Stephen Formation photograph

Stephen Formation

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Regions Canadian Rockies
Named for Mount Stephen
Thickness"Thin" Stephen: < 60 metres (200 ft); "Thick" Stephen: up to 335 metres (1,100 ft)
Primary Shale
Limestone
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID3080709
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About Stephen Formation


The Stephen Formation is a geologic formation exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia and Alberta, on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It consists of shale, thin-bedded limestone, and siltstone that was deposited during Middle Cambrian time.

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