File:Otter Creek (Baxter Hollow, South Range of the Baraboo Ranges, Wisconsin, USA) (18848662191).jpg

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Otter Creek in the South Range of the Baraboo Ranges of Wisconsin, USA. (3 June 2015)

The coarse-grained gravel in this creek is derived from nearby outcrops of Baraboo Quartzite. The Baraboo Ranges of southern Wisconsin are dominated by this hard, erosion-resistant Precambrian metamorphic unit. These rocks were originally marine sandstones and have been subjected to metamorphism and structural folding. Original sedimentary structures are preserved, such as cross-bedding and ripple marks. Baraboo Quartzites vary in color from pinkish to dark reddish to grayish. During metamorphism, quartz overgrowths formed over the original quartz sand grains. Long-term, modern weathering can result in original sand grains being released.

This unit has economic significance - it has been quarried historically and in modern times. The quartzite is broken down into gravel-sized pieces for use as railroad ballast and erosion-control rip-rap.

Stratigraphy: Baraboo Quartzite, upper Paleoproterozoic, ~1.7 Ga

Locality: Baxter Hollow (immediately downstream of bridge over Otter Creek), South Range of the Baraboo Ranges, southeastern Sauk County, southern Wisconsin, USA (43° 23' 06.64" North, 89° 47' 55.43" West)
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Author James St. John

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