Schooler Creek Group

Schooler Creek Group
Stratigraphic range: Ladinian to Norian
TypeGeological group
Sub-unitsBocock Formation, Pardonet Formation, Baldonnel Formation, Ludington Formation, Charlie Lake Formation, Halfway Formation
UnderliesFernie, Bullhead, Fort St. John Group
OverliesToad Formation, Doig Formation
Thicknessup to 730 feet (220 m)
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone, dolomite
OtherSiltstone, shale, evaporite minerals
Location
Coordinates56°16′37″N 120°59′01″W / 56.2769°N 120.9836°W / 56.2769; -120.9836 (Pacific Fort St. John No. 16)
RegionBritish Columbia
CountryCanada
Type section
Named byF.H. McLearn, 1921

The Schooler Creek Group is a stratigraphic unit of Middle to Late Triassic (Ladinian to Norian) age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It is present in northeastern British Columbia. It was named for Schooler Creek, a left tributary of Williston Lake, and was first described in two oil wells (Pacific Fort St. John No. 16 and Southern Production No. B-14-1) northwest of Fort St. John, by F.H. McLearn in 1921. Exposures along Williston Lake serve as a type locality in outcrop.