GEOLEX database Geologic Unit: Esmond Usage: Esmond Granite (RI*,MA*) Esmond Plutonic Suite (RI,MA) Age: Precambrian* Proterozoic, Late* Geologic Province: New England province* Areal Extent: MA* RI* Type Locality: Exposed in western part of Pawtucket quadrangle, northeastern RI. Named from village of Esmond, Providence Co. (Quinn and others, 1948) Subunits: Grant Mills Granodiorite (RI) and Esmond Granite (RI,MA) of Esmond Plutonic Suite (Skehan and Rast, 1990). Unit Name History: Named (Quinn, 1948). Age modified (Quinn, 1963). Age modified; Areal limits; Revised (Goldsmith and others, 1982). MA State Geol. Map usage (Zen and others, 1983). Revised (Skehan and Rast, 1990). Overview; Isotopic dating (Wones and Goldsmith, 1991). Note: If you need more information, please contact Nancy Stamm (nstamm@usgs.gov). Asterisks (*) indicate usage by the U.S. Geological Survey. Other usages by state geological surveys. "No current usage" implies that a name has been abandoned or that it has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses (). Slashes (/) indicate unit name usage violates the 1983 North American Stratigraphic Code. This violation may be explained within brackets ([ ]). U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA URL http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngm_catalog.ora.html Database project personnel Last modified: 7-Jan-2007