Manitoba Geological Formations


AGE ERA PERIOD EPOCH FORMATION MEMBER THICK LITHOLOGY
QuaternaryRecent Top Soil
QuaternaryPleistoceneGlacial Drift140 Clay, gravel
TertiaryPliocene
TertiaryMiocene
50TertiaryOligocene
TertiaryEocene
TertiaryPaleoceneTurtle Mtn
65Cretaceous Upper CretaceousBoissevin30Sand, sandstone
Cretaceous Upper CretaceousRiding MtnCouler
Odanah
Millwood
310Grey Shale
Cretaceous Upper CretaceousVermillion RiverPembina
Boyne
Morden
155Shale
Cretaceous Upper CretaceousFavel40Grey Shale
100Cretaceous Lower CretaceousAshville115Shale
CretaceousLower CretaceousSwan River75Sandstone
JurassicUpper JurassicWaskada200Banded green Shale
150Jurassic Upper JurassicMelita200Banded green Shale
Jurassic Middle JurassicReston45Limestone
JurassicMiddle JurassicAmaranthEvaporite45White Anhydrite
200Triassic
Permian
Pensylvannian
St. Martin300Carbonate Breccia
300MississippianCharles20Anhydrite, Dolomite
MississippianMission Canyon120Limestone
MississippianLodgepole185Argillaceous Dolomite
MississippianBakken20Black Shale
350DevonianLyleton35Red Siltstone
DevonianNisku40Limestone
DevonianDuperow170Limestone
DevonianSouris River120Cyclic Shale
DevonianDawson Bay65Limestone
DevonianWinnipegosis75Dolomite
DevonianAshern12Dolomite
400SilurianInterlake135Dolomite
OrdovicianStonewall15Dolomite
OrdovicianStony MountainWilliams
Gunton
Penitiary
20Dolomite
OrdovicianStony MountainGunn20Shale
450OrdovicianRed RiverFort Garry
Selkirk
Cat Head
Dog Head
170Dolomitic Limestone
OrdovicianWinnipeg60Sandstone
500CambrianDeadwood60Sandstone
Precambrian

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