Borsato Formation
The Borsato Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Devonian (Frasnian) age. It is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the southern Rocky Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia. It consists of dolomite and was named for Mount Borsato in the Flathead Range near North Kootenay Pass by R.A. Price in 1965.

The formation is fossiliferous and includes remains of stromatoporoids and tabulate corals.
Q134783
stratigraphic
Concept
Q65955
Late Devonian
LOC
Q264200
Frasnian
TIME
Q2887579
Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
LOC
Q1353201
Rocky Mountains
LOC
Q1951
Alberta
LOC
Q1974
British Columbia
LOC
Q1134814
dolomite
Concept
Q49176323
Flathead Range
UNK
Q40614
fossiliferous
Concept
Q2116140
stromatoporoids
Concept
Q135282
tabulate corals
Concept
Q96373822
Borsato Formation
UNK
1965-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1965
DATE
located in the administrative territorial entity
located in the administrative territorial entity
located in the administrative territorial entity
shares border with