Heart's Desire Formation

Heart's Desire Formation
Heart's Desire Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Musgravetown Group
Underlies	Crown Hill Formation
Overlies	Heart's Content Formation
Lithology
Primary	Olive-green Sandstone
Location
Region	Newfoundland
Country	Canada
	; Occurrence of the Heart's Desire Formation in southeastern Newfoundland

Last updated September 23, 2025

The Heart's Desire Formation is an Ediacaran formation of 'olive-green' sandstones cropping out in Newfoundland.^[1]

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[GotAPN-1] 1 2 3 4 "GEOLOGY OF THE AVALON PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND" (PDF).

[NL_GeoAtlas-2] "Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas".

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Heart's Desire Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Musgravetown Group
Underlies	Crown Hill Formation ^[1]
Overlies	Heart's Content Formation ^[1]
Lithology
Primary	Olive-green Sandstone ^[1]
Location
Region	Newfoundland
Country	Canada
Occurrence of the Heart's Desire Formation in southeastern Newfoundland^[2]