Wood Canyon Formation

Wood Canyon Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran-Cambrian
TypeGeologic formation
UnderliesZabriskie Quartzite Formation
OverliesSterling Quartzite Formation
Thickness0–2,500 feet (0–762 m)
Location
RegionMojave Desert, California and Nevada
CountryUnited 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]