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    Baraboo Quartzite is a Precambrian geological formation of quartzite, found in the region of Baraboo, Wisconsin. While pure quartzite is usually white...
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    Natural History: Minnesota's geology Wisconsin's Baraboo Syncline (map and aerial photos of Baraboo quartzite quarries) South Dakota 2002 Mineral Summary:...
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    Syncline, a doubly plunging, asymmetric syncline in Proterozoic-aged Baraboo quartzite. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, particularly Charles...
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    Van Hise Rock (category Quartzite formations)
    Wisconsin. The rock is a geologically significant outcropping of Baraboo Quartzite. It serves as a monument to Charles Van Hise, a prominent Wisconsin...
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    the Town of Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States, southwest of the city of Baraboo. The formation is made up of Baraboo Quartzite and is part...
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  • most of the city Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells Airport, an airport in the city Baraboo Quartzite, a geological formation near the city Baraboo Range, a monadnock...
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    majority being below the glacial deposits. Much of the Baraboo Range consists of Baraboo Quartzite, and other Precambrian metamorphic rock. This area was...
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    into quartzite, deformed, then uplifted. These outcrops may have been islands when the region was covered by shallow seas in the Cambrian. The Baraboo River...
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    major influence on the village's growth. Surrounded by cliffs of Baraboo Quartzite, the village is two miles south of a notable rock formation located...
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    Nebraska. It is correlated with other sandstone and quartzite units across Wisconsin (at Rib Mountain, Baraboo, Barron, Waterloo, and Flambeau), southeastern...
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    Lake State Park is a state park located in the Baraboo Range in eastern Sauk County, just south of Baraboo, Wisconsin. It is around thirty-five miles northwest...
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    now encompasses the Baraboo valley. The valley itself consists of softer rock as continental plate activity caused the quartzite rock to form into what's...
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    feature of the park, it is a popular spot for climbing and photographs. The quartzite rocks that make up Devil's Doorway form a doorway-shaped natural rock...
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    form much of Wisconsin's unique deposits. Much of the Baraboo Range consists of Baraboo Quartzite, and other Precambrian metamorphic rock. During the Pleistocene...
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    the Baraboo micropolitan area. Its population in 2020 was 9,984. The city is surrounded by the Town of Reedsburg and is situated along the Baraboo River...
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  • The White Ridge Quartzite is a geologic formation in central New Mexico. It has a maximum age of 1650 million years (Ma), corresponding to the Statherian...
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    extends throughout the north-central United States. Geology portal Baraboo Quartzite Cambrian Driftless Area Nonesuch Shale Potsdam Sandstone St. Peter...
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    WISCONSIN–MADISON. "Foitite". "Tourmaline-Bearing Quartz Veins in the Baraboo Quartzite, Wisconsin: Occurrence and Significance of Foitite and "Oxy-Foitite""...
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    named the community after the gorge area. The cliffs are composed of Baraboo Quartzite below Cambrian sandstone and conglomerate. The gorge formed along...
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    approached from the east into Portage County and butted up against the Baraboo Hills to the south. This blocked the Wisconsin River, damming it so that...
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    the east, the Baraboo Range, an ancient, profoundly eroded monadnock in south central Wisconsin, consists primarily of Precambrian quartzite and rhyolite...
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    2(6):619-632. Salisbury, R. D. 1895. "Pre-glacial gravels on the quartzite range near Baraboo, Wisconsin". The Journal of Geology 3:655-667. Salisbury, R....
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    bedrock in the area consists of quartzite, sandstone, shale, and limestone. Groundwater flow is influenced by the Baraboo Hills to the north and the Wisconsin...
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    by clicking the number. "Baraboo Public Library - Library History". Baraboo Public Library. Retrieved 2012-05-26. "Baraboo Depot". Wisconsin Historical...
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    in the town. Honey Creek is located in the Baraboo Range, a group of hills characterized by exposed quartzite rock. According to the United States Census...
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    of observation towers affording views of the Wisconsin River valley and Baraboo Range to the north, the mounds, buttes, and rolling forests of the Driftless...
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    Circus World Museum (category Baraboo, Wisconsin)
    The Circus World Museum is a museum complex in Baraboo, Wisconsin, devoted to circus-related history. The museum features circus artifacts and exhibits...
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  • emplaced in south-central Wisconsin. The Baraboo and Waterloo Quartzite in the south and the Barron Quartzite in the northwest are slightly younger, along...
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    Rib Mountain to the northeast and the Baraboo Hills to the south, and much older than the Himalayas. The quartzite is pretty pink, a semi-precious stone...
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    1985 to 1987, No. 1385 pulled the Circus World Museum (CWM) train between Baraboo and Milwaukee, for the annual circus parade events. In 1986, the C&NW's...
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