Pomerado Conglomerate

Pomerado Conglomerate Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Eocene
Type geologic formation
Overlies Mission Valley Formation
Thickness 0–55 metres (0–180 ft)
Lithology
Primary conglomerate
Location
Region San Diego County, California
Country United States
Type section
Named for Pomerado Road

The Pomerado Conglomerate Formation is a geologic formation in southwestern San Diego County, California.[1][2]

It was named for exposures located along Pomerado Road, at the divide between Carroll Canyon and Poway Valley.[1]

Geology

The Pomerado Conglomerate is of the Late Eocene Epoch, and is a massive cobble conglomerate. It is lithologically identical to the local Stadium Conglomerate.[1]

It overlies the sandstone Mission Valley Formation.[1] It is the uppermost formation of the Poway Group, and has a maximum thickness of 55 metres (180 ft).[1]

Fossils

It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene period, during the Cenozoic Era.[3]

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