Manuels River Formation

Manuels River Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle Cambrian
TypeFormation
Unit ofHarcourt Group
UnderliesElliott's Cove Formation
OverliesChamberlains Brook Formation
Thickness27.5 m (90 ft) (Random Island)
Location
CountryCanada

Manuels River Formation is a Middle Cambrian (Drumian) geological formation cropping out in the Random Island area of Newfoundland and elsewhere?. Its black/dark brown, finely laminated mudstones and thicker-bedded siltstones are occasionally interrupted by thin yellowish silty limestone horizons.

Fossil content

Recorded fossils include Clarella venusta (Billings, 1872) and Mawddachites hicksii (Salter, 1864).

See also

Inlet Group

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Normore, L. S. 2012: GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOM ISLAND MAP AREA (Nts 2C/04), Newfoundland. Current Research (2012) Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Report 12-:121–145.