Belloy Formation

Belloy Formation
Belloy Formation
Stratigraphic range: Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Montney Formation, Fort St. John Group
Overlies	Rundle Group, Stoddart Group
Thickness	up to 274 metres (900 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Chert
Other	Sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate, dolomite
Location
Coordinates	55°45′37″N 118°02′55″W / 55.7604°N 118.0487°W
Region	Alberta, British Columbia
Country	Canada
Type section
Named for	Belloy, Alberta
Named by	H.L. Halbertsma, 1959

The Belloy Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Permian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

It takes the name from the hamlet of Belloy, Alberta, and was first described in the Imperial Belloy 12-14-78-1W6M well by H.L. Halbertsma in 1959.^[2]

Lithology and depositional setting

The Belloy Formation is composed of mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sequences of cherty dolomite and sandstone, glauconitic and quartz sandstones, phosphorite, siltstones and conglomerate with phosphatic chert pebbles. The Belloy was deposited along a northwest-trending, tidally-influenced, west-prograding shoreline. ^[3]

Distribution

The Belloy Formation reaches a maximum thickness of 274 metres (900 ft) in the Canadian Rockies foothills south of Fort St. John. It thins out towards the east and occurs in the sub-surface throughout the Peace River Country.

Relationship to other units

The Belloy Formation is disconformably overlain by Triassic or younger beds (Montney Formation, Fort St. John Group). It is unconformably overlies Mississippian sediments such as those of the Rundle Group.

The Belloy Formation is homotaxial with the Belcourt Formation and Kindle Formation of the Rocky Mountains.

References

^ Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Belloy Formation". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
^ Halbertsma, Henk Leendert, 1959. Nomenclature of Upper Carboniferous and Permian strata in the subsurface of the Peace River area; Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Journal of the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, vol. 7, no. 5 (May), pp.109-118.
^ Naqvi, I.H. (1972). "The Belloy Formation (Permian), Peace River Area, Northern Alberta and Northeastern British Columbia". Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 20 (1).

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[lexicon-1] Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Belloy Formation". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2009-02-12.

[2] Halbertsma, Henk Leendert, 1959. Nomenclature of Upper Carboniferous and Permian strata in the subsurface of the Peace River area; Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Journal of the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, vol. 7, no. 5 (May), pp.109-118.

[3] Naqvi, I.H. (1972). "The Belloy Formation (Permian), Peace River Area, Northern Alberta and Northeastern British Columbia". Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 20 (1).

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Hydrocarbon history	Oil sands and heavy oil Frontier exploration and development Natural gas liquids Natural gas
Depositional regions	Southern Alberta Central Alberta Northwestern Alberta Plains South-central Canadian Rockies foothills North-east Plains North-central foothills Liard River Fort Nelson Northern Rocky Mountains Fort St. John Saskatchewan Western Manitoba
Fort Nelson area	Wapiti GRP Kotaneelee FM Dunvegan FM Ft. St. John GRP Sully FM SikanniFM Buckinghorse FM Scatter FM Belloy FM Rundle GRP Debolt FM Shunda FM Pekisko FM Banff FM Exshaw FM Kotcho FM Tetcho FM Trout River FM Kakisa FM Redknife FM Jean Marie MBR Fort Simpson FM Horn River FM Muskwa FM Waterways FM Slave Point FM Watt Mountain FM Muskeg FM Sulphur Point FM Presqu'ile FM Pine Point FM Keg River FM Chinchaga FM Canadian Shield
Northwest plains	Paskapoo FM Scollard FM Wapiti GRP Smoky GRP Puskwaskau FM Badheart FM Muskiki FM Cardium FM Kaskapau FM Pouce Coupe MBR Doe Creek MBR Dunvegan FM Fort St. John GRP Shaftesbury FM Peace River FM Spirit River FM Bullhead GRP Bluesky FM Gething FM Cadomin FM Nikanassin FM Fernie GRP Rock Creek MBR Poker Chip Shale Nordegg MBR Schooler Creek GRP Baldonnel FM Charlie Lake FM Halfway FM Doig FM Montney FM Belloy FM Stoddart GRP Taylor Flat FM Kiskatinaw FM Golata FM Rundle GRP Debolt FM Shunda FM Pekisko FM Banff FM Exshaw FM Wabamun FM Trout River FM Kakisa FM Redknife FM Jean Marie MBR Woodbend GRP Irteton FM Fort Simpson FM Leduc FM Duvernay FM Cooking Lake FM Beaverhill Lake GRP Waterways FM Swan Hills FM Fort Vermilion FM Elk Point GRP Watt Mountain FM Gillwood MBR Presqu’ile FM Sulphur Point FM Pine Point FM Muskeg FM Zama MBR Black Shale Keg River FM Rainbow MBR Chinchaga FM Cold Lake FM Ernestina FM Basal Red Beds Granite Wash Canadian Shield