Usage:
Ames Monzodiorite of White Mountain Igneous Suite (NH-recognized locally near Ames)
Geologic age:
Jurassic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality not designated.] Mapped northwest of Ames Station, Winnipesauke 15-min quadrangle, Belknap Co., south-central NH. Occupies small area on shore of Lake Winnipesaukee [Blaisdell Point area], Belknap Mountains, south-central NH (Modell, 1936; US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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