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Page 1: HEJCUHC13 OF THE EA3TEHX PART · 2010. 9. 24. · In tha drill holaa on tha Pisaance Creek dosw) only tha basal 70 to 230 feat of tha Green Hirer formation is aaaignahla to tha Douglaa
Page 2: HEJCUHC13 OF THE EA3TEHX PART · 2010. 9. 24. · In tha drill holaa on tha Pisaance Creek dosw) only tha basal 70 to 230 feat of tha Green Hirer formation is aaaignahla to tha Douglaa

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HEJCUHC13 OF THE EA3TEHX PART OF

IRK fICSalKK Cfi£XK B43ZB* BIO BLAMCQ AfiD (UBFIEifi

oonUina th* rlotooaa anaBaaiii in vsatonr Co

foivatlon. T5»^oll »bal«»- crop out

<.« >^ -* . .t.-^^:.-^|i;: ia proavineot «^ around the argina of the baaiiv and qmfcarlia the

I .:-^/^^'?-^^^^'-*^^^ -^ "'T^raS/-' e»aia\^p^-'piao«.-«iiiBai^" laaa».than, 1500 feet of or«rburd«n. The

r«port« (tttnaliaat>ar» 1923) deacrlb* tb» oUv' l»0r «« »««r

part of the baaln (aee ae«capefl7ing Mapa), aereral gaa toat well*^a,^^^^ ^^;^f^^^^;s^f-^^ j^'i^---^ ^"v " '^\*^^^'^ ^iv ^ , , penetrated the complete aequence of oil shale ia the Green Eiver*?/ , [^^^j^f^^-^it^y^^^^ *'

, - ,:^:-.'f-^ _« *-*c-u %Jhia report ehcr« tha otiaract^r ani ^^ of the

these eubatirfaoo aoationa and in a vurfaee aeotioa-S^-' ^^fe^^;^^^^,^

<i,V^-;U^-- -".^.'-ii- tfeo'oaatjl ai4erpof t|ie baalA *«ar Kio Blftneo. ^^T*"> -." ^-"^ ^'. " '^rf^;f-^. /^4^y:'9s^j^--4^,.v ^-^;-:'^:; ^^ ]^":,. -^r*.* : '-'^-^gr- c^aa «plit of the aaaplta from the wolla obtained by Carl ; '"~

B^L*«r of the U. 3, Bureau of lOnea waa'taatod for oil yiold at the""TT^T-*:-

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^^?i^^y Tbi»fe*>iy ff£T »t«tcntd tff ' tb«- ffaaaJflii and "' ^:"**f;ff&

fozaatlonav are expoeed along the- amrglna ef the Plceeaoe .---' ;'' ;..--y& ;; ' --V.%i*,^ .:*V -_. - - :-* \.--...-'<r "W.^ff1^"^

Baala and overlie * thick .aequenoe of tfeaosol* and Paleoaolg

The ftaamtcn formation eonslsta of alternating Tmrloolored..,. . ^ "r*-- -* -'~i.s*z$&?$~i» aadatone^ and lenticular aandatone. It, ran^aa fro* about-3*00 > ff--

:+' ?** *^^^^^>i';:^-^^^^ ! '. r *'^ ^ri^^^^r^^V^^^aa^rv, "&<;*I^? J ta 5200 feet In thlckneaa In ae<iaur»<t ourfaoe aectioos around tha 7':'1 ' '

":-,. ^-,-^,.l ,-^;^v^.^ : ^^-r .c- . n v ; ^ ^..a/^-M'v 1.Creek Baalii and crops out aa red and tan slope* below th*

Soaa of' - - -. .

foxaatlott^ a« IdantlHaoV in

River fontatlon*, The; iaaatoh i-.*-H*V-. :.< ...--^t-;^ -V-- -*vj^"- lJS S-:- . ..' r- " ri:je * - "-> «,"* >' * l ' * "^ * 5 : f .**; -.^" '

reporta on tha area* ImlnAira beda

^. 75^ top of the ^aaatah formtioo w Mla«tad lorc^;.^^ V-^&£-~^»^-^^^^

or variccdorwi ahala

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-.-'- _-;,- ^ y^ c.ntrkl ptrt ojf th Pic^an^ Creek Baain* the' *'* ' \ "^ 'jv;- ^- ' ^^&&^^&&&±^^^^ * River fomatlon eonalata mtlnl/ of lake depoaita of ahala and amrlatone

