Enon Formation

Enon Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
Enon Formation conglomerate in the Gamtoos valley
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Uitenhage Group
Underlies	Kirkwood Formation
Overlies	Cape Fold Belt, Suurberg Group (northern Algoa Basin)
Thickness	up to 480 m (1,570 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate
Other	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	33°36′S 22°12′E / 33.6°S 22.2°E / -33.6; 22.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	44°06′S 13°48′W / 44.1°S 13.8°W / -44.1; -13.8
Region	Eastern and Western Cape
Country	South Africa
Type section
Location	Enon settlement (former mission station, east of Kirkwood), Eastern Cape
Map showing extent of the Enon Formation (purple) in the Algoa and Gamtoos Basins

The Enon Formation is a geological formation found in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces in South Africa. It is the lowermost of the four formations found within the Uitenhage Group of the Algoa Basin, its type locality, where it has been measured at a maximum thickness of 480 metres (1,570 ft). Discontinuous outcrops are also found in the Worcester-Pletmos and Oudshoorn-Gamtoos Basins, including isolated occurrences in the Haasvlakte, Jubilee, and Soutpansvlakte Basins near the small town Bredasdorp.^[1]