Cape Ballard Formation

The Cape Ballard Formation is an Ediacaran formation cropping out in Newfoundland. It consists of two sections, the upper section being formed of thickly bedded gray sandstones and quartz-granule conglomerates, and the lower section formed of gray and purple shales, and siltstones.^[1]

Cape Ballard Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Signal Hill Group
Overlies	Ferryland Head Formation[1]
Lithology
Primary	Gray Sandstone[1]
Other	Quartz-granule Conglomerate, Gray and Purple Shale, Siltstone[1]
Location
Region	Newfoundland
Country	Canada
Occurrence of the Cape Ballard Formation in southeastern Newfoundland[2]