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Stirling Quartzite Formation information


Stirling Quartzite Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
TypeGeologic formation
UnderliesWood Canyon Formation
Thickness0–2,000 feet (0–610 m)
Location
RegionMojave Desert, California and Nevada
CountryUnited States

The Stirling Quartzite Formation is a geologic formation in the northern Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California and Nye County and Clark County, Nevada.[1]

It can be seen in the Panamint Range and Funeral Mountains adjoining Death Valley within Death Valley National Park; and in the Spring Mountains in Clark County.[1]

  1. ^ a b USGS.gov: "Stratigraphy and Structure Death Valley, California"; U.S. Government Printing Office; 1966.

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