Zabriskie Quartzite

Zabriskie Quartzite
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
TypeGeologic formation
UnderliesCarrara Formation
OverliesWood Canyon Formation
Thickness0–300 metres (0–984 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryQuartzite
Location
RegionInyo County, California, Nye County, Nevada
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forZabriskie Point

The Zabriskie Quartzite is a Cambrian Period geologic formation of the northern Mojave Desert, in Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada.[1][2]

It is named for its occurrence at Zabriskie Point, located on the eastern slopes of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park.[1]

  1. ^ a b NPS.gov: Geologic Formations in Death Valley National Park
  2. ^ GSA Bulletin: "Depositional and sequence stratigraphic framework of the Lower Cambrian Zabriskie Quartzite: Implications for regional correlations and the Early Cambrian paleogeography of the Death Valley region of California and Nevada"; by Anthony R. Prave.