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Results of Oil-Shale Investigations in Northeastern Nevada by OPEN UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Results of Oil-Shale Investigations in Northeastern Nevada By StevenW. Moore 1, Helen B . Madrid, and G. Thomas Server, Jr. OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-586 1983 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Department of Energy and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management This report is preliminary and has not been edited for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. 1. Address: Bureau of Land Management, Division of Mineral Resources, 3380 Americana Terrace, Boise, Idaho 83706. CONTENTS Page Executive Summary ............................ vi Introduction .............................. 1 Background, purpose, and scope ................... 1 Acknowledgments .......................... 3 Oil shale and related organic-rich deposits in northeastern Nevada. ... 4 Results of literature search .................... 4 Elko Formation. ......................... 4 Geology ........................... 4 Early oil-shale mining activities near Elko ......... 8 Other lacustrine and related non-marine deposits. ........ 9 Sheep Pass Formation. .................... 9 Newark Canyon Formation ................... 10 Organic-rich marine shales. ................... 10 Vinini Formation. ...................... 10 Woodruff Formation. ..................... 10 Chairman Shale. ....................... 11 Phosphoria Formation. .................... 11 Elko area ................................ 12 Introduction ............................ 12 Geology ............................... 12 Tertiary rocks underlying the Elko Formation .......... 12 Elko Formation ......................... 15 Depositional setting .................... 16 Tertiary rocks overlying the Elko Formation ........... 18 Structure ............................ 18 Oil-shale deposits ......................... 18 Pinon Range area ............................ 20 Introduction ............................ 20 Geology ............................... 20 Rocks underlying the Elko Formation ............... 20 Bay State Dolomite ..................... 20 Devils Gate Limestone .................... 20 Woodruff Formation ..................... 20 Webb Formation ....................... 20 Chainman Shale ....................... 21 Elko Formation. ......................... 21 Cherty limestone member .................. 21 Limestone and shale member ................. 21 Oil shale, limestone, and dolomitic shale member ...... 21 Tuff and dolomitic shale member ............... 21 Rocks overlying the Elko Formation ............... 22 Andesite .......................... 22 Indian Well Formation .................... 22 Structure ............................ 22 Oil-shale deposit .......................... 22 Coal Mine Canyon ............................ 24 Introduction ............................ 24 CONTENTS cont inued Page Coal Mine Canyon area Introduct ion cont inued Methods of study. ........................ 24 Geology ............................... 24 Chairman Formation. ....................... 24 Tertiary rocks older than the Elko Formation .......... 24 Elko Formation ......................... 25 Oil-shale deposits ......................... 25 Conclusions ............................. 26 Core-drilling investigation of oil-shale deposits at Elko ........ 27 Purpose and procedures. ....................... 27 Wire-line well logs ......................... 27 Results of drilling and Fischer assays ............... 27 Calculation of average oil yields .................. 29 Correlation of oil-shale zones ................... 33 Oil-shale resources in the Elko area .................. 36 Calculation of oil-shale resources ................. 36 Results of resource calculations .................. 39 Accuracy of estimates ........................ 41 Economic development potential of oil-shale resources at Elko ...... 43 Quality of the oil-shale resource at Elko .............. 43 Comparison of oil shale from the Elko and Green River Formations. 44 Other geologic constraints. ................... 44 Oil-shale chemistry ....................... 45 Development problems. ........................ 45 Economics ............................ 46 Environment ........................... 46 Land use and water availability ................. 46 Mining and retorting technology ................. 46 Conclusions ............................... 48 References ............................... 