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. r ^.. but Indudaa a baaaX aandatone wtnber and, at the top> a sequence of v -

' .--"" <* -^.^-;- ^- - - < :? \^.-*. i- ^ , "^ : ^'---- : ?;tv"aarXBtone^ alltatona^ and.tuffaoaoua aandatonea* In the Plce«nce Creek"'-V'^- ^J;v v^^^^^>'*'^^:^^ ' :- ,"v>ri-^"-">V rv ^.;-<ry^- W : '-; " '*-";' " -* dove 'the foi»atloc totala about 3500 feet in thlckn«M, It coafonaably

the tifoateh foraatlonf and In plaeea tha baaal aandatonea of the

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Along upper Piceaoce Creak near Rio Blanco tha loner sandy vjatber ia ''U: ,'^

abouk1075 feet thick* It ia exposed ia discontinuous slopes and cliffs

aad contain* gray aad tanr sandstone, sandy ahale, and to»ard tha top** - -.* ." *. Vi,'. jt-V: ."-*'- - - ' " ~'" *-? " ' > v^ < _.'*« j*^%* >';; -"jtwj". i""».»' ".?"'.* J'JA i; ' »-"^> . ' "*",.*"

aoaa barren grajr sjarlstona. The unit contains amny oolitic,

sandstone beds aoam. of which contain oatraeoda. tha> aaadstona bedsV V- "' *~f -V',%"

weataard with aarlstooe and shale, the a&anga frosi pradoav^ 3^;; .: - -'^^ - u* ^ ta-r .. -*

inantly sandy nonorganie aadiaanta to shaly organic sedia«ata takeav

place in an east-west distance of less than 6 sdJLss between outorop and

drill holaa (see erosa section A-A9 }* Along the Petrolita Hills north **V " " if

west, of Rio Blacco sons aatirtstonea of tha lower sandy awabar are

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aarV of tha Green River foraation. It rangea in thickness froai about; ^_"j-' ja. -, ^- '» \ ' : ., .^*...',?" - ,.i .-r^'^'ir .. -;-.!>-{^;-,: ^.;,.. n"-?'-.',^ '. '." _.;-.-'

430 feat to 760 feat. In aurfaea sactiona to the south along Paraehnta

Creak (Duncan and Penaon/1949, ahaat 1). In tha drill holaa on tha

Pisaance Creek dosw) only tha basal 70 to 230 feat of tha Green Hirer

formation is aaaignahla to tha Douglaa Creek aesiber. This thin unit.ii-" - ' - ---. '-'-' "'' '".. , ^^

howsvar, is the iaportant gaa»baaring tone* It consists of alternating

beda of sandstonet dark gray shale, sandy ahalar and aoM gray marlstone.

Tha unit Incallpr containa abundant oatracods, and sow* of tha sandstones

! ~ "^"*^e oolitic^ Although tha gas frost the aeTeral aapped wells of the field:T '-", -*.. -^----

is dry, cores of soas thin sandstone beda are oil stained.<.<'' .;- :- ' .- ' ^-if-\^^*: ""v^'^-^^:.''^\.. . '"'- '' -"-." -':'4.\* *-S'^'7^--

- ' ' Gordon Gulch aenber. ^rerlying tha Douglaa Creek swasber iai:-j: a series of dark gray, brown, and black shales and aarlatone assigned to

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eontant of the marlstone* Kotably tho greatest ~ \ r" ':";. '

ranges froa 1155 to 1680 foot in Uiickneaa and i» charaotoriaod bgp

fray, brown, and black amrlatono with a amall amount of tuffaseous

eandatone. Moat cuttings ar» doloadtio^ tho olaotrio logo raflwct

tha highljr doloadtic, charaotor' of tho> amrlatono and aug^aat a. correla­

tion with th» -^ . f s' » (], ' 1 ' fi~ '.

