Detailed Cross Sections of Niobrara Equivalent Strata in ...KB 6,261 Diamond Shamrock 23–23 North...

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Res. SP TD 12,954 GR Res. TD 8,254 2,000 2,500 0 1,000 500 1,500 Res. GR Res. GR Res. GR Res. GR Res. 1,000 16,000 17,500 18,000 18,500 19,000 19,500 20,000 20,500 21,000 18,000 19,000 18,500 19,500 20,000 20,500 16,500 17,000 17,500 18,000 18,500 19,000 16,000 16,500 17,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 GR Res. GR GR Res. Res. 15500 3,000 3,500 TD 16,168 TD 6,330 TD 17,550 FEET FEET Pubco Petroleum Federal #11-11 NE SW sec. 11, T. 34 N., R. 88 W. KB 6,469 Davis Oil 1 Twidale SE NW sec. 15, T. 34 N., R. 87 W. KB 6,078 Continental Oil 1 McClanahan Draw SW SE sec. 5, T. 33 N., R. 86 W. KB 6,261 Diamond Shamrock 23–23 North Grieve NE SW sec. 23, T. 33 N., R. 86 W. KB 6,453 Chorney Oil Soap Creek Unit 3 NW SE sec. 32, T. 33 N., R. 85 W. KB 6,210 Amoco Production Van Irvine Trust 1–12 SE NE sec. 12, T. 32 N., R. 85 W. KB 6,309 Exxon Corp. Eagle Creek Unit 1 SW NE sec. 36, T. 32 N., R. 84 W. KB 6,858 Union Oil of Calif. 1-I-34 Young Ranch NE SE sec. 34, T. 32 N., R. 83 W. KB 5,984 Kirkwood, W.C. 14–12 State SW SW sec. 12, T. 31 N., R. 82 W. KB 5,334 Samdan Oil Corp. Shell-Federal 1 NW NW sec. 20, T. 31 N., R. 81 W. KB 5,428 Continental Oil Raderville 4 Unit NE SE sec. 2, T. 34 N., R. 89 W. KB 6,897 Sohio Petroleum Deer Canyon 23–D SW SE sec. 23, T. 34 N., R. 90 W. KB 6,208 El Paso Nat. Gas Brunel-Federal 1 NE SE sec. 13, T. 34 N., R. 91 W. KB 5,862 Sun Oil Co. 1 Wolf Federal NW SE sec. 31, T. 35 N., R. 92 W. KB 5,600 Exxon Co. 1 Horseshoe Creek SE NW sec. 26, T. 35 N., R. 92 W. KB 5,711 Mosbacher 17–1 Federal NW NW sec. 17, T. 34 N., R. 94 W. KB 5,622 Amerada 1 U.S.A. Grigsby NW SW sec. 23, T. 34 N., R. 94 W. KB 5,624 Continental 12–2 Tribal NW SE sec. 12, T. 1 S., R. 5 E. KB 5,213 Arco 33 Arco Tribal SW SW sec. 30, T. 1 S., R. 5 E. KB 5,243 Exxon Co. 1 Shoshone-Arapahoe 534 NW SE sec. 2, T. 1 S., R. 2 E. KB 5,270 Exxon Co. 1 Shoshone-Arapahoe Tribal 731 SW SE sec. 20, T. 1 N., R. 2 E. KB 5,390 Amoco Production Shoshone-Arapahoe 8–22 SE NE sec. 22, T. 2 N., R. 2 E. KB 5,444 Shell Oil Tribal 33X–10 NW SE sec. 10, T. 3 N., R. 2 E. KB 5,414 Andover Oil Co. Tribal 22–1 SW SE sec. 22, T. 4 N., R. 2 E. KB 5,584 Wolf Expl. Co. 1 Govt. NW SW sec. 29, T. 32 N., R. 84 W. KB 7,012 Continental Tribal 10–1 NW SE sec. 10, T. 5 N., R. 1 E. KB 5,933 East Sheep Creek surface section secs. 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 24, T. 6 N., R. 2 E. (modified from Keefer and Troyer, 1964; Keefer, 1997) Davis Oil Co. Witting no. 1 SW SE sec. 2, T. 33 N., R. 84 W. KB 6,028 Union Oil of California Key Springs 1–F–14 SE NW sec. 14, T. 35 N., R. 86 W. KB 5,914 Coastal O&G Bullfrog Unit 3–8–36–86 NW SW sec. 8, T. 36 N., R. 86 W. KB 6,088 Kirkwood, W.C. 14-12 State SW SW sec. 12, T. 31 N., R. 82 W. KB 5,334 Shell Oil Co. Poison Springs 23–20 NE SW sec. 20, T. 32 N., R. 82 W. KB 5,675 LL&E Bighorn 4–36 MDU SW NE sec. 36, T. 39 N., R. 91 W. KB 5,331 Burlington Res. Co. Bighorn 8–35 SE SE sec. 35, T. 39 N., R. 90 W. GL 5,561 Moncrief O & G Lysite 7–1 SW SW sec. 7, T. 39 N., R. 92 W. KB 5,503 CIG Birdseye Creek 1–4–39–94 NW NE sec. 4, T. 39 N., R. 94 W. KB 4,970 Tom Brown, Inc. Cutthroat Tribal 32–13 SW NE sec. 13, T. 5N., R. 5E. KB 5,078 Coastal O & G 1 Owl Creek-Tribal NW SE sec. 26, T. 5 N., R. 3 E. KB 5,105 Tom Brown, Inc. Tribal Mexican Pass 10–23 NE SW sec. 10, T. 5 N., R. 3 E. KB 5,431 East Sheep Creek surface section secs. 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 24, and T. 6 N., R. 2 E. (modified from Keefer and Troyer, 1964; Keefer, 1997) ? ? NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST 7.7 MILES 3.8 MILES 9.8 MILES ~7.0 MILES 14.1 MILES 4.0 MILES 6.9 MILES 3.4 MILES 6.6 MILES 6.5 MILES 5.0 MILES 5.8 MILES 7.0 MILES 4.9 MILES 8.5 MILES 4.1 MILES 9.2 miles 4.0 MILES 3.7 MILES 5.1 MILES 3.4 MILES 7.6 MILES 2.3 MILES 4.3 MILES 4.5 MILES 6.2 MILES Datum “Niobrara equivalent” “Sage Breaks equivalent” "chalk kick" Upper sandy member (part) Lower shaly member Frontier Formation (part) Cody Shale (part) "chalk kick" SOUTH LINE—Cross Section of Niobrara Equivalent Strata in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming Cody Shale (part) Frontier Formation (part) “Niobrara equivalent” “Sage Breaks equivalent” Upper sandy member (part) Lower shaly member "chalk kick" Glauconitic sandstone of Keefer and Johnson (1993) ? Detailed Cross Sections of Niobrara Equivalent Strata in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming By Thomas M. Finn 2017 3.0 MILES 7.0 MILES 5.6 MILES 13.1 MILES 9.5 MILES Upper sandy member (part) Lower shaly member 12.2 MILES “Shannon sands” 5.3 MILES Cody Shale (part) 24.9 MILES 7.5 MILES “Niobrara equivalent” 16.2 MILES 12.9 MILES 5.7 MILES "chalk kick" Datum Frontier Formation (part) NORTH LINE—Cross Section of Niobrara Equivalent Strata in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming Frontier Formation (part) "chalk kick" ? “Niobrara equivalent” Glauconitic sandstone of Keefer and Johnson (1993) NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST ? ? bentonite zone Shotgun Butte Madden anticline Tepee Flats Hells Half Acre Shotgun Butte Alkali Butte Rattlesnake Hills Coalbank Hills Clarkson Hill Clarkson Hill “Sage Breaks equivalent” For more information concerning this publication, contact: Center Director, USGS Central Energy Resources Science Center Box 25046, Mail Stop 939 Denver, CO 80225 (303) 236-1647 Or visit the Central Energy Resources Science Center Web site at: http://energy.usgs.gov/ Suggested citation: Finn, T.M., 2017, Stratigraphic cross sections of the Niobrara interval of the Cody Shale and associated rocks in the Wind River Basin, central Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3370, 19 p., 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3370. Digital files available at https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3370 Publishing support provided by: Denver Publishing Service Center Edit and digital layout by L.J. Binder Digital cartography support by Jeff Hartley Manuscript approved for publication October 21, 2016 To learn about the USGS and its information products visit http://www.usgs.gov/ 1-888-ASK-USGS For product and ordering information visit: http://store.usgs.gov ISSN 2329-132X (online) https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3370 This map or plate is offered as an online-only, digital publication. Users should be aware that, because of differences in rendering processes and pixel resolution, some slight distortion of scale may occur when viewing it on a computer screen or when printing it on an electronic plotter, even when it is viewed or printed at its intended publication scale. Scaphites impendicostatus Inoceramus rotundatus Scaphites hippocrepis I Scaphites leei Desmoscaphites bassleri Clioscaphite vermiformis Scaphites ventricosus Inoceramus deformis Inoceramus perplexus Prionocyclus reesidei Plesiacanthoceras wyomingense Prionocyclus reesidei Scaphites corvensis Scaphites preventricocus Baculites yokoyamai, Scaphites corvensis Scaphites depressus Plesiacanthoceras wyomingense Scaphites hippocrepis I Inoceramus deformis Scaphites preventricocus Inoceramus deformis Inoceramus erectus Scaphites corvensis Baculites yokoyamai Inoceramus erectus Baculites yokoyamai Scaphites corvensis Inoceramus perplexus Plesiacanthoceras wyomingense Baculites yokoyamai Clioscaphites choteauensis Scaphites depressus Scaphites depressus Scaphites depressus Scaphites depressus Inoceramus deformis Clioscaphites vermiformis approximate base of Scaphites hippocrepis I Zone Scaphites corvensis Prionocyclus reesidei Scaphites corvensis Inoceramus perplexus Prionocyclus reesidei Plesiacanthoceras wyomingense Scaphites corvensis Inoceramus erectus Crennoceramus crassus inconstans Scaphites ventricosus Inoceramus deformis Scaphites depressus Scaphites depressus Scaphites depressus Scaphites leei Desmoscaphites bassleri Clioscaphite vermiformis Clioscaphites choteauensis approximate base of Scaphites hippocrepis I Zone Inoceramus deformis T 5 N T 1 N T 1 S T 1 S T 1 N T 40 N T 35 N T 35 N T 45 N T 40 N T 30 N T 5 N T. 40 N. T. 45 N. R. 80 W. R. 85 W. R. 90 W. R. 95 W. R. 100 W. R. 105 W. R. 110 W. R 110 W R 105 W R 90 W R 85 W R 100 W R 100 W R 95 W R 95 W R 1 W R 1 W R 5 W R 5 W R 1 E R 1 E R 5 E R 5 E T. 30 N. T. 35 N. Wind River Basin Province WYOMING Washakie Wind River Range Mountains Creek Owl Bighorn Mountains Casper arch Granite Mountains Range North line line South 43° 110° 109° 108° 107° Wind River Basin Province boundary Well control point East Sheep Creek surface section EXPLANATION Cody Shale outcrop Precambrian rock INDEX MAP Wind River Basin Province Base from Bureau of Land Management digital data, 2016 Lambert Conformal Conic projection Standard parallels 33° and 45°, Central meridian -108° Latitude of origin 39° North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) 0 40 MILES 10 20 30 0 40 KILOMETERS 10 20 30 EXPLANATION Vertial scale 1,000 300 200 100 500 Baculites obtusus Locally correlatable horizon or marker bed Approximate position of important guide fossil(s)—Projected from nearby outcrops Gas show Gas producing interval Perforated interval(s) Oil producing interval Oil show Gas show Drill-stem test interval(s) DEPTH (FEET) GR Res. 15,000 15,500 Dry and abandoned Dry and abandoned, gas show Dry and abandoned, oil show Dry and abandoned, oil and gas show Gas well Oil well Interbedded sandstone, shale, sandy shale, and siltstone Marine or marginal marine sandstone or siltstone Shale, sandy shale, or silty shale Marine shale Laterally persistent zone within the Cody Shale showing higher gamma-ray intensity Shale, silty shale, sandy shale, calcareous shale, and marl Sandstone Shale Siltstone Bentonite Pebbles Covered Kelly bushing, elevation in feet Ground elevation, in feet Total depth of well, in feet Gamma ray Spontaneous potential Resistivity GR SP Res. KB TD GL Approximate base of Scaphites hippocrepis I Zone Horizontal scale 0 5 5 10 10 15 15 20 MILES 20 KILOMETERS WELL LOG SYMBOLS WELL SYMBOLS METERS FEET U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3370 Pamphlet accompanies map

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FEET Pubco PetroleumFederal #11-11

NE SWsec. 11, T. 34 N., R. 88 W.

KB 6,469

Davis Oil1 Twidale

SE NWsec. 15, T. 34 N., R. 87 W.

KB 6,078

Continental Oil1 McClanahan Draw

SW SEsec. 5, T. 33 N., R. 86 W.

KB 6,261

Diamond Shamrock23–23 North Grieve

NE SWsec. 23, T. 33 N., R. 86 W.

KB 6,453

Chorney OilSoap Creek Unit 3

NW SEsec. 32, T. 33 N., R. 85 W.

KB 6,210

Amoco ProductionVan Irvine Trust 1–12

SE NEsec. 12, T. 32 N., R. 85 W.

KB 6,309

Exxon Corp.Eagle Creek Unit 1

SW NEsec. 36, T. 32 N., R. 84 W.

KB 6,858

Union Oil of Calif.1-I-34 Young Ranch

NE SEsec. 34, T. 32 N., R. 83 W.

KB 5,984

Kirkwood, W.C.14–12 State

SW SWsec. 12, T. 31 N., R. 82 W.

KB 5,334

Samdan Oil Corp.Shell-Federal 1

NW NWsec. 20, T. 31 N., R. 81 W.

KB 5,428Continental Oil

Raderville 4 UnitNE SE

sec. 2, T. 34 N., R. 89 W.KB 6,897

Sohio PetroleumDeer Canyon 23–D

SW SEsec. 23, T. 34 N., R. 90 W.

KB 6,208

El Paso Nat. GasBrunel-Federal 1

NE SEsec. 13, T. 34 N., R. 91 W.

KB 5,862

Sun Oil Co.1 Wolf Federal

NW SEsec. 31, T. 35 N., R. 92 W.

KB 5,600

Exxon Co.1 Horseshoe Creek

SE NWsec. 26, T. 35 N., R. 92 W.

KB 5,711

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NW NWsec. 17, T. 34 N., R. 94 W.

KB 5,622

Amerada1 U.S.A. Grigsby

NW SWsec. 23, T. 34 N., R. 94 W.

KB 5,624

Continental12–2 Tribal

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KB 5,213

Arco33 Arco Tribal

SW SWsec. 30, T. 1 S., R. 5 E.

KB 5,243

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NW SEsec. 2, T. 1 S., R. 2 E.

KB 5,270

Exxon Co.1 Shoshone-Arapahoe Tribal 731

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KB 5,390

Amoco ProductionShoshone-Arapahoe 8–22

SE NEsec. 22, T. 2 N., R. 2 E.

KB 5,444

Shell OilTribal 33X–10

NW SEsec. 10, T. 3 N., R. 2 E.

KB 5,414

Andover Oil Co.Tribal 22–1

SW SEsec. 22, T. 4 N., R. 2 E.

KB 5,584

Wolf Expl. Co.1 Govt.

NW SWsec. 29, T. 32 N., R. 84 W.

KB 7,012

ContinentalTribal 10–1

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KB 5,933

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Davis Oil Co.Witting no. 1

SW SEsec. 2, T. 33 N., R. 84 W.

KB 6,028

Union Oil of CaliforniaKey Springs 1–F–14

SE NWsec. 14, T. 35 N., R. 86 W.

KB 5,914

Coastal O&GBullfrog Unit 3–8–36–86

NW SWsec. 8, T. 36 N., R. 86 W.

KB 6,088

Kirkwood, W.C.14-12 State

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KB 5,334

Shell Oil Co.Poison Springs 23–20

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KB 5,675

LL&E Bighorn 4–36 MDU

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KB 5,331

Burlington Res. Co.Bighorn 8–35

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GL 5,561

Moncrief O & GLysite 7–1SW SW

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CIGBirdseye Creek 1–4–39–94

NW NEsec. 4, T. 39 N., R. 94 W.

KB 4,970

Tom Brown, Inc.Cutthroat Tribal 32–13

SW NEsec. 13, T. 5N., R. 5E.

KB 5,078

Coastal O & G1 Owl Creek-Tribal

NW SEsec. 26, T. 5 N., R. 3 E.

KB 5,105

Tom Brown, Inc.Tribal Mexican Pass 10–23

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KB 5,431

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Detailed Cross Sections of Niobrara Equivalent Strata in the Wind River Basin, WyomingBy

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Glauconitic sandstone ofKeefer and Johnson (1993)

NORTHWESTSOUTHEAST

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bentonite zone

Shotgun Butte Madden anticline Tepee Flats Hells Half Acre

Shotgun Butte Alkali Butte Rattlesnake HillsCoalbank Hills

Clarkson Hill

Clarkson Hill

“Sage Breaks equivalent”

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Scaphites impendicostatusInoceramus rotundatus

Scaphites hippocrepis I

Scaphites leeiDesmoscaphites bassleri

Clioscaphite vermiformis

Scaphites ventricosusInoceramus deformis

Inoceramus perplexusPrionocyclus reesidei

Plesiacanthoceras wyomingense

Prionocyclus reesideiScaphites corvensis

Scaphites preventricocus Baculites yokoyamai, Scaphites corvensis

Scaphites depressus

Plesiacanthoceras wyomingense

Scaphites hippocrepis I

Inoceramus deformisScaphites preventricocus

Inoceramus deformis Inoceramus erectus

Scaphites corvensisBaculites yokoyamai

Inoceramuserectus

Baculites yokoyamaiScaphites corvensis

Inoceramus perplexus

Plesiacanthoceraswyomingense

Baculites yokoyamai

Clioscaphites choteauensis

Scaphites depressus

Scaphites depressus

Scaphites depressus

Scaphites depressus

Inoceramusdeformis

Clioscaphites vermiformis

approximatebase of Scaphites hippocrepis I Zone

Scaphites corvensisPrionocyclus reesidei

Scaphites corvensis

Inoceramus perplexusPrionocyclus reesidei

Plesiacanthoceraswyomingense

Scaphites corvensis

Inoceramus erectusCrennoceramus

crassus inconstans

Scaphites ventricosusInoceramus deformis

Scaphites depressus

Scaphites depressus

Scaphites depressus

Scaphites leeiDesmoscaphites bassleri

Clioscaphite vermiformis

Clioscaphites choteauensis

approximate base of Scaphites hippocrepis I Zone

Inoceramus deformis

T5N

T1NT1S

T1S

T1N

T40N

T35N

T35N

T45N

T40N

T30N

T5N

T.40N.

T.45N.

R. 80 W.R. 85 W.R. 90 W.R. 95 W.R. 100 W.R. 105 W.R. 110 W.

R 110 W

R 105 W

R 90 W R 85 W

R 100 W

R 100 W

R 95 W

R 95 W

R 1 W

R 1 W

R 5 W

R 5 W

R 1 E

R 1 E

R 5 E

R 5 E

T.30N.

T.35N.

Wind River BasinProvince

WYOMING

Washakie

Wind

River

Range

Mountains

Creek

Owl

Bigh

orn

Mou

ntai

ns

Casper

arch

GraniteMountains

Range

North

line

lineSouth43°

110° 109° 108° 107°

Wind River Basin Province boundaryWell control pointEast Sheep Creek surface section

EXPLANATIONCody Shale outcropPrecambrian rock

INDEX MAP

Wind River Basin Province

Base from Bureau of Land Management digital data, 2016Lambert Conformal Conic projectionStandard parallels 33° and 45°, Central meridian -108°Latitude of origin 39°North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)

0 40 MILES10 20 30

0 40 KILOMETERS10 20 30

EXPLANATION

Verti

al s

cale

1,000300

200

100

500

Baculites obtusus

Locally correlatable horizon or marker bed

Approximate position of important guidefossil(s)—Projected from nearby outcrops

Gas show

Gas producing interval

Perforated interval(s)

Oil producing interval

Oil show

Gas show

Drill-stem testinterval(s)

DEPTH(FEET)

GR Res.

15,000

15,500

Dry and abandoned

Dry and abandoned, gas show

Dry and abandoned, oil show

Dry and abandoned, oil and gas show

Gas well

Oil well

Interbedded sandstone, shale,sandy shale, and siltstone

Marine or marginal marine sandstone or siltstone

Shale, sandy shale, or silty shale

Marine shale

Laterally persistent zone withinthe Cody Shale showing highergamma-ray intensity

Shale, silty shale, sandy shale,calcareous shale, and marl

Sandstone

Shale

Siltstone

Bentonite

Pebbles

Covered

Kelly bushing, elevation in feet

Ground elevation, in feet

Total depth of well, in feet

Gamma ray

Spontaneous potential

Resistivity

GR

SP

Res.

KB

TD

GL

Approximate base of Scaphites hippocrepis I Zone

Horizontal scale

0

5

5

10

10

15

15

20 MILES

20 KILOMETERS

WELL LOG SYMBOLS

WELL SYMBOLS

METERS FEET

U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

Scientific Investigations Map 3370Pamphlet accompanies map