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Fernie, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 49.5,-115 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Fernie | Bell W. A. (1956) | Kootenay | 355 feet abve the base of the "Passage Beds" and 230 feet above the base of the Kootenay | sandstone | 145 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Rocky Mountains, Fernie Shale, Locality (1) | Warren P.S. (1931) | Fernie Shale | The phosphat bed lies directly on the Spray River formation of Lower Triassic age. | phosphorite | 201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic |
Rocky Mountains, Fernie Shale, Locality (2) | Warren P.S. (1931) | Fernie Shale | The sandy bed lies just below a phosphate bed. At this locality the Fernie Shale lies on sandy beds which are believed to be Triassic in age. | sandstone | 201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic |
Rocky Mountains, Fernie Shale, Locality (3) | Warren P.S. (1931) | Fernie Shale | At this locality the Fernie Shale lies on sandy beds which are believed to be Triassic in age. | phosphorite | 201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic |
Recorded Fossils
References
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!