Cape Ballard Formation

{{Short description|Geological formation in Newfoundland, Canada}}

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| unitof = Signal Hill Group

| period = Ediacaran

| age = Ediacaran

| prilithology = Gray Sandstone{{cite web|url = https://www.gov.nl.ca/iet/files/88-01.pdf |title=GEOLOGY OF THE AVALON PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND}}

| otherlithology = Quartz-granule Conglomerate, Gray and Purple Shale, Siltstone

| type = Formation

| region = {{Flag|Newfoundland}}

| country = {{Flag|Canada}}

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| overlies = Ferryland Head Formation

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| map = Cape Ballard Formation map.svg

| map_caption = Occurrence of the Cape Ballard Formation in southeastern Newfoundland{{Cite web|url=http://geoatlas.gov.nl.ca/Default.htm|title=Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas}}

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The Cape Ballard Formation is a formation cropping out in Newfoundland. It consists of two sections, the upper section being formed of thickly bedded gray sandstones and quartz-granule conglomerates, and the lower section formed of gray and purple shales, and siltstones.