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Geologic Unit: Esmond

Usage:

Esmond Granite (RI*,MA*)
Esmond Plutonic Suite (RI,MA)


Subunits:

Grant Mills Granodiorite (RI) and Esmond Granite (RI,MA) of Esmond Plutonic Suite (Skehan and Rast, 1990).


Geologic age:

Neoproterozoic*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Exposed in western part of Pawtucket quadrangle, northeastern RI. Named from village of Esmond, Providence Co. (Quinn and others, 1948)


AAPG geologic province:

New England province*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).