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  • Usage in publication:
    • Remick tonalite
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Tonalite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Billings, M.P., 1935, Geology of the Littleton and Moosilauke quadrangles, New Hampshire: New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, 51 p.


Summary:

Remick tonalite of New Hampshire magma series used. Age is Late Devonian or Late Carboniferous. [Wilmarth (1938, US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 896) considered this report to be naming paper. Letter dated Aug. 20, 1935 indicated that it was named for Remick Park, in town of Littleton, Grafton Co., northwestern NH.]

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Remick Tonalite*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Lyons, J.B., Bothner, W.A., Moench, R.H., and Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1997, Bedrock geologic map of New Hampshire: U.S. Geological Survey [State Geologic Map], 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000 and 1:500,000, Prepared in cooperation with DOE and State of New Hampshire


Summary:

Used as Remick Tonalite. Not shown on 1:250,000-scale geologic map, but is shown on 1:500,000-scale derivative map of plutons. [No age given.]

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


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

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