Doig Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: middle Anisian-Ladinian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Halfway Formation |
Overlies | Montney Formation |
Thickness | up to 190 metres (620 ft)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Siltstone, shale |
Other | Phosphate, sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 55°42′N 121°18′W / 55.7°N 121.3°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 25°06′N 35°00′E / 25.1°N 35.0°E |
Region | NW Alberta NE British Columbia SE Yukon |
Country | Canada |
Extent | Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Doig River |
Named by | J.H. Armitage |
Year defined | 1962 |
The Doig Formation is a geologic formation of middle Triassic age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from Doig River, a tributary of the Beatton River, and was first described in the Texaco N.F.A. Buick Creek No. 7 well (located north-west of Fort St. John, east of the Alaska Highway) by J.H. Armitage in 1962. .[2]