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area, on Beaudette Creek, he has recorded exposures of “several hundred
feet of shales with some shaly sandstones”. He also has noted a “Hersistent
conglomerate bed 10 to 20 feet thick” at the base of the formation.

The Moosebar formation is better known in Peace River Valley, where
Beach and Spivak have mapped it in the type area southwest and south of
the canyon (See Figure 11). The outcrop extends across Gething, ‘Aylard’,
Moosebar, and Johnson Creeks; curves around the ‘nose’ of the southward
plunging Portage-Butler structural zone; and, extending north, crosses
the canyon west of Steamboat Island. In this part of the area Beach and
Spivak measured the following section, in descending order, of the Moosebar
on the south fork of Gething Creek:

Thickness
Feet
Sandstone, thin-bedded, grey, medium-grained................ 54
Sandstone, dark grey, thin-bedded, argillaceous................ 45
Shaleswerey esa clye: tery cee eis Cie Por ere ae ca el teases 10
Shalewblacks hacky Merwiys maven meron Brae eh poeta one 20
Sandstone, massive, carbonaceous; wood fragments............ 5
Shalewplacks sandy. reas tcp ere chisnia ee hers oe 15
DANGStOUC My: Poe Au ep ete mie pete nthe. e marion si Shin 2
Concealed ee sea Sao saceatMey weedy rots iedeiaioyarsashal Sek oye cet aich ee ero aleve 15
Sandstone, grey weathering, shaly........................+.- 33
Concealed. ... Dy
Sandstone: orey,mubbly, shally. cme ineisas soe teen eres 21
Hale e eR aitlee meres es Aiimn a bnat: Wipes ey aie Tae Ie 5
SANGSCONEH er eyes cere ge Hee ne  bicye U Ree chotan aoe Pyseieellys 2
Male meg eared ee teratspentre et orsyalarein secs icscpereta eaeitne bac, ectisl wath eerie ees 4
Sandstone} macshves tats) se sete Poyee a veyy bias) Sees Mae oie 3
Woncealed ei acorarsysve reves Coreen wees Vor enchnern ge Seas See 20
Shaleshronstone modulesspmmaa- ee eh eee ee ae ee ee 10
Shale, black, sandy, thin-bedded, buff weathering.............. 26
Sandstone black, smasslvepgymerustscitiaetaiere eels ieseie ai crerelescleierey 4
Pualewsani dye eke oi ae, enue eT NaN send SRN scat ha aoe aed sacs 12
Sandstone, shard, .shalys sry wiaeinceraslecrstia cists emcee aenrabet 4
Shale darkiorey ythin=pedded nr cys c)-teic)e srelervinre eicyaresie se «iaisieiicl 15
Sandstone, hard, argillaceous.............. 3
Shale, dark grey, hackly; ironstone bands 28
Shale, rectangular columnar jointing; ironstone bands.......... 72
Shalet darks grey: saver cc cote sis torent eta Sseiels ohcgete ele onckeres ose! o.dhn diatece 90
Shales; a few marcasite concretions. ..................--...6- 60
Shales, dark grey; seventeen ironstone bands.................. 94
Shales, dark grey; numerous concretionary bands near top...... 180
Shales, dark grey; clay ironstone nodules..................- .- 200
Shales, grey, hackly; some concretionary bands; 4-inch bentonite
lecalinte (0). soreosocyod pAootoD beled ou doUU eH oDoONOUGH OS 120
Shales, dark grey, hackly; eight ironstone bands............... 60
Shales, thin-bedded; 6-inch limy bands at 6-foot intervals near re
[SeiGe eB eauon cube e o dacot eho oe COS Om Uno omnes Bo nate
Shales, thin-bedded, hackly, dark grey; ironstone bands 6 inches
Phicksabouioteewapaluneeren slit cettelcrikteerteiorreaiekts 50
Conglomerate, chert pebbles. ............-.ceeececeeereeeees 2
MOtaleer serreiticitercacresictereieeveincre serene 1,336

Underlying beds—Gething formation

Beach and Spivak note that the upper part of this section “contains
several sandstone members and probably includes strata of the overlying
Gates formation”. Farther east they note that on ‘‘Coalbed Creek, near
its junction with Johnson Creek [See Figure 11] the Moosebar has a con-
glomerate bed at the base’, 2 feet thick, which contains “well-rounded,