GEOLEX database Geologic Unit: Beverly Usage: No current usage. (†Beverly Syenite (MA) replaced with Cape Ann Granite. See Cape Ann.) Age: Ordovician, Late Silurian, Early Geologic Province: New England province Areal Extent: MA Type Locality: Type area: in or near the town of Beverly, Essex Co., northeastern MA (Clapp, 1921). Unit Name History: First used (Clapp, 1910). Named (Clapp, 1921). Age modified; Revised (Goldsmith and others, 1982). MA State Geol. Map usage (Zen and others, 1983). Overview (Wones and Goldsmith, 1991). Abandoned as lithostratigraphic unit (Dennen, 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