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  • Usage in publication:
    • Price Neck Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Siltstone
    • Slate
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Skehan, J.W., and Rast, Nicholas, 1990, Pre-Mesozoic evolution of Avalon terranes of southern New England, IN Socci, A.D., Skehan, J.W., and Smith, G.W., eds., Geology of the composite Avalon terrane of southern New England: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 245, p. 13-53.


Summary:

Price Neck Formation, first used by Murray and Skehan (1979: International Geological Correlation Program Project 27), was named by M.J. Webster (1983) in a Senior thesis at Boston College. Unit occurs in vicinity of Newport, southeastern RI. Composed predominantly of thin-bedded distal turbidites. Described as graded beds of sandstone, siltstone, and slate with bedded carbonate and volcanic conglomerate, mudflow deposits, ash-flow deposits, and lapilli tuffs. Slates are light green to dark purple where weathered. Sandstone beds are light gray to bluish white. Age is Late Proterozoic (800-700 Ma?) based on intrusion by Cliff Walk Granite (new name) at approximately 595 Ma. Estimated thickness is 900 m. . [This is first published formal definition of unit and is considered to be the formal proposal by the Geologic Names Unit.]

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Price Neck Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Rankin, D.W. (editor), Chiarenzelli, J.R., Drake, A.A., Jr., Goldsmith, Richard, Hall, L.M., Hinze, W.J., Isachsen, Y.W., Lidiak, E.G., McLelland, James, Mosher, Sharon, Ratcliffe, N.M., Secor, D.T., Jr., and Whitney, P.R., 1993, Proterozoic rocks east and southeast of the Grenville Front, IN Reed, J.C., Jr., and others, eds., Precambrian; conterminous U.S.: Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, The Decade of North American Geology (DNAG), v. C-2, p. 335-461.


Summary:

Used as Price Neck Formation in table 11 of report. Consists of agglomerate, tuff, siltstone, slate, and metarhyolite. Age is Late Proterozoic.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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