Usage:
Red Hill Syenite of White Mountain Igneous Suite (NH*)
Red Hill Complex of White Mountain Igneous Suite (NH)
Subunits:
Garland Peak Syenite, Watson Ledge Quartz Syenite, firetower syenite, interior fine granite, outer coarse syenite, nepheline sodalite syenite
Geologic age:
Early Jurassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
On and around Red Hill, southwestern corner of Mount Chocorua 15-min quadrangle, east-central NH (Smith and others, 1938).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
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