Windfall Formation

Windfall Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian period
Type Formation
Underlies Pogonip Group,
Goodwin Limestone
Thickness 300 feet (91 m) +
Location
Region Nevada
Country United States

The Windfall Formation is a geologic formation in northeastern and southern Nevada.

Areas it is found include the Antelope Valley region of Eureka County and Nye County.

It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Windfall Formation". Western Cordillera: An Integrated Petroleum Evaluation of Northeastern Nevada. Retrieved on October 30, 2015.
  2. Nolan, T. B., Merriam, C. W., and Williams, J. S., 1956, The stratigraphic section in the vicinity of Eureka, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 276.


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