Usage:
Hitchcock Volcanics of Newark Supergroup (MA*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Crops out on the north and west slopes of Mount Hitchcock, Holyoke Range, Mount Holyoke quadrangle, Hampshire Co., MA (Robinson and Luttrell, 1985).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
Hartford basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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