roalativitgr is i& tho aono of tho Hahogtny l«dgo» which contain* the

bed* witb tho. hi^heat oil yield. thi» rich oil afaale tone ia. identified - ' '

i» tho ootarop and well cuttings by tho diatinctive reddiah brown or*\ . _~*t,«<*. . -,, -r »i '

^Kahoff ai^* color of

one innlfrriee a djjtiaotJTe aandy teactiiged. analcitiaed tuff bod about , -.. - ^ : _-

foot thick, kac«nc as the* Mahogany aarker^ which i» uaed ae the atandard

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of tho rich, oil ahalo beda included in it* tho ' '- . :"

r»*«T*noa bait in datailad osrrolationa of tho oil analea of* th» Mahogany, ^ ^7;: z&.x£*'^^<^~ ^iSfc v^r^^^b^-1 V ^' ; "^>.^-*"^^"^%^"H^^^'^)'"^-^^

>Uiso«^i'tho kahogany MArkar could not bo idantifiod ia nail -^ "^^.

cuttings its apprcodjeate position iir aoction ia indicated for purpoeeo ;- y ;

of correlation, on tho acooayenying colnanar eectiooe* the organic

content of tho Parachute Creek Meaber ! comparable to that of the aurfacs_^-9 " ' ~ "f-~ . '

seotiens southward near Parachute Creek, but tho analyaoa of tho drill

cuttings do not reflect details of high and. low oil yield of thin beda.

. ;"- ; _.'" :: ^ " Bvaeuation Creek Berber.* The Evacuation Creek ne«ber forma

the upper part of the Green River formation and oontaina alternating

brown weathering ailtstone, aandatono, and gray arlatone. Ihia aoquenca

of beda contains mostly ailtatone and marlatone near tho baae but grade*

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3 - - »-,-'" »" * -. -i^ r~t * % .;- ' . - ^.^rjJT - . R,» "/ -" :" -.' *' " ; . ^j.;*^ ..;. f '"> ^^Sff" ---' - i l Sf >' '"^ >£« - "^ m---*Ti--<~* .*,* L ', ^.^ , , \" ^,,-v*^- -~

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upward to pradosdnanU/ aanri atone and Minor »arlatone» In: ?%*-* '- ;;'- :>-^-:^l^.^:^^- -.i^;;^^ -r >v:- v -^- ^> ; ^^ -\ - r*:".^r;^-,and reports (Bradley, 1931, p. 19; Kras»rr 1945) tho upper part of tho

soquenqe in tho central part of too: basin has boon tentatively aasigned ;" vy;'' vj

to tho Brid^r Jf onBBtion. These, upper bads ars

tho upper part of U» Evacuation Creek somber aj

Parachute Cre«k. A» BJS convenient horiaon in ths> ssction was found at

which to- aubdivida- tho upper part of tho sequence penetrated bgr, drilling

it is included in,tho Kvacuatioc Creek snbor of the Green River' r- : ~-M

-p ?*x 4ftC,-

'v:' ^ " foremtiott as identified in this report. th« Member JL* about 1000 Teefc. ."

,* : , '' thick as rosotrrisod in well cuttings- a*idf s^i-faco- sections. ? -^ *"^f f^kx,

-^"^^fe^lfi^l^^ "- >f/.jg:%3£- >^->^- ;w-- - s*> -' -^«- ,- . - :^-^-S!f5^4i-;*--%i-^^:^?^' ;- -^ *»»- Ficoaneo Creek Baain iaeludss a, central area oT gently "^"^ -%?a* T : M^&- W"-^ - X--*vivr.^4^^^; , .- ^::^\ ^^fe^^^^^;4^i-^f ;^

a,> dipping bods- flanked on tho oast .bgr- atesply dipping rocks along tho - "^'^^''^'vv^V"*^-.^ --s-^"''.-.^Q- .^v\ :^^&^s^2^ >.' "fV^-^^^"''^-".; ^" : "' - " i-.""^-v jitr.^:'-? ''. ;'-Orand Hogback aonoolino and on the w**t by tho sjoro gaatly dipping ^

oft tho oast flank of tho Douglas Crook anticline. Several >: T;^

folds trend northwestward across the hoiin. Paralleling ths '' (,

crests of ace* folds aro sones of nearly vertical faults, the Piceance

Croak dctts is cos of the folda within the basin, and it is cut by a ;

fault sons along which the throw ia down to tho south. It is believed

that tho structural development of tho Fiosancs Crook Basin startod

ia Soosfto tiaa} daring accumulation of the Green Hiver formation /

asar»shoro sodinnitts acciimil ating at the oast sids of tho basin while^ ^ --^-- » , - -;i;- .1^'. ^;.' , ^

