Wood Canyon Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran-Cambrian | |
Type | Geologic formation |
Underlies | Zabriskie Quartzite Formation |
Overlies | Sterling Quartzite Formation |
Thickness | 0–2,500 feet (0–762 m) |
Location | |
Region | Mojave Desert, California and Nevada |
Country | United States |
The Wood Canyon Formation is a geologic formation in the northern Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California and Nye County and Clark County, Nevada.[1][2]
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.[1]