Usage:
Fort Steele Formation (Canada)
Uncertain if this unit extends into the U.S.
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name: (See Canadian Lexicon)
Western slope of the Hughes Range, north of Fort Steele, southeastern British Columbia, Canada (CSPG Western Canada Lexicon).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Rocky Mountain region
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