Conception Group

Conception Group
Conception Group
Stratigraphic range:
Type	Group
Sub-units	Mistaken Point Formation Murphy's Cove Member; Goodland Point Member; ; Briscal Formation (in south Avalon only); Drook Formation contains a number of members and a gabbro intrusion; ; Gaskiers Formation (in south/central Avalon only); Mall Bay Formation (in south Avalon only);
Underlies	St. John's Group
Overlies	Harbour Main Group (unconformably?); Holyrood Intrusive Suite
Location
Region	Newfoundland and Labrador
Country	Canada
	; Bedrock occurrence of the Conception Group on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland

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 Formation; elsewhere (in central / south Avalon) the Briscal, Gaskiers and Mall Bay Formations wedge in.

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