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TitleMid Ordovician section at Shadow Falls
DescriptionView includes the Mifflin (base), Hidden Falls, Magnolia, and Carimona (top, ledge-former) Members of the Mid Ordovician Platteville Formation. Shadow Falls is on the Saint Paul West Quadrangle (7.5'), Ramsey County, Minnesota. This section is located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River at the end of Summit Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota.
ChronostratigraphyMid Ordovician
LithostratigraphyPlatteville
Geologic provinceHollandale Embayment
LocationUSA ▹ Minnesota ▹ Ramsey. Near St. Paul. Shadow Falls on Summit Avenue.
Coordinates44.942222,-93.196944
PhotographerJoseph Hartman. 1975.
CollectionJoseph Hartman P00525.
Key wordsPlatteville, Carimona, Magnolia, Hidden Falls, Mifflin, Minnesota, Shadow Falls
Tech details302 KB. Outcrop. Ektachrome; TIFF Format.
GeoDIL number444