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This document contains a table listing geological formations in Alberta organized by geographic area. It includes formations from the Precambrian era to recent Quaternary deposits. The formations are grouped into lithologies such as clastics, carbonates, and evaporites. Notes provide context that the nomenclature is not rigidly defined and some overlapping between areas is possible. Copies of the table can be obtained from the Energy Resources Conservation Board in Calgary.
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- 1. TABLE OF FORMATIONS, ALBERTA LAURENTIDE DRIFT HAND HILLS SWAN HILLS GRAVELS PASKAPOO SCOLLARD BATTLE WHITEMUD HORSESHOE CANYON BASAL BELLY RIVER LEA PARK UPPER VICTORIA BROSSEAU FIRST WHITE SPECKLED SHALE WAPIABI CARDIUM BLACKSTONE SECOND WHITE SPECKLED SHALE FISH SCALE WESTGATE VIKING BASAL COL UPPER OSTRACOD ELLERSLIE CADOMIN NIKANASSIN UNNAMED GREY BEDS ROCK CREEK POKER CHIP NORDEGG CHARLIE LAKE HALFWAY DOIG MONTNEY SCHOOLER DIABER BELLOY ELKTON SHUNDA PEKISKO EXSHAW CROSSFIELD GRAMINIA CALMAR WOLF LAKE LOBSTICK COLONY WASECA SPARKY GP. REX BIG VALLEY NISKU CAMROSE CYNTHIA BIGORAY IRETON MAJEAU LAKE BSL. COOKING LAKE SWAN WATT MTN. GILWOOD SLAVE PT. PRAIRIE EVAPORITE WINNIPEGOSIS CONTACT RAPIDS COLD LAKE ERNESTINA LAKE LOTSBERG BASAL RED BEDS BANFF WOODBEND LOWER GRANITE WASH UPPER LYNX SULLIVAN RED RIVER WATERFOWL LYNX ARCTOMYS PIKA CATHEDRAL MT. WHYTE STONEWALL STONY MOUNTAIN FINNEGAN DEADWOOD BASAL SANDSTONE UNIT WAPIABI CARDIUM DUNVEGAN ? ? NIKANASSIN TOAD BEL PERIOD PERMIAN ISH-ISHBEL PASKAPOO COALSPUR KASKAPAU MOOSEBAR GLADSTONE ? PASSAGE BEDS SHALE with dark reddish-brown bands GREY BEDS ROCK CREEK POKER CHIP NORDEGG BALDONNEL HALFWAY LOWER DEBOLT RONDE BANFF EXSHAW SOUTHESK CAIRN KECHIKA UPPER LYNX LOWER LYNX OBED ? ? GRANDE MORRO MOUNT HAWK PERDRIX MISTAYA ? BISON CREEK LYELL SULLIVAN WATERFOWL ELDON STEPHEN PRECAMBRIAN UPPER PRECAMBRIAN MONKMAN ORDOVICIAN MIDDLE LOWER LYNX ARCTOMYS PIKA TITKANA SNAKE INDIAN GOG SILURIAN MIDDLE SKOKI DEVONIAN FLUME UPPER FAIRHOLME PENNSYLVANIAN MISSISSIPPIAN PALLISER ALEXO PEKISKO RUNDLE SHUNDA ELK POINT LAURENTIDE DRIFT PASKAPOO PORCUPINE WILLOW ST. MARY BLOOD RESERVE FOREMOST PAKOWKI MILK RIVER CYPRESS HILLS RAVENSCRAG BATTLE WHITEMUD EASTEND FIRST WHITE SPECKLED SHALE COLORADO SHALE CARDIUM BLACKSTONE SECOND WHITE SPECKLED SHALE WESTGATE BOW ISLAND LOWER BANFF ELK POINT SOUTH-MOUNTAINS CENTRAL LAURENTIDE DRIFT PASKAPOO COALSPUR ALBERTA WAPIABI CARDIUM BLACKSTONE PORCUPINE HILLS BELLY RIVER NOMAD CHUNGO HANSON THISTLE DOWLING ? ? ? CROWSNEST VOLCANICS FAIRHOLME MA BUTTE GLADSTONE CADOMIN MORRISSEY PASSAGE BEDS GREEN BEDS ROCK CREEK NORDEGG WHITEHORSE SULPHUR MTN. WINNIFRED BREWSTER STARLIGHT JOHNSTON CANYON KANANASKIS TUNNEL MTN. ETHERINGTON MOUNT HEAD SOUTHESK (WHITE REEF) FLUME BEAVERFOOT MT. WILSON OWEN