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th* ahalea rich In organic Matter accumulated only a few ailea to th*

waet. In general the zone* of aqual richnaa* of th* oil anal* parallel ';^.V

th* Grand Hogback, th* ataap tilting of bad* on th* aaat aid* of th* r * * . - ,-< «_

baaJLa. occurred after depoaitioa of th* Green River formation.. The. aoailer.

northweet-trending fold*, auch a* th* Piceanc* Creek daa*v and associated

faalta were developed also after dapoaition of the oil ahalea of th* Green --'' *» "''

* * - . " -^ ;

j Hiver formation. 3ooe ma**u*ot *ay hav* occurred, honeTer, during oapoftitloa

I -" of th*. Evacuation Creek «e*her, aa local unconfond.tiaa are recorded in it> --,- '- t '- v ' > - .^ v

'^ ' : * or in equiyalent bada at eeveral place* (Bradley, 1931, R>. 19, 20)* Ctoa

euch unoonf oraity nay b* seen along Plcaanc* Creeie about 2 ail*a waat of

it* juifflt.ion vita Fourteen Mil* Creek along the aouth Hank of th* Piceance

Creek. f~. ', ;. : i*ra*« *oa». ,,. .,:-\^,. 7:'-^^t^- : - -"-, --" . . .-;;:.; .;-::v..;^. ... ., -. :-.^

'"';":;;-.'>' "' th* approSdaate trend of th* trough of th* Piceanc* Creek Baain ?_"." .-»"- .-.'"" * m * --*- *- - . _ _-- ^ i.. **

ia M» 20° V», aa ahoun on th* laft part of th* accompanying aap. Parhap*

th* baain trough «a* in about th* aajaa position during dapoaition of th*

oil ahalea* t In* awOlar northwaaV-trending folda cooplicat* th* poaition

of th* actual trough line, however, and tha line aa ahown on tha autp ia^"^ ^ **~ s . " ..>. ..."v-^ v.^ . . - V- .f- -' . " ' ;gan*rali»*4..\:,.. A/ ' i----'-.v;V:'-»:-^-'""> r - -"-" '.'' "' '-";'.. ..- .. *

-' * - QuHAdERisncd OF IHR OIL-TIEII>IHG ROCKS

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Bocka in th* Pioaanca Graak Baain that yield oil include organic

oarlatona, organic ahala, thin layers of altarad tuff in tha oil ohale, ;

bad« of aaphalt-^aturatsd aandatona, and aamll aaounta of aaph&ltlifce hydro-

carbona along tha fault and joint planes. Moat of tha organic eattar ia in

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Picaanca Craak Baain, have baan aatiaated to total roughly 100

barrel* (Balaar, 194S, p. 10} » The portion of tha Mahogany ladga that

yield* 25 gallon* or aora par ton la perhapa tha only oil-ahAla sone>

of praaant economic intereaW it wida range in thickne*a. of tha

l*dga in naajxmtorop aactlona waa obaarvad aouth of the aap are* ,.. ;

