The Trout River Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Late Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Trout River Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Tetcho Formation |
| Overlies | Kakisa Formation Fort Simpson Formation |
| Thickness | up to 91 metres (300 ft)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 61°13′N 119°54′W / 61.22°N 119.90°W |
| Region |  Northwest Territories British Columbia |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Trout River |
| Named by | C.H. Crickmay, 1953 |
It takes the name from the Trout River, and was first described on the banks of the river, 35 kilometres (22 mi) upstream from the Mackenzie River, by C.H. Crickmay in 1953.[2][3]
Lithology
editThe Trout River Formation is composed bedded limestone (top), silty limestone and shale (middle), silty limestone and calcareous siltstone (base). [1]
Brachiopod and coral paleo-fauna can be found in outcrops.
Distribution
editThe Trout River Formation reaches a maximum thickness of 91 metres (300 ft).[1] It occurs in the District of Mackenzie in outcrop and dips south into the Fort Nelson area in north-eastern British Columbia.
Relationship to other units
editThe Trout River Formation is conformably overlain by the Tetcho Formation and disconformably overlays the Kakisa Formation.[1] In its western extent, it overlies and grades into the Fort Simpson Formation.
It is equivalent to the Sassenach Formation in the central Alberta Rockies, with the Graminia Formation in central Alberta, the Crowfoot Formation in southern Alberta, the Torquay Formation in Saskatchewan and Lyleton Formation in Manitoba.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Trout River Formation". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ Crickmay, C.H., 1953. New Spiriferidae from the Devonian of western Canada. Pub. by author, Imperial Oil Limited, Calgary, 11p.
- ^ Crickmay, C.H., 1957. Elucidation of some Western Canada Devonian Formations; published by the author, Imperial Oil Limited, Calgary, Alberta, 14 p.