Big Falls Dike No. 3, Waupaca Co., Wisconsin, USAi
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Big Falls Dike No. 3 | Dike |
Waupaca Co. | County |
Wisconsin | State |
USA | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 44° 37' 17'' North , 89° 0' 43'' West | ||||||||||||||||||
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 44.62139,-89.01194 | ||||||||||||||||||
GeoHash: | G#: dpbty7p6r | ||||||||||||||||||
Locality type: | Dike | ||||||||||||||||||
Köppen climate type: | Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate | ||||||||||||||||||
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Poorly exposed pegmatite dike, likely related to the Proterozoic Wolf River Batholith.
Regions containing this locality
North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
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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Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 2776404 | Wolf River batholith; Red River Granite Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Red River Granite Description: Contains alkali feldspar phenocrysts (0.5-2 cm), subordinate plagioclase and quartz, and rare clusters of biotite with or without hornblende 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:{granite} 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] |
Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 3187695 | Mesoproterozoic intrusive rocks Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Lithology: Intrusive igneous 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] |
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