BEDROCK GEOLOGY Alberta Geological Survey

Bedrock geology polygons (DIG 2013-0018, queryable)

Bedrock units as attributed polygons; click a polygon for unit name, age and lithology.

Attribute-level bedrock mapping for screening host lithologies; heavy, so it loads only when zoomed in.

Draw on the map ↗Source page Service endpoint

COMMODITIES IT DISCRIMINATES (34)

What this layer helps you find

Crude bitumen (oil sands)Conventional, tight & heavy multilateral oil Natural gas & condensate (Montney, Duvernay, Deep Basin)Ethane, propane & NGL feedstocks Coalbed methane Metallurgical (coking) coal Thermal coal Helium Geothermal heat & power CO2 pore space (carbon storage)Sulphur (by-product)Hydrogen (blue, gas-derived)Lithium (oilfield brines)Potash Salt (halite) & brine caverns Silica sand Limestone, dolomite, cement & lime Sand & gravel aggregate Iron & vanadium (Clear Hills ironstone)Uranium Diamonds Base metals & Ni-Cu-PGE (Shield and carbonate MVT)Rare earth elements & coal-ash critical metals Titanium & zirconium (oil sands heavy minerals)Vanadium, nickel & scandium from bitumen petcoke Gold Magnesium Sodium sulphate & saline-lake evaporites Bentonite, clay & shale Gypsum & anhydrite Peat (horticultural)Ammonite shell (ammolite)Phosphate Building & dimension stone

PROVENANCE

Where the figures rest

L13 · AGS Open Data Portal (surficial and bedrock geology)Alberta Geological Survey · Land · Free · OngoingRegistry source ↗

Survey Data Registry · API

RELATED BEDROCK GEOLOGY DATASETS (2)

Same modality

Bedrock geology of Alberta (Map 600 tiles)Alberta Geological Survey · drawable
Geology of Canada compilation (GSC raster)Natural Resources Canada – GSC · drawable