Usage:
Metacom Granite Gneiss (RI*)
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Proterozoic, Late
Devonian(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures along Metacom Ave., 0.5 mi south of summit of Jupiter Hill and eastward for 0.25 mi at eastern border of Bristol village, Bristol Co., eastern RI (Quinn and Springer, 1954).
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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