Schooler Creek Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Ladinian to Norian | |
Type | Geological group |
Sub-units | Bocock Formation, Pardonet Formation, Baldonnel Formation, Ludington Formation, Charlie Lake Formation, Halfway Formation |
Underlies | Fernie, Bullhead, Fort St. John Group |
Overlies | Toad Formation, Doig Formation |
Thickness | up to 730 feet (220 m)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone, dolomite |
Other | Siltstone, shale, evaporite minerals |
Location | |
Coordinates | 56°16′37″N 120°59′01″W / 56.2769°N 120.9836°W |
Region | British Columbia |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named by | F.H. McLearn, 1921 |
The Schooler Creek Group is a stratigraphic unit of Middle to Late Triassic (Ladinian to Norian) age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It is present in northeastern British Columbia. It was named for Schooler Creek, a left tributary of Williston Lake, and was first described in two oil wells (Pacific Fort St. John No. 16 and Southern Production No. B-14-1) northwest of Fort St. John, by F.H. McLearn in 1921.[2] Exposures along Williston Lake serve as a type locality in outcrop.