USGS - science for a changing world

Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data

Mineral Resources > Online Spatial Data > Geology > by state > New Hampshire

Merrimack Group, Berwick Formation, Gove Member

Merrimack Group, Berwick Formation, Gove Member - White muscovite schist. Equivalent to the Gonic Formation of Hussey (1962).
StateNew Hampshire
NameMerrimack Group, Berwick Formation, Gove Member
Geologic ageOrdovician? - Silurian?
Original map labelSObg
CommentsPart of the Nashoba-Casco-Miramichi Terrane (Merrimack Trough).
Primary rock typemica schist
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schistwhite muscovite schist
Map references
Bennett, D. S, , Wittkop, C.A., and Dicken, C.L., 2006 , Bedrock Geologic Map of New Hampshire - A Digital Representation of the Lyons and others 1997 map and ancillary files: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 215, scale 1:250,000, CD-ROM.
Unit references
Lyons, J.B., Bothner, W.A., Moench, R.H., and Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1997, Bedrock Geologic Map of New Hampshire: Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey Special Map, 1:250,000, 2 sheets.
Hussey, A.M., II, 1962, The geology of southern York County, Maine: Maine Department of Economic Developement Special Geologic Studies Series No. 4, 67 p.
Geographic coverageHillsborough - Rockingham - Strafford

Show this information as [XML]

AccessibilityFOIAPrivacyPolicies and Notices

Take Pride in America logoUSA.gov logoU.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=NHSObg;1
Page Contact Information: Peter Schweitzer