Haslam Formation | |
Type: | Formation |
Age: | Cretaceous |
Namedfor: | Haslam Creek |
Region: | Vancouver Island |
Country: | Canada |
Unitof: | Nanaimo Group |
Underlies: | Extension Formation |
Overlies: | Comox Formation |
Area: | SE margin of Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands |
The Haslam Formation is a black shale geologic formation exposed on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada. It preserves primarily marine fossils dating back to the Santonian Epoch of the Cretaceous period.