Scituate Igneous Suite - granodiorite (RIDsgd;0)

Scituate Igneous Suite - granodiorite

Dark-gray to black, fine- to medium-grained, massive to faintly foliated rock, containing plagioclase, microcline, quartz, and accessory hornblende, biotite, sphene, apatite, and opaque minerals. Includes some rock previously mapped as Cowesett Granite.

State	Rhode Island
Name	Scituate Igneous Suite - granodiorite
Geologic age	Devonian
Lithologic constituents	Major Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granodioritegranodiorite - Dark-gray to black, fine- to medium-grained, massive to faintly foliated rock, containing plagioclase, microcline, quartz, and accessory hornblende, biotite, sphene, apatite, and opaque minerals.
Comments	Part of Esmond-Dedham Subterrane (West Bay Area)
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.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 19719
Counties	Kent - Washington

Scituate Igneous Suite - granodiorite

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.