: Cambrian (485.4 - 541 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Trempealeau Formation; Tunnel City Formation; Elk Mound Formation Description: Sandstone with some dolomite and shale, undivided; includes Trempealeau, Tunnel City, and Elk Mound 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:{dolostone,shale} 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] |
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