Moodies Group

The Moodies Group is a geological formation in South Africa and Eswatini.^[1][2] It has the oldest well-preserved siliciclastic tidal deposits on Earth, where microbial mats flourished.^[3]

Moodies Group
Stratigraphic range: Paleoarchean ~3220 Ma Pha. Proterozoic Archean Had. ↓
Type	Geological group
Overlies	Fig Tree Formation
Lithology
Primary	Greenstone belt
Other	Sedimentary Rock
Location
Coordinates	25.8°S 31.0°E / -25.8; 31.0
Region	Barberton Greenstone Belt, Mpumalanga
Country	South Africa, Eswatini
Extent	Kaapvaal craton
Location of the Barberton Greenstone Belt

See also

• Archean life in the Barberton Greenstone Belt
• Fig Tree Formation
• Onverwacht Group