Manuels River Formation

Manuels River Formation
Stratigraphic range:
TypeFormation
Unit ofHarcourt Group
UnderliesElliott's Cove Formation
OverliesChamberlains Brook Formation
Thickness27.5 m (90 ft) (Random Island)
Location
CountryCanada

Manuels River Formation is a Middle Cambrian (Drumian) geological formation cropping out in the Random Island area of Newfoundland and elsewhere?. Its black/dark brown, finely laminated mudstones and thicker-bedded siltstones are occasionally interrupted by thin yellowish silty limestone horizons.

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