Usage:
Maskerchugg Granite of East Greenwich Plutonic Suite (RI*)
Geologic age:
Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from ledges near Maskerchugg River, which flows through outcrop area in Kent Co., central RI. Most characteristic outcrop is at intersection of First Ave. and Middle Road, East Greenwich.
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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