| Zabriskie Quartzite | |
| Type: | Geologic formation |
| Age: | Cambrian |
| Period: | Cambrian |
| Prilithology: | Quartzite |
| Namedfor: | Zabriskie Point |
| Region: | Inyo County, California, Nye County, Nevada |
| Country: | United States |
| Underlies: | Carrara Formation |
| Overlies: | Wood Canyon Formation |
| Thickness: | 0m-300mm (00feet-1,000feetm) |
The Zabriskie Quartzite is a Cambrian Period geologic formation of the northern Mojave Desert, in Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada.[1] [2]
It is named for its occurrence at Zabriskie Point, located on the eastern slopes of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park.[1]
The lower unit is defined by the Resting Springs Member, the upper unit by the Emigrant Pass Member.[2]
It overlies the Wood Canyon Formation, and underlies the Carrara Formation.[3]
The Quartzite is mostly massive arid granulated due to shearing, in beds 0.5feet-2feetft (-ft) thick within the park,[1] and up to 984feet elsewhere.[3]
It preserves fossils dating back to the Lower Cambrian period of the Paleozoic Era.[4]