Ellerslie Member
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| Ellerslie Member | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Member |
| Unit of | Mannville Group |
| Underlies | Ostracod Beds |
| Overlies | Rundle Group |
| Thickness | up to 70 metres (230 ft)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale, Siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53°23′46″N 113°35′54″W / 53.396°N 113.5982°W |
| Region | Alberta, Saskatchewan |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Ellerslie, Edmonton |
| Named by | Hunt, 1950 |
The Ellerslie Member is a stratigraphic unit of Early Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
It takes the name from Ellerslie, a community in southern Edmonton, and was first described in Imperial Oil's Whitemud No. 3 well by C. Warren Hunt in 1950.[2]
Hydrocarbon production
The Ellerslie Member is composed of fine grained sand with sandy shale and shaley sand lenses in the upper part, and medium grained quartz sand, siltstone and coal in the lower part. [1]
Oil is produced from the Ellerslie Member in southern Alberta and central Alberta.