Pomerado Conglomerate


The Pomerado Conglomerate Formation is a geologic formation in southwestern San Diego County, California.
It was named for exposures located along Pomerado Road, at the divide between Carroll Canyon and Poway Valley.

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.
It overlies the sandstone Mission Valley Formation. It is the uppermost formation of the Poway Group, and has a maximum thickness of.

Fossil content

The Pomerado Conglomerate preserves fossils dating back to the Late Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene period, during the Cenozoic Era.