Slave Point Formation

Slave Point Formation
Slave Point Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Beaverhill Lake Group, Waterways Formation, Horn River Formation
Overlies	Fort Vermilion Formation, Watt Mountain Formation, Sulphur Point Formation, Presqu'ile Formation
Thickness	up to 120 metres (390 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Limestone, dolomite
Other	Shale
Location
Coordinates	61°10′55″N 115°56′04″W / 61.18183°N 115.93443°W
Region	WCSB
Country	Canada
Type section
Named for	Slave Point, Great Slave Lake
Named by	Cameron, A.E., 1918

The Slave Point Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Middle Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

It takes the name from Slave Point, a promontory on the north-west shore of the Great Slave Lake, and was first described in outcrop on the southern shore of the lake and along the Buffalo River by A.E. Cameron in 1918.^[2] It was subsequently defined in the subsurface by J. Law in 1955,^[3] based on lithology encountered in the California Standard Steen River 2-22-117-5W6M well in Alberta.

Lithology

The Slave Point Formation is composed of brown limestone, crystalline dolomite and shale laminae.^[1] It contains stromatoporoids in north-eastern British Columbia and southern Northwest Territories and in the Peace River Arch.

Distribution

The Slave Point Formation has a thickness ranging from 30 metres (100 ft) to 120 metres (390 ft).^[1] It occurs in southern Northwest Territories, northeastern British Columbia and northern Alberta.

Relationship to other units

The Slave Point Formation is unconformably overlain by the Beaverhill Lake Group or Waterways Formation in northern Alberta and by the Otter Park Member or Muskwa Member of the Horn River Formation in north-eastern British Columbia. It conformably overlays the Fort Vermilion Formation (or is unconformably overlain by the Watt Mountain Formation) in northern Alberta, and it is conformably overlain by the Sulphur Point Formation or Presqu'ile Formation in north-eastern British Columbia.^[1]

It is equivalent to the lower Swan Hills Formation and partly to the Livock River Formation.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Slave Point Formation". Retrieved 2010-01-01.
^ Cameron, A.E., 1918. Explorations in the vicinity of Great Slave Lake; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1917, Part C, pp. 21-28.
^ Law, James, 1955. Geology of northwestern Alberta and adjacent areas; American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Bulletin of the AAPG, vol. 39, no. 10 (October), pp. 1927-1975.

[lexicon-1] Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Slave Point Formation". Retrieved 2010-01-01.

[2] Cameron, A.E., 1918. Explorations in the vicinity of Great Slave Lake; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1917, Part C, pp. 21-28.

[3] Law, James, 1955. Geology of northwestern Alberta and adjacent areas; American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Bulletin of the AAPG, vol. 39, no. 10 (October), pp. 1927-1975.

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v t e Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
Hydrocarbon history	Oil sands and heavy oil Frontier exploration and development Natural gas liquids Natural gas
Depositional regions	Southern Alberta Central Alberta Northwestern Alberta Plains South-central Canadian Rockies foothills North-east Plains North-central foothills Liard River Fort Nelson Northern Rocky Mountains Fort St. John Saskatchewan Western Manitoba
Fort Nelson area	Wapiti GRP Kotaneelee FM Dunvegan FM Ft. St. John GRP Sully FM SikanniFM Buckinghorse FM Scatter FM Belloy FM Rundle GRP Debolt FM Shunda FM Pekisko FM Banff FM Exshaw FM Kotcho FM Tetcho FM Trout River FM Kakisa FM Redknife FM Jean Marie MBR Fort Simpson FM Horn River FM Muskwa FM Waterways FM Slave Point FM Watt Mountain FM Muskeg FM Sulphur Point FM Presqu'ile FM Pine Point FM Keg River FM Chinchaga FM Canadian Shield
Northwest plains	Paskapoo FM Scollard FM Wapiti GRP Smoky GRP Puskwaskau FM Badheart FM Muskiki FM Cardium FM Kaskapau FM Pouce Coupe MBR Doe Creek MBR Dunvegan FM Fort St. John GRP Shaftesbury FM Peace River FM Spirit River FM Bullhead GRP Bluesky FM Gething FM Cadomin FM Nikanassin FM Fernie GRP Rock Creek MBR Poker Chip Shale Nordegg MBR Schooler Creek GRP Baldonnel FM Charlie Lake FM Halfway FM Doig FM Montney FM Belloy FM Stoddart GRP Taylor Flat FM Kiskatinaw FM Golata FM Rundle GRP Debolt FM Shunda FM Pekisko FM Banff FM Exshaw FM Wabamun FM Trout River FM Kakisa FM Redknife FM Jean Marie MBR Woodbend GRP Irteton FM Fort Simpson FM Leduc FM Duvernay FM Cooking Lake FM Beaverhill Lake GRP Waterways FM Swan Hills FM Fort Vermilion FM Elk Point GRP Watt Mountain FM Gillwood MBR Presqu’ile FM Sulphur Point FM Pine Point FM Muskeg FM Zama MBR Black Shale Keg River FM Rainbow MBR Chinchaga FM Cold Lake FM Ernestina FM Basal Red Beds Granite Wash Canadian Shield