Coordinates: 61.18183N 115.

93443W

Slave Point Formation

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The Slave Point Formation is a stratigraphical unit of

Middle Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Slave Point Formation
Basin. Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian
Pre OS D C P T J K Pg N
It takes the name from Slave Point, a promontory on the
north-west shore of the Great Slave Lake, and was first Type Geological formation
described in outcrop on the southern shore of the lake and Underlies Beaverhill Lake Group, Waterways
along the Buffalo River by A.E. Cameron in 1918.[2] It was Formation, Horn River Formation
subsequently defined in the subsurface by J. Law in 1955,[3] Overlies Fort Vermilion Formation, Watt
based on lithology encountered in the California Standard Mountain Formation, Sulphur Point
Steen River 2-22-117-5W6M well in Alberta. Formation, Presqu'ile Formation
Thickness up to 120 metres (390 ft)[1]

Contents Lithology
Primary Limestone, dolomite
1 Lithology
Other Shale
2 Distribution
3 Relationship to other units Location
4 References Coordinates 61.18183N 115.93443W
Region WCSB
Country Canada
Lithology
Type section
The Slave Point Formation is composed of brown limestone, Named for Slave Point, Great Slave Lake
crystalline dolomite and shale laminae.[1] It contains Named by Cameron, A.E., 1918
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
1. Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units."Slave Point Formation"(http://cgkn1.cgkn.net/weblex/weblex_litho_detail_e.pl?
00053:016857). 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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Categories: Stratigraphy of Alberta Stratigraphy of British Columbia

Stratigraphy of the Northwest Territories Devonian southern paleotropical deposits
Middle Devonian Series

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