- Saskatchewan Group
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Saskatchewan Group
Stratigraphic range: FrasnianType Geological formation Sub-units Birdbear Formation
Duperow FormationUnderlies Three Forks Group Overlies Manitoba Group Thickness up to 350 metres (1,150 ft)[1] Lithology Primary Carbonate Other Evaporite Location Named for Saskatchewan Named by A.D Baillie, 1953 Coordinates 50°21′18″N 106°54′07″W / 50.355°N 106.902°WCoordinates: 50°21′18″N 106°54′07″W / 50.355°N 106.902°W Region WCSB
Williston BasinCountry Canada
United States
The Saskatchewan Group is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
It takes the name from the province of Saskatchewan, and was first described in the Mobil Oil Woodley Sinclair Cantuar X-2-21 well by A.D Baillie in 1953.[2]
Contents
Lithology
The Saskatchewan Group is composed of carbonates with thin evaporites. [1]
Distribution
The Saskatchewan Group reaches a maximum thickness of 350 metres (1,150 ft).[1] It is present in the sub-surface throughout the Williston Basin.
Subdivisions
The Saskatchewan Group contains the following formations, from top to base:
Sub-unit Age Lithology Max.
ThicknessReference Birdbear Formation Frasnian Upper: dolomite with evaporite interbeds
Lower: non-argillaceous limestone and dolomite45 m (150 ft) [3] Duperow Formation Frasnian limestone and dolomite, anhydrite, halite; up to 27 depositional cycles 300 m (980 ft) [4] Relationship to other units
The Saskatchewan Group is conformably overlain by the Three Forks Group and conformably overlays the Manitoba Group carbonates.[1]
It is equivalent to the upper Beaverhill Lake Formation, the Woodbend Group and the lower part of the Winterburn Group in central Alberta, and with the Jefferson Group in Montana and North Dakota.
References
- ^ a b c d Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Saskatchewan Group". http://cgkn1.cgkn.net/weblex/weblex_litho_detail_e.pl?00053:013314. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- ^ Baillie, A.D., 1953. "Devonian names and correlations of the Williston Basin area; American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, vol. 37, no. 2 (February), pp. 444-447.
- ^ Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Birdbear Formation". http://cgkn1.cgkn.net/weblex/weblex_litho_detail_e.pl?00053:001392. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
- ^ Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Duperow Formation". http://cgkn1.cgkn.net/weblex/weblex_litho_detail_e.pl?00053:004331. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
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