50 Appendices A Annotated bibliography for oil shale and related organic-rich deposits of northeastern Nevada, by S. W. Moore, H. B. Madrid and C. L. Helseth. ...................... A-l B Fischer assay tables of core samples and other samples ..... B-l C Data from the Coal Mine Canyon area, by H. B. Madrid ...... C-l C-l Measured stratigraphic section of the Elko Formation in trench COS-1 ...................... C-2 C-2 Fischer assay report of analysis of the Elko Formation, trench COS-1 . ....................... C-17 C-3 Potassium-argon age data for a rhyodacite from an unnamed unit above the Elko Formation ............... C-l 8 ii ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 1. Geology of Coal Mine Canyon, Adobe Range, Elko County, Nevada, by H. 8. Madrid .................. in pocket 2. Lithologic columns and Fischer assay histogram of Trench COS-1, Coal Mine Canyon, Elko County, Nevada, by H. B. Madrid ........................ do. 3. Fischer assay oil-yield histogram and generalized lithologic log from Core Hole EOS-1, by S. W. Moore . .do. 4. Fischer assay oil-yield histogram, wire-line well logs, and generalized lithologic log from Core Hole EOS-2, by S. W. Moore .......................do. 5. Fischer assay oil-yield histogram, wire-line well logs, and generalized lithologic log from Core Hole EOS-3/3A, by S. W. Moore, H. B. Madrid, H. A. Villalobos, and R. D. Dockter 5A 0-350 feet ...................... do. 5B 350-800 feet ..................... do. 6. Fischer assay oil-yield histogram, wire-line well logs, and generalized lithologic log from Core Hole EOS-4, by S. W. Moore ....................... do. 7. Fischer assay oil-yield histogram, wire-line well logs, and generalized lithologic log from Core Hole EOS-6, by S. W. Moore ....................... do. FIGURE 1. Index map showing location of oil shale study areas in northeastern Nevada ................ 2 2. Distribution of oil shale and related organic-rich deposits in eastern Nevada. ..................... 5 3. Correlation chart of Cretaceous and Paleogene units northeastern Nevada, east-central Nevada, the western Uinta Basin, Utah ................. 7 4. Generalized stratigraphic section near Elko, Nevada. ..... 13 5. Correlation chart of Paleocene through Oligocene age rock units between the Pinon Range, Elko, and Coal Mine Canyon study areas ................ 14 6. Map showing the Elko study area and location of core holes drilled by the USGS in late 1981 .............. 17 iii ILLUSTRATIONS cont inued Page FIGURE 7. Preliminary correlation of oil-shale zones in the Elko Formation near Elko using oil yield histograms from core holes EOS-6, -2, -3/3A, and -4 ............. 30 8. Estimated area of outcrop/subcrop and designated subareas of Elko Formation members 2 and 3 near Elko, Nevada. .... 37 TABLES TABLE 1. Summary of drilling statistics of USGS Elko oil shale drilling project 1981 ................ 28 2. Example of values calculated for determination of average oil yields in the lower oil-shale zone of member 2 in core hole EOS-6. ...................... 32 3. Summary of average oil yields calculated for selected oil-shale zones in core holes EOS-6, -2, 3/3A, and -4. ... 34 4. Estimated oil-shale resources calculated for members 2 and 3 of the Elko Formation near Elko. ........... 38 5. Total of estimated oil-shale resources in area of outcrop/subcrop in members 2 and 3 of the Elko Formation, near Elko. ......................... 40 iv UNITS OF MEASUREMENT U.S. customary units of measurement are used throughout most of this report because of the wide range of the intended audience. Also, U.S. custo­ mary units are used by convention in the drilling industry and, in general, are used in most reporting of U.S. oil-shale research and development. There­ fore, the following table of factors is given for conversion to SI metric units, Factors for converting U.S. customary units to SI metric units To convert from To Multiply by Foot (ft) Meter (m) 0.3048 Gallon (gal) Liter (L) 3.785 Ton (U.S. short) Ton (t) 0.9072 Gallon/ton (gal/ton) Liter/ton (L/t) 4.172 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is the result of an investigation done through a cooperative agreement made in August 1981 between the U.S. Geological Survey, Conservation Division (now part of the Bureau of Land Management) and the Nevada Department of Energy. The purpose of this agreement was to provide funding to investigate and to analyze occurrences of oil-shale resources and their development potent­ ial in the state of Nevada. Because the U.S. Geological Survey was already in­ volved in oil-shale studies in northeastern Nevada, the additional funding was applied primarily to a shallow exploratory drilling program used to better de­ lineate oil-shale deposits near Elko, Nevada. The original source of the funding, in the amount of $70,000, was the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States is heavily dependent on oil and natural gas as a primary source of energy and associated products. Despite intermittent fluctuations in petroleum supplies, oil is a finite resource. In the future, as domestic petroleum supplies dwindle and recovery increases in cost, other alternative energy sources such
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