Snake Indian Formation
The Snake Indian Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Middle Cambrian age that is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the northern Canadian Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named for Snake Indian River in Jasper National Park by E.W. Montjoy and J.D. Aitken in 1978. The type locality was established on Chetamon Mountain.
| Snake Indian Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle Cambrian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Eldon Formation, Titkana Formation |
| Overlies | Gog Group |
| Thickness | Up to 610 metres (2000 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Other | Limestone, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53°03′07″N 118°11′57″W |
| Region | Canadian Rockies |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Snake Indian River |
| Named by | E.W. Montjoy and J.D. Aitken |
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