CREEK SKOKI TIPPERARY OUTRAM SURVEY PEAK LYNX MISTAYA BISON CREEK LYELL SULLIVAN WATERFOWL ARCTOMYS PIKA ELDON STEPHEN CATHEDRAL MT. WHYTE GOG SURVEY PEAK CATHEDRAL MT. WHYTE BADHEART JUMPING POUND UPPER UNDIFFERENTIATED CALCAREOUS LLAMA VEGA CARNARVON MARSTON LOOMIS SALTER BARIL UPPER POROUS MIDDLE DENSE LOWER POROUS COSTIGAN RONDE ARCS GROTTO PRECAMBRIAN OSTRACOD SUNBURST DETRITAL SWIFT RIERDON UPPER MIDDLE HEAD T.V. PEKISKO BIG VALLEY STETTLER CROSSFIELD CALMAR NISKU (ARCS) IRETON COOKING LAKE JOLI FOU WATERWAYS BARONS OSTRACOD LS. STONEWALL STONY MOUNTAIN RED RIVER SWAN HILLS ARCTOMYS PIKA ELDON STEPHEN CATHEDRAL BASAL SANDSTONE UNIT FINNEGAN DEADWOOD PRECAMBRIAN MT. WHYTE LYNX EARLIE ELDON STEPHEN (WHITE REEF) YAHATINDA MALIGNE CAIRN (BLACK REEF) ? ? PEECHEE RUNDLE BANFF EXSHAW PALLISER ALEXO COSTIGAN SASSENACH SPRAY PEKISKO MORRO TURNER VALLEY SHUNDA LAKES WILEMAN WINTERBURN WINTERBURN SLAVE POINT (?) BEAVERHILL LAKE ? UNDIVIDED WOODBEND LEDUC LAKE BEAVERHILL UPPER LEDUC NISKU EXSHAW WABAMUN CROWFOOT RUNDLE MOUNT ELKTON SHUNDA RUNDLE STONE BAKKEN WABAMUN LIVING-LAURENTIDE DRIFT HIGHWOOD CHARLIE LAKE TRIASSIC JURASSIC CREEK SCHOOLER GRAYLING UPPER FERNIE CADOMIN CRETACEOUS LOWER LUSCAR GATES UPPER SMOKY SHAFTESBURY QUATERNARY TERTIARY BRAZEAU SAUNDERS RIVER BELLY RIVER BELLY OLDMAN GREY BEDS SPRAY RIVER FERNIE GETHING KOOT- RANGER CANYON WHISTLER PHROSO MIST MOUNTAIN PIGEON CREEK HIGHWOOD POKER CHIP ENAY ELK BLAIRMORE MOUNTAIN CACHE TORRENS ? PARK ? NOMAD CHUNGO HANSON THISTLE DOWLING BADHEART MUSKIKI BEAVER MINES HOME MUSKIKI MANNVILLE MANNVILLE CUTBANK (TABER) ELLIS SAWTOOTH CREEK BANTRY SHALE SHAUNAVON FERNIE LOWER UPPER MANNVILLE COLORADO FISH SCALE ? GLAUCONITIC UPPER COLORADO BASAL COLORADO UPPER JUDITH RIVER PAKOWKI MED. HAT WILLOW CREEK ST. MARY RIVER BLOOD RESERVE BRAZEAU UPPER LOWER BEARPAW SCOLLARD HORSE-CANYON CREEK RIVER BEARPAW LOWER HILLS SHOE SWIFT CURRENT FRENCHMAN BEARPAW EDMONTON NORTHWEST PUSKWASKAU BADHEART PEACE RIVER SPIRIT GETHING CADOMIN BULL- NIKANASSIN UNNAMED GREY BEDS ROCK CREEK POKER CHIP NORDEGG BALDONNEL BOUNDARY HALFWAY HEAD BELLOY LEGEND LITHOLOGIC COLOUR CODE Glacial deposits (drift, soils) Clastics (sandstones, siltstones, conglomerates) Carbonates (limestone, dolomite) Evaporites (anhydrite, halite) Precambrian GEOLOGICAL CONTACTS Formation, group boundary Correlation uncertain Terminology transition RESOURCES OCCURRENCE Gas Oil Bitumen Coal mining COMMENTS The geological names used in the stratigraphic columns are grouped according to the geographic areas shown. The areas are described as follows: Northern Mountains & Foothills are approximately north of the Red Deer River and west of the Disturbed Belt. South-Central Mountains & Foothills are approximately south of the Red Deer River and west of the Disturbed Belt. Southern Plains are approximately south of Township 30 and east of the