Montney Formation
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The Montney Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Lower Triassic age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in British Columbia and Alberta.
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Montney Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Anisian | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Doig Formation, Fernie Group |
Overlies | Belloy Formation |
Area | 130,000 square kilometres (50,190 sq mi)[1] |
Thickness | up to 280 metres (920 ft)[2] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Siltstone and shale |
Other | Dolomitic siltstone, sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 56.57159°N 121.2219°W / 56.57159; -121.2219 (Buick Creek No. 7 well) |
Region | British Columbia, Alberta |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named for | Montney, British Columbia |
Named by | J.H. Armitage, 1962 |
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It takes the name from the hamlet of Montney and was first described in Texaco's Buick Creek No. 7 well by J.H. Armitage in 1962.[3] The well was drilled 41 kilometers (25 mi) north of Fort St. John, immediately east of the Alaska Highway.