Manuels River Formation

Manuels River Formation
Manuels River Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Harcourt Group
Underlies	Elliott's Cove Formation
Overlies	Chamberlains Brook Formation
Thickness	27.5 m (90 ft) (Random Island)
Location
Country	Canada

Manuels River Formation is a Middle Cambrian (Drumian) geological formation cropping out in the Random Island area of Newfoundland^[1] 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).^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.

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Manuels River Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Harcourt Group^[1]
Underlies	Elliott's Cove Formation
Overlies	Chamberlains Brook Formation
Thickness	27.5 m (90 ft) (Random Island)^[1]
Location
Country	Canada