Bluesky Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Fort St. John Group |
Underlies | Wilrich Member |
Overlies | Gething Formation |
Thickness | up to 46 metres (150 ft)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 56°02′39″N 118°07′39″W / 56.0442°N 118.1274°W |
Region | Western Alberta |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named for | Bluesky, Alberta |
Named by | Peter C. Badgley, 1952 |
The Bluesky Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the hamlet of Bluesky, and was first described in Shell's Bluesky No. 1 well by Badgley in 1952.[2]