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Striking stratigraphic and sedimentological similarities between the Early Proterozoic Huronian Supergroup of the Canadian Shield and the Snowy Pass Supergroup of Wyoming suggest that they were deposited in a single, broad, epicratonic basin developed atop a large Archean continent that included the Superior and Wyoming geological provinces. Breakup of the continent after the 2.2 Ga intrusion of widespread gabbro sheets and dykes resulted in the separation of the Archean Superior and Wyoming cratons and their Early Proterozoic covers. These crustal fragments were subsequently reassembled during Early Proterozoic (~1.85 Ga) orogenesis, the end result being the present 2000 km separation of the Huronian and Snowy Pass supergroups and their Archean basements.

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