| Whitemud Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Edmonton Group |
| Underlies | Frenchman Formation and Battle Formation |
| Overlies | Eastend Formation, Horseshoe Canyon Formation and St. Mary River Formation |
| Thickness | Up to 23 metres (75 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone, clay |
| Other | shale, lignite |
| Location | |
| Region |  Saskatchewan  Alberta |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named by | N.B. Davis, 1918[1] |
The Whitemud Formation is a geologic formation of Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.[2] it is present through the plains of southern Saskatchewan, southeastern Alberta and south-central Alberta.[3] Named by N.B. Davis in 1918,[1] the formation is characterized by white kaolinitic clay and is a source of high-quality refractory clay.[1][4][5] The type locality has been designated as Dempster's clay pit northwest of Eastend, Saskatchewan.[6]
Although fossils are generally lacking in the Whitemud Formation, in southern Saskatchewan the Whitemud contains coprolites (fossilized feces) and fossilized intestines of fish.[7]
- ^ a b c Davis, N.B., 1918. Report on the clay resources of southern Saskatchewan. Canada Department of Mines, Report 468, p. 9.
- ^ Mossop, G.D. and Shetsen, I. (compilers), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (1994). "The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Chapter 24: Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Retrieved 2016-06-20.
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- ^ Kupsch, W.O. 1956. The Frenchman Formation of the eastern Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan. Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 6a, p. 413-420.
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