Teekloof Formation
The Teekloof Formation is a geological formation that forms part of the Beaufort Group, one of the five geological groups that comprises the Karoo Supergroup in South Africa. The Teekloof Formation is the uppermost formation of Adelaide Subgroup deposits West of 24ºE and contains Middle to Late Permian-aged (Guadalupian to Lopingian) deposits and four biozones (Pristerognathus, Tropidostoma, Cistecephalus, and Daptocephalus assemblage zones) of the Beaufort Group. It overlies the Abrahamskraal Formation (the western correlate of the Middleton Formation). The Teekloof Formation does not underlie other units other than the younger Karoo dolerites and sills that relate to the emplacement of the Early Jurassic Drakensberg Group to the east. Outcrops and exposures of the Teekloof Formation range from Sutherland through the mountain escarpments between Fraserburg and Beaufort West. The northernmost localities of the Teekloof Formation are found by Loxton, Victoria West and Richmond.
| Teekloof Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle Permian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Adelaide Subgroup, Beaufort Group |
| Overlies | Abrahamskraal Formation |
| Thickness | up to 300 m (980 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone, siltstone |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 32.949°S 25.816°E |
| Region | Western, Northern & Eastern Cape |
| Country | South Africa |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Teekloof Pass |