| Luscar Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Cadomin Formation, Gladstone Formation, Moosebar Formation, Gates Formation |
| Underlies | Blackstone Formation, Shaftesbury Formation |
| Overlies | Nikanassin Formation, Minnes Group |
| Thickness | about 145 m (480 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone |
| Other | Coal, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53°01′57″N 117°19′35″W / 53.03246°N 117.32652°W |
| Region |  Alberta |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Luscar, Alberta |
| Named by | C.W. Langenberg and M.E. McMechan, 1985[1] |
  Luscar Group (Canada) | |
The Luscar Group is a geologic unit of Early Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin that is present in the foothills of southwestern Alberta.[1][2] It is subdivided into a series of formations, some of which contain economically significant coal deposits that have been mined near Cadomin and Luscar.[3] Coal mining in those areas began in the early 1900s[4] and continues near Luscar as of 2016.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
McMechanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Mossop, G.D. and Shetsen, I. (compilers), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Alberta Geological Survey (1994). "The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Chapter 19: Cretaceous Mannville Group of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Retrieved 2016-06-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mossop, G.D. and Shetsen, I. (compilers), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (1994). "The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Chapter 33: Coal Resources of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Retrieved 2016-06-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ross, Toni (1999). Oh! The Coal Branch. Calgary, Alberta: D.W. Friesen and Sons Ltd., 240 p. ISBN 0-919212-51-4.