'--" - fttancan and Denaon, 1949)». Thara aavaral core drill holea and ourf&ca* '-* . -'- '." «. - yt, - - - - - - . - ~ ' ."?."*

aeetioa* through tha son* ahow a tlHTann of 11 feat of rich oil ahala

at tha aaat adga of tha Hoan CJULffa and aa jauch aa 135 faat of rich oil '

ahala along Parachute Creek* Thicker sonaa with lonar oil yield May JD^ *^j

Vfeeeott* of intaraat if othar aetfcod* of oil extraction are daveJUqjad.^ ^

Baaarva data of ininaynn/tng taJbla 1 vara prepared, therefore^ to ahow

tha relittiv« wwunta of oil. available/Tea aonaa aora- than 15 faat thick

with aalaetad oil yield* averaging a)^30 gallnna par ton, b)^5 &*H f*vr. , r"""-. ' \-«^* " ' :' ' '-- ** ~ ^ - ^ -. - .-*-.- '-^-':.^^, '-^ . par; ton, a}#2Q gallon* per ton, d)15 g^llona par ton,, and e/ average '" ' ;

._,_ yield of tha entire oil-«hala aaquanca. Tha average yield* were obtained ;^' ' - ~t , ."*''«,-.-"**;'" f -i ,"..*''" *

by calculating tha aayiaiai continuou* aaquenca of bed* that would yield

30, 2$, etc,A gallon* par ton. 3oaa unit* thua aaleetad incluo* Intervals

tfcat yiald-lasa than tha avaraga. ; ^£V;... *. "i i'*-v'. - -'*- "- :';-r. "" .-

- Only tha Kahogany ladga contain* uniformly rich oil ahala, - * - r" * *'' : * .',-'-'* :~v-''? s-' : - ^-.-.v'" i i."' ^r.:;V"vf^-""'-'" acroaa tha ficaanoa Craak dona* Bach aaaplad well penetrated zone* 20v^ . ;^*w^.;fr^T^ ; :' : -. ' u .>;--/:.;'-> : *

faat or or* thick that yield about 30 gallona of oil par ton* (3aa-. - .+^. ^

table 1 and oroaa section A-A1 .} la tha aurfaca aootion naar fiio Blanco, ' ' * ' '- ' Vs; ; - H ; "

however, only 10 faat of tha unit ia aatlaatad to yield 30 gallon* or

ore per ton. $he sona liaa at daptha of about 1200 to 1700 faat below-"'..""- "'.' -.** L '".-'.-'..

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oT 20 gallona of oil par ton; but tha walla farthar eaat aho* !;: ^PgK"-SisS" -:-,-,- r - - --. * . . ~- .'tX>" :v&*:-.'3z*-*'%£tjji&K * * " - * " - *"' / ',tr^"J>^f *;-, =&.-M^V^tv^il.r3' :;

decreasing aaounta or oil, ahal* of tha saa* quality.. Only aboofe ^ VlT^t f^:'J"" _^^^'" . * ^^^ * -'~v flJ ^-? *-j V

f bada la tha aorfaa* aaatioa naar ^Lo Blanco i» tiaat^i to . - - . .' - -.. --- * , - ,.. "."" ' -- -- , - - '"v ^-Vi.

«a avaraga of 20 gallon* oT oil par toiu *bm wall data, show a^ft*?*1 v~: >**** ' "^ - -*"*- * - V^^A*-^* \ ^"V * *rf "'*.*- ^i'^ C?; *Ci**'<S^" ^ * .

greater increaeec la total pot^ntJAX oil yield U^

or 15 galloaa per ton ia aelected*

.-'" ',, v ... Zonaa or equal richneaa and thicknaaa o£ tha oil ahala: alongr- ** '" j: "* - ~ "" ** *- ' *"*«. *^~,,-- H »\.-. "., rt -

; tha eaat aide of tha. Pioaanoa Creek Basin trend rougtOy northward v£.-* 4V:5*; " .» J-. S--ir'" : *-'' - " . -i* *"' ' ' '*" ^i*"}=' * , ,]"..--' "w -. "~*> "V"*. -

.;' parallal to tha Grand Hogback. Mo attaapt ia aada in this raport to" "' ! ^ " " ""; "-' ^ - "i^

prepare raserva aatiaataa for thia area,, aa acre oowplataz data

of equal rlOuieea and thickmw can ba

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mix wills ware ooapleted, and these bad initial open-flow testa up to

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EXPUA NATION

Areo^underloin by Area o.f this report Area of Oil 8 Gat InvPre 11 m i no ry Map 94Green River formation

0 to 20 40 MILES

INDEX MAP