Heritage Type
Stratigraphy and Sedimentology
Value
Geoheritage site of national significant.
Description
This site encompasses a former quarry featuring a prominent rock outcrop, showcasing an extensive and solid mass of quartzite metamorphic rock that originated from sandstone.
These quartzite formations trace back to sandstone deposits formed in shallow Cambrian-age oceans (541–485 million years ago), akin to the Machinchang Formation in Langkawi UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) and the Jerai Formation in Jerai Geopark.
Referred to as the Papulut Formation, this rock stands as the oldest geological formation in Upper Perak and the Lenggong UGGp.
Significant
It has high national educational and scientific value as it represents the oldest Cambrian rock deposits in Lenggong and is among the oldest rocks identified in Malaysia.
Other Heritage
As a source of river flint in the Lenggong Valley, used as the basic material for making prehistoric stone tools.
