Kootenay Group
| Kootenay Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Elk Formation Mist Mountain Formation Morrissey Formation |
| Underlies | Blairmore Group |
| Overlies | Fernie Formation |
| Thickness | maximum 1,335 m (4,380 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone |
| Other | Coal, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Region | Canadian Rockies |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named by | D. W. Gibson, 1979 |
The Kootenay Group, originally called the Kootenay Formation, is a geologic unit of latest Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin that is present in the southern and central Canadian Rockies and foothills. It includes economically important deposits of high-rank bituminous and semi-anthracite coal, as well as plant fossils and dinosaur trackways.