Gravelbourg Formation

Gravelbourg Formation
Stratigraphic range:
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsUpper Gravelbourg
Lower Gravelbourg
UnderliesShaunavon Formation
OverliesWatrous Formation
Madison Group
Thicknessup to 60 metres (200 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryShale, limestone
OtherChert, anhydrite, sandstone
Location
Coordinates49°27′50″N 108°35′34″W / 49.4638°N 108.5927°W / 49.4638; -108.5927 (Gravelbourg Formation)
RegionWCSB
CountryCanada
Type section
Named forGravelbourg, Saskatchewan
Named byR.L. Milner and G.E. Thomas, 1954

The Gravelbourg Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Bajocian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

It takes the name from the town of Gravelbourg, and was first described in well Tidewater Eastend Crown No. 1 by R.L. Milner and G.E. Thomas in 1954.