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Scituate Igneous Suite - volcaniclastic rock

Scituate Igneous Suite - volcaniclastic rock - Dark-gray, pink, greenish, and purplish tuff and epiclastic rock (sandstone, breccia, conglomerate) containing abundant volcanic detritus. Tuff may include ignimbrite and ash-flow tuff. Fiamme common in some rock mapped formerly as Spencer Hill Volcanics.
StateRhode Island
NameScituate Igneous Suite - volcaniclastic rock
Geologic ageDevonian
Original map labelDsv
CommentsPart of Esmond-Dedham Subterrane (West Bay Area)
Primary rock typetuff
Secondary rock typeignimbrite
Other rock typesash-flow tuff; volcanic breccia (agglomerate)
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic (Volcaniclastic, volcanic breccia)Dark-gray, pink, greenish, and purplish tuff and epiclastic rock (sandstone, breccia, conglomerate) containing abundant volcanic detritus. Tuff may include ignimbrite and ash-flow tuff.
Igneous > Volcanic (Pyroclastic, tuff)Dark-gray, pink, greenish, and purplish tuff and epiclastic rock (sandstone, breccia, conglomerate) containing abundant volcanic detritus. Tuff may include ignimbrite and ash-flow tuff.
Map references
Hermes, O.D., Gromet, L.P., Murray, D.P., Hamidzada, N.A., 1994, Geologic Map of Rhode Island, file name = bedrock_shp.zip (870kb) obtained from Rhode Island Geographic Information System, http://www.edc.uri.edu/rigis-spf/Statewide/state.html#geology , shapefile or interchange file, scale 1/100,000.
Unit references
Hermes, O.D. (comp.), Gromet, L.P. (comp.), Murray, D.P. (comp.), Hamidzada, N.A., Skehan, J.W., and Mosher, S., 1994, Bedrock geologic map of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Map Series No. 1, Kingston, Rhode Island, scale 1: 100,000.
Geographic coverageKent - Washington

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