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CRETACEOUS
UPPER CRETACEOUS

DUNVEGAN FORMATION: non-marine sandstone,

conglomerate, and sandy shale

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LOWER CRETACEOUS
FORT ST: JOHN GROUP (3-8)

CRUISER FORMATION: thin-bedded, dark grey,
sandy marine shale; thin sandstone beds

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GOODRICH FORMATION: massive to thin-bedded grey NK ¢ at Wy . ae =! RK = = YG Y,
and buff sandstone; interbedded marine shale : 2S OK QS : at 4 2 s Z 1, as siieepen F
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-==————] HASLER FORMATION: thin-bedded
===G=——=| dark marine shale, thin saederone
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MESOZOIC

GATES FORMATION: massive medium-
grained sandstone; interbedded shale

ees MOOSEBAR FORMATION: dark grey

marine shale, thin concretionary bands

LOWER CRETACEOUS AND (?) EARLIER
BULLHEAD GROUP (1-2)

Wf GETHING FORMATION: fine-to medium-grained
YH Yy sandstone, shale, clay ironstone, siltstone, coal

DUNLEVY FORMATION: coarse sandstone,

conglomerate, quartzitic sandstone, shale; thin coal seams

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Position of measured columnar section...........-+++ AA + KY ZITO LESS EDEL MORO IAOIRG Neil ip en I ED SCE

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Depressions CONtOUL en eis aten erie terete CD)

Height in feet above mean sea-level...............-- 2275'

Geology by H. H. Beach and J. Spivak, 1942.
Cartography by the Geological Mapping Division, 1950.

To accompany Memoir No. 259 by F. H. McLearn and E. D. Kindle.

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SCALE, 1 INCH TO 200 MILES

CANADA
DEPARTMENT
OF
MINES AND TECHNICAL SURVEYS

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA

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Figure 11

Map of Peace River Canyon coal area and vicinity,

British Columbia, showing geology, location of coal =

mines, and positions of measured columnar sections f oO an ‘s
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( See Figure 14)

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Scale: 1 Inch to 1 Mile=63,360
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Published,195i.