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MiETTE Formation. Walcott, 1913' 



Type locality. — Yellowhead Pass, Robson District. 



Derivation. — From Miette River, which cuts through the Miette 

 sandstones and shales east of Yellowhead Pass. 



Character. — Massive-bedded, more or less dirty gray sandstones, 

 with thick bands of gray and greenish siliceous shales. 



Thickness. — Estimated at over 2,000+ feet (609.6+ m.) in Yellow- 

 head Pass. 



Geographic distribution. — Vicinity of Yellowhead Pass and north- 

 west down the Frazer River as far as Grand Fork and north to 

 Lake Kinney. To the east and north of the Pass its extension has 

 not been traced. 



Fauna. — No traces of life have been reported. 



Observations. — The Miette is comparable in position with the 

 Hector and Corral Creek formations of the Bow River Valley. 



* Smithsonian Misc. Coll., Vol. 57, No. 12, p. 335. 



