| Bluesky Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
 Bluesky Sandstone | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Fort St. John Group |
| Underlies | Wilrich Member |
| Overlies | Gething Formation |
| Thickness | up to 46 metres (150 ft)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 56°02′39″N 118°07′39″W / 56.0442°N 118.1274°W |
| Region | Western Alberta |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Bluesky, Alberta |
| Named by | Peter C. Badgley, 1952 |
The Bluesky Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the hamlet of Bluesky, and was first described in Shell's Bluesky No. 1 well by Badgley in 1952.[2]
- ^ Lexicon of Canadian Geological Units. "Bluesky Formation". Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ Badgley, Peter C., 1952. Notes on the subsurface stratigraphy and oil and gas geology of the Lower Cretaceous series in central Alberta (Report and seven figures); Geological Survey of Canada, Paper No. 52-11, 12 p.