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Spirit River [Howard Creek Mbr, Alberta, Canada
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | 55.8158,-118.373 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
| Given Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Alberta, Canada |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit River [Second White Speckled Shale] | Stelck C. R., Wall J. H. (1955) | Second White Speckled Shale | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The basal unit of the upper Colorado Subgroup in central and eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan, where it is overlain with very low-angle angular unconformity by an unnamed sequence of noncalcareous shale and bears a similar relationship to the underlying noncalcareous shale of the Big River Formation. In the Rocky Mountain Foothills the unit is referable to the Vimy Member of the Blackstone Formation of the Alberta Group. In the Smoky River area it is equivalent t | "shale" | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Spirit River [Howard Creek Mbr, Kaskapu Fm] | Stelck C. R., Wall J. H. (1955) | Smoky - Kaskapu - Howard Creek | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The Howard Creek sandstones apparently grade laterally into siltstone and shale southward (Stott, 1968). The unit lies within marine shale of the Kaskapau and was included as part of the Sunkay Member by Stott (1967, 1968). Basal beds of the Kaskapau Formation apparently grade westerly and northwesterly into deltaic sandstone included in the Dunvegan Formation (Stelck and Wall, 1955; Stelck, 1962; Stott, 1968; Singh, 1983). AGE: Late Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid | sandstone | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Spirit River [Pouce Coupe Mbr, Kaskapu Fm] | Stelck C. R., Wall J. H. (1955) | Smoky - Kaskapu - Pouce Coupe | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lies within the Kaskapau Formation. It is believed to grade westerly and northwesterly into nonmarine sediments that are included in the Dunvegan Formation (Steak and Wall, 1955; Stelsk, 1962; Stott, 1967, 1968; Singh, 1983). AGE: Late Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid and foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section. | "shale" | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
References
| Stelck C. R., Wall J. H. (1955) Foraminifera of the Cenomanian Dunveganoceras Zone of the Peace River area of western Canada, Reserach Council of Alberta Report 70, 1-81 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
