| Saskatchewan Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological group |
| Sub-units | Birdbear Formation Duperow Formation |
| Underlies | Three Forks Group |
| Overlies | Manitoba Group |
| Thickness | up to 350 metres (1,150 ft)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Carbonate |
| Other | Evaporite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 50°21′18″N 106°54′07″W / 50.355°N 106.902°W |
| Region | WCSB Williston Basin |
| Country |  Canada United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Saskatchewan |
| Named by | A.D Baillie, 1953 |
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]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
lexiconwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.