Type Geological formation Country Canada Underlies Stony Mountain Formation | Overlies Yeoman Formation Primary Limestone | |
Sub-units Lake Alma Member
Coronach Member
Redvers Unit Thickness up to 38 metres (120 ft) Named by Saskatchewan Geological Society, 1958. Region Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin | ||
The Herald Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Late Ordovician age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
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It was defined in well Imperial Herald 1-31-1-20W2M by the Lower Paleozoic Names and Correlations Committee of the Saskatchewan Geological Society in 1958.
LithologyEdit
The Herald Formation is composed of dolomitic limestone and dolomite, which can be microcrystalline, argillaceous or microlaminated. In the centre of the basin, it is represented by anhydrite.
DistributionEdit
The Herald Formation reaches a maximum thickness of 38 metres (120 ft) in the Lake Alma area.
Relationship to other unitsEdit
The Herald Formation is disconformably overlain by the Stony Mountain Formation and conformably overlays the Yeoman Formation.
It can be correlated with the Fort Garry Member of the Red River Formation in Manitoba and in the Williston Basin.
SubdivisionsEdit
In south-eastern Saskatchewan, the formation is divided in three units, corresponding to three sedimentation cycles: