| Mount Hawk Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Fairholme Group |
| Underlies | Sassenach Formation, Alexo Formation, or Southesk Formation |
| Overlies | Perdrix Formation or Borsato Formation |
| Thickness | Up to about 200 m (650 feet)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale, mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53°10′00″N 117°55′00″W / 53.16667°N 117.91667°W |
| Region |  Alberta |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Hawk Mountain |
| Named by | R. de Wit and D.J. McLaren, 1950.[2] |
The Mount Hawk Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Devonian (late Frasnian) age. It is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the Rocky Mountains and foothills of Alberta. It consists primarily of limestone and mudstone, and was named for Hawk Mountain in Jasper National Park by R. de Wit and D.J. McLaren in 1950.[1][2]
The Mount Hawk Formation is fossiliferous and preserves remains of marine animals such as Syringopora and other corals, and brachiopods.[1]
- ^ a b c Glass, D.J. (editor) 1997. Lexicon of Canadian Stratigraphy, vol. 4, Western Canada including eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba, p. 819-821. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, 1423 p. on CD-ROM. ISBN 0-920230-23-7.
- ^ a b de Wit, R. and McLaren, D.J. 1950. Devonian sections in the Rocky Mountains between Crowsnest Pass and Jasper, Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 50-23.