[3] It is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta, and the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia.

It consists of carbonate rocks, and was named for the Beaverfoot Range at Pedley Pass southeast of Golden, British Columbia by L.D.

[3] The Beaverfoot Formation is about 500 m (1640 ft) thick at its type section in Pedley Pass.

[1][2] It was deposited in shallow tropical waters on the western edge of a carbonate platform as limestone, much of which has been altered to dolomite.

It is known for fossil rhynchonellid, atrypid, and pentamerid brachiopods, most of which have undergone silicification and can be separated from the dolomite matrix by treatment with acid.