Disturbed Belt. Central Plains are approximately between Townships 31 to 64 and east of the Foothills Disturbed Belt. Northwestern Plains are approximately between Townships 65 to 126 and west of Range 7, west of the 5th Meridian. Northeastern Plains are approximately north of Townships 65 to 126 and east of Range 7, west of the 5th Meridian. It is obvious that selective members and zones are not known to occur throughout entire areas and the usage of formational names cannot be defined rigidly within each area. Some overlapping of the nomenclature of the areas is possible and in some areas necessary. Wherever possible, older or alternative local names are shown in brackets. Copies may be obtained from 640-5 Avenue SW NORTHEAST LEA PARK BANFF FIRST W.S. SECOND WHITE FISH SCALE VIKING (PELICAN) GRAND RAPIDS EXSHAW ELK POINT DART STOD- BANFF TAYLOR FLAT KISKATINAW GOLATA EXSHAW ELK POINT PADDY CADOTTE HARMON NOTIKEWIN UPPER WATERWAYS SLAVE PT. MUSKEG SWAN HILLS GILWOOD RAINBOW PINE POINT KOTCHO B C D TROUT RIVER KAKISA POUCE REDKNIFE RIVER UPPER EARLIE LOWER KEG RIVER CHINCHAGA COLD LAKE ERNESTINA LAKE BASAL RED BEDS LOWER GRANITE WASH LYNX ARCTOMYS PIKA ELDON STEPHEN CATHEDRAL MT. WHYTE BASAL SANDSTONE UNIT KEG PRECAMBRIAN PRECAMBRIAN LA BICHE HONDO CALMAR LEDUC C B A MILDRED MOBERLY CHRISTINA CALUMET WINNIPEGOSIS CONTACT RAPIDS COLD LAKE ERNESTINA LAKE LOTSBERG BASAL RED BEDS PRECAMBRIAN JEAN MARIE BLACK CK. LOWER GRANITE WASH TETCHO MUSKWA FORT VERMILION WINTERBURN WATERWAYS FORT VERMILION HILLS COOKING LAKE LEDUC DUVERNAY ZETA DUVERNAY SULPHUR POINT BEAVERHILL LAKE ? UPPER ? WATT MTN. ZAMA WOODBEND LEDUC IRETON STETTLER BLUERIDGE WABAMUN PEKISKO DEBOLT SHUNDA RUNDLE LOWER WINTERBURN COOKING LAKE FIREBAG FORT VERMILION WATT MTN. PRAIRIE EVAPORITE BEAVERHILL LAKE SLAVE PT. UPPER WATERWAYS FORT SIMPSON WOODBEND GROSMONT NISKU IRETON D IRETON TATHLINA TWIN FALLS HAY RIVER WABAMUN July 2009 FISH SCALE DETRITAL DINA CHARLIE LAKE MONTNEY SCHOOLER CREEK DIABER DOIG FERNIE JOLI FOU MANNVILLE GLAUCONITIC MCLAREN LLOYDMINSTER CUMMINGS BURY WESTGATE BLUESKY FORT ST. JOHN RIVER FALHER WILRICH CHINOOK CARDIUM KASKAPAU SHAFTES-MUSKIKI SMOKY DUNVEGAN DOE CK. McMURRAY COLORADO A E F MANNVILLE JOLI FOU COUPE COLORADO SHALE SPECKLED WAPITI CLEARWATER WABISKAW LOWER BEARPAW RIBSTONE LAURENTIDE DRIFT WAPITI LAURENTIDE DRIFT Member, zone, unit boundary Coal occurrences ? Shales PALEOZOIC MESOZOIC CENOZOIC ERA CAMBRIAN NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND FOOTHILLS SOUTHERN PLAINS PLAINS CENTRAL PLAINS PLAINS ERCB INFORMATION SERVICES Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3G4 AGE IN MILLIONS OF YEARS 1.6 66.4 97.5 144 208 245 286 320 360 374 408 505 523 570 WESTGATE IRETON 387 LOWER 438 540 Shale gas potential BELLE FOURCHE BELLE FOURCHE BELLE FOURCHE BELLE FOURCHE ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD