The Keg River Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Givetian age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin .
4-622: It takes the name from the Keg River , a community along the Peace River , and was first described in the California Standard Steen River 2-22-117-5W6M well (situated north of Zama Lake ) by J. Law in 1955. The Keg River Formation is composed of dark dolomite with intercrystalline or vuggy porosity and wackestone limestone . The Rainbow Member and upper Keg River Member are reef formations deposited in
8-848: Is equivalent to the Pine Point Formation , Hume Formation and Nahanni Formation in north-eastern British Columbia and the Northwest Territories and to the Winnipegosis Formation in Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta . Oil is produced from the Keg River reefs in the Zama Lake and Rainbow Lake areas of north-western Alberta . Keg River, Alberta Keg River is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta , Canada. It
12-590: Is west of Highway 35 (also known as the Mackenzie Highway) approximately midway between Manning to the south and High Level to the north. It has an elevation of 420 metres (1,380 ft). The community is located in census division No. 17 and in the federal riding of Peace River . It is administered by the County of Northern Lights . Keg River has a subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification : Dfc ). The coldest temperature ever recorded
16-666: The Rainbow, Zama and Bitscho sub-basins. The Keg River Formation occurs in the subsurface from northeastern to northwestern Alberta and its southern border is defined by the Peace River Arch . It varies in depth from 10 metres (30 ft) to 300 metres (980 ft). The Keg River Formation is conformably overlain by the Muskeg Formation and unconformably overlays the Chinchaga Formation . It
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