Saskatchewan Group
The Saskatchewan Group is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Saskatchewan Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological group |
| Sub-units | Birdbear Formation Duperow Formation |
| Underlies | Three Forks Group |
| Overlies | Manitoba Group |
| Thickness | up to 350 metres (1,150 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Carbonate |
| Other | Evaporite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 50.355°N 106.902°W |
| Region | WCSB Williston Basin |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Saskatchewan |
| Named by | A.D Baillie, 1953 |
It takes the name from the province of Saskatchewan, and was first described in the Mobil Oil Woodley Sinclair Cantuar X-2-21 well by A.D Baillie in 1953.
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