Shaunavon Formation
The Shaunavon Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Bathonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Shaunavon Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Upper Shaunavon Lower Shaunavon |
| Underlies | Sawtooth Formation |
| Overlies | Gravelbourg Formation |
| Thickness | up to 48 metres (160 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Sandstone, shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 49.464°N 107.514°W |
| Region | WCSB |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Shaunavon, Saskatchewan |
| Named by | R.L. Milner and G.E. Thomas, 1954 |
It takes the name from the town of Shaunavon, and was first described in the Tidewater A.O. Eastend Crown No. 1 well, drilled south-west of the settlement, by R.L. Milner and G.E. Thomas in 1954.
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