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unusual facts about Lewis Overthrust


Lewis Overthrust

The rock wedge, which was several miles thick and several hundred miles long, consisted of Proterozoic rock formations.


First Oil Well in Western Canada

The Oil Creek strike is believed to be the result of oil seepage along fault planes in the Lewis Overthrust, in which oil originating in younger Cretaceous rock has moved upwards through older Pre-Cambrian rock that has been forced over the oil-bearing layers.


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