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Conception Group

Conception Group
Stratigraphic range: 600–565 Ma(approx.)
Type Group
Sub-units

Underlies St. John's Group
Overlies

Harbour Main Group (unconformably?); Holyrood Intrusive Suite

Location
Region  Newfoundland and Labrador
Country  Canada
Conception Group map.svg
Bedrock occurrence of the Conception Group on teh Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland

Harbour Main Group (unconformably?); Holyrood Intrusive Suite

The Conception Group is a geologic group in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period. It mainly contains turbidites, but is interrupted by a glacial diamictite, and tops out with sand and siltstones (these dated to 565 Ma). It corresponds to the lower portion of the Connecting Point Group

In some areas the Drook formation continues from the base of the group to the base of the mistaken point fm; elsewhere (in cantral / south Avalon) the Briscam, Gaskiers & Mall Bay Fms wedge in.



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