Type Geologic formation Country United States | Thickness 0–2,000 feet (0–610 m) Underlies Wood Canyon Formation | |
Regions Mojave Desert, California, Nevada | ||
The Sterling Quartzite Formation is a geologic formation in the northern Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California and Nye County and Clark County, Nevada.
It can be seen in the Panamint Range and Funeral Mountains adjoining Death Valley within Death Valley National Park; and in the Spring Mountains in Clark County.
Geology
The formation underlies the Wood Canyon Formation.
It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period of the Neoproterozoic Era.
References
Sterling Quartzite Formation Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA