Download - Detailed Cross Sections of Niobrara Equivalent Strata in ...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

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TD 11,477 TD 19,235 TD 9,282TD 13,840TD 9,522

TD 14,420TD 9,800

TD 8,328

TD 10,444TD 9,780

TD 12,175TD 8,657

TD 6,790 TD 6,511 TD 9,556TD 10,311TD 10,425

TD 12,247TD 10,554TD 10,910 TD 8,200

TD 15,012 TD 13,787TD 8,254

TD 5,034

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SP Res.

TD 13,640

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4,0004,000

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4,5004,500

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5,0005,000

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10,500

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10,500

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11,500

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10,000

7,500

7,500

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8,500

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5,5005,500

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6,500

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TD 24,818TD 21,585

TD 24,600

TD 24,966

TD 20,100

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GR RES.

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TD 20,000TD 16,700

GR

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Res.SP

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GR Res.

TD 8,254

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TD 16,168TD 6,330

TD 17,550

FEET

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

Mosbacher17–1 Federal

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

NW SEsec. 12, T. 1 S., R. 5 E.

KB 5,213

Arco33 Arco Tribal

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

KB 5,243

Exxon Co.1 Shoshone-Arapahoe 534

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

KB 5,270

Exxon Co.1 Shoshone-Arapahoe Tribal 731

SW SEsec. 20, T. 1 N., R. 2 E.

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

NW SEsec. 10, T. 5 N., R. 1 E.

KB 5,933

East Sheep Creek surface sectionsecs. 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 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

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

KB 5,334

Shell Oil Co.Poison Springs 23–20

NE SWsec. 20, T. 32 N., R. 82 W.

KB 5,675

LL&E Bighorn 4–36 MDU

SW NEsec. 36, T. 39 N., R. 91 W.

KB 5,331

Burlington Res. Co.Bighorn 8–35

SE SEsec. 35, T. 39 N., R. 90 W.

GL 5,561

Moncrief O & GLysite 7–1SW SW

sec. 7, T. 39 N., R. 92 W.KB 5,503

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

NE SWsec. 10, T. 5 N., R. 3 E.

KB 5,431

East Sheep Creek surface sectionsecs. 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 24,

and T. 6 N., R. 2 E.(modified from Keefer and Troyer, 1964;

Keefer, 1997)

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NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST

7.7 MILES3.8 MILES

9.8 MILES

~7.0 MILES

14.1 MILES4.0 MILES6.9 MILES



4.9 MILES

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4.1 MILES9.2 miles

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7.6 MILES2.3 MILES

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Datum

“Niobrara equivalent”

“Sage Breaks equivalent”

"chalk kick"

Upper sandymember

(part)

Lower shalymember

FrontierFormation

(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)



Upper sandymember

(part)

Lower shalymember

"chalk kick"

Glauconitic sandstone ofKeefer and Johnson (1993)

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

Thomas M. Finn2017

3.0 MILES7.0 MILES


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(part)

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12.2 MILES

“Shannon sands”

5.3 MILES

Cody Shale(part)

24.9 MILES

7.5 MILES


16.2 MILES 12.9 MILES

5.7 MILES

"chalk kick"Datum


NORTH LINE—Cross Section of Niobrara Equivalent Strata in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming


"chalk kick"?


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


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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