- Usage in publication:
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- Cherry Hill Granite*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Granite
- Alaskite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- New England province
Summary:
Named for Cherry Hill in Danvers, Salem quad, eastern MA. Occurs near Cherry Hill, along Burley Street, and at Beverly Airport, all in Danvers. Consists of altered, pink-weathering, coarse-grained alaskite granite, composed essentially of milky quartz and pink-weathering microperthite. Intrudes Wenham Monzonite (new). Age is late(?) Paleozoic.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Cherry Hill Granite*
- Modifications:
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- Age modified
- AAPG geologic province:
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- New England province
Summary:
Cherry Hill Granite intrudes Wenham Monzonite and is thus at least slightly younger than Wenham. Wenham is considered to be part of a suite of alkalic plutons, including Peabody Granite, having Devonian radiometric ages (R.E. Zartman, 1981, written commun; Lyons and Krueger, 1976).
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Cherry Hill Granite*
- Modifications:
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- New England province
Summary:
Used as Cherry Hill Granite of Devonian age. Intrudes Middle Devonian Wenham Monzonite.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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