Usage:
Ireson Felsite (ME)
Geologic age:
late Silurian or Early Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated. Occurs at Ireson's Hill and its cliffs at The Ovens on north shore of Mount Desert Island, Hancock Co., southeastern ME. Other exposures also on this island (Chadwick, 1942, 1944).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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