Minnes Group
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The Minnes Group, originally named the Minnes Formation,[1] is a geologic unit of latest Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.[2] It is present in the northern foothills of the Canadian Rockies and the adjacent plains in northeastern British Columbia and west-central Alberta.[3] Its strata include natural gas reservoirs and minor coal deposits.[4] Fossil dinosaur tracks have been described from one of its formations.[5]
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Minnes Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Mesozoic | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | Gorman Creek Formation Bickford Formation Monach Formation Beattie Peaks Formation Monteith Formation |
Underlies | Cadomin Formation |
Overlies | Fernie Formation |
Thickness | maximum 2,100 m (6,890 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Siltstone, mudstone, coal |
Location | |
Coordinates | 54.1625°N 120.0667°W / 54.1625; -120.0667 (Minnes Group) |
Region | British Columbia Alberta |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named for | Mount Minnes, British Columbia |
Named by | W.H. Ziegler and S.A.J. Pocock[1] |
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