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DIGITAL DATA SERIES DDS–69–D
CHAPTER 14, PLATE 1–2

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Wamsutter arch
Washakie Basin

East

23
24

Amoco Production Company
Frewen Deep Unit 1

22
26

C SE sec. 13, T. 19 N., R. 95 W.
KB 6,937
Amoco Production Company

25

Tierney Unit 2
NW NE sec. 15, T. 19 N., R. 94 W.
KB 6,691
4.0 mi
7.0 mi
Amoco Production Company

1 Tipton Unit II
SE NW sec. 14, T. 19 N., R. 96 W.
KB 6,973 composite log
Amoco Production Company Amoco-Champlin 278 E-3
NE SW sec. 13, T. 18 N., R. 93 W.
KB 6,874
Amoco Production Company Amoco-Champlin 278 E-1
SE SE sec. 13, T. 18 N., R. 93 W.
KB 6,936
Amoco Production Company
Echo Springs Deep 1
NW SW sec. 21, T. 18 N., R. 93 W.
KB 6,783
8.5 mi

500

27

  • GR
  • Res.

3.0 mi
Amoco Production Company
Creston Nose 1

1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500

10000 10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 14500 15000 15500 16000 16500 17000 17500 18000 18500 19000

GR

3.2 mi

Wasatch and Green River Formations undivided

NE SW sec. 9, T. 18 N., R. 92 W.
KB 7,001
6.0 mi

1000

Res.

500

Res.
GR

?

21

?
?

?

1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000
1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500

10000 10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 14500 15000 15500 16000 16500 17000 17500 18000

6.7 mi

?

500

  • Res.
  • GR

Union Pacific Resources
Sidewinder 1 H
NW NW sec. 2, T. 19 N., R. 97 W.
KB 6,911

Overland
?

SP

28

Member

Res.
(Honey and Hettinger, 2004)

19

1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500

10000 10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 14500 15000 15500 16000 16500 17000

20

Cherokee coal zone

(Hettinger and Kirschbaum,
1991)
GR

basal sandstone part

(Honey and Hettinger, 2004)
Res.

2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500

5.0 mi

1500

Mountain Fuel
Champlin Petroleum Company
8N Higgins 13-27
NW SW sec. 27, T. 18 N., R. 98 W.
KB 6,908
Hollar Springs 1
SW NE sec. 28, T. 18 N., R. 91 W.
KB 7,157
Texaco Inc.
Table Rock Unit 44
NE SE sec. 18, T. 19 N., R. 97 W.
KB 6,842

?
Fort Union

Formation

GR

2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500

9.0 mi

107
111°

°

  • 108
  • 110°

109

°
°

T40 N

1000

Teton

Res.

500

GR
Res.
Res.

500

1000 1500 2000

China Butte

500

1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000

Wasatch and Green River Formations undivided
?
Member

1500

T35 N

Fremont

(Honey and Hettinger, 2004)

43°

Natrona

1000

?

SP

?

Sublette

2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500

10000 10500 11000 11500

T30 N

?

Hoback Basin

1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500

12.0 mi

Amstrat log shows coal, below 1400-1500 ft

Red Rim Member

Lincoln

(Honey and Hettinger, 2004)

T25 N
T25 N

Great Divide
Basin

42°

GR
Res.

Fort Union Formation

Rawlins

Carbon

uplift

?

17

T20 N
T20 N

Sweetwater

1

Wamsutter

11

2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500

10000 10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 14500 15000 15500

3
13

  • 20
  • 12
  • 21

  • 7
  • 2

23

  • 24
  • 22

5

6
25
26
4
14
28

  • 27
  • 19

Uinta

15
8
18

Overland Member
Lance Formation

10
9
17

(Honey and Hettinger,
2004)

16

Duncan Energy
UPRC 1-29

T15 N
T15 N

Washakie Basin

C SW sec. 29, T. 17 N., R. 100 W.
KB 7,168

18

lower member of

16

WY

Lance Formation

?

T85W

  • T90W
  • T115W
  • T95W

  • T110W
  • T105W
  • T100W

41°

(Honey and Hettinger, 2004)

3.0 mi
4.0 mi

Cherokee

Champlin Petroleum Company
Brady Unit 37 N
SE SW sec. 4, T. 17 N., R. 100 W.
KB 6,910

China Butte
?

Champlin Petroleum
36 N Brady 4 C-2
SE SW sec. 2, T. 16 N., T. 101 W.
KB 7,120

Daggett

Member

Summit

(Honey and Hettinger, 2004)

Sand Wash
Basin

?

?

Jackson

UT

Lithologic and stratigraphic interpretations for unlogged part of well projected from Chandler & Simpson
1 Wallway B-1 sec. 32, T. 17 N., R. 100 W.

Duchesne
Uintah

Fox Hills Sandstone

T5

SP

Routt

??
Red Rim

Moffat

N

?

log change

Member
Lance Formation

(Honey and Hettinger, 2004)
Outcrop of Baxter Shale

and equivalent strata
GR

??

Grand

7000

Southwestern Wyoming Province
Lithologic and stratigraphic interpretations for unlogged part of well projected from Champlin Pet.
32-D Unit sec. 12, T. 16 N., R. 101 W.

lower member of Lance Formation

(Honey and Hettinger, 2004)

40°

Lithologic and stratigraphic interpretations for unlogged part of well projected from

  • 0
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40Miles

Rio Blanco

CO

?

St. Michael Expl.

?

7500 8000 8500 9000 9500

10000 10500

1-2 Fed. sec. 2, T. 17 N., R. 100 W.

T5S

?

Garfield
Eagle

?

?

Cretaceous-Tertiary
Dad Sandstone

Member unconformity
Lewis Shale

Res.
GR

Index map showing the limits of the Southwestern Wyoming Province, major structural features, and location of cross section.

  • Res.
  • GR

  • GR
  • Res.

Dad Sandstone
Member

2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500

10000 10500 11000 11500

10.0 mi

2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500

10000 10500 11000

2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500

10000 10500 11000

Lewis Shale

EXPLANATION

scale change

9500

Open-hole completion

Almond Formation
Almond Formation

Datum
Datum

9000

Pine Ridge Sandstone
Pine Ridge Sandstone

TD 9,060

10000 10500 11000 11500

Canyon Creek Member

Log type

Ericson Sandstone

Predominantly lacustrine, marginal lacustrine, and flood-plain deposits of the Green River and Bridger Formations. West of Rock Springs uplift

9500

10000 10500 11000 11500 12000

GR
Res.

Rusty zone

15

14,500

Gas show

Mesaverde
Group
Allen Ridge Formation
Allen Ridge Formation

Predominantly lacustrine, marginal lacustrine, and flood-plain deposits of the Wasatch and Green River Formations. East of Rock Springs uplift

Mesaverde
Group

Drill-stem test interval(s)
Perforated interval(s)

Trail Member

Amoco Production

15,000

Producing interval Gas show

Amoco-Champlin 395-B
C NW sec. 35, T. 18 N., R. 102 W.
KB 7,041

Depth scale
(in feet)

Sandstone, siltstone, and shale of the Wasatch Formation. West of Rock Springs uplift

11000

Rock Springs Formation

8500

Black Butte Tongue

Coalbeds. Long bar indicates coalbeds identified from

scale change

combination gamma ray/density, or gamma ray/sonic logs. Short bar indicates coalbeds identified from resistivity logs.

TD 11,452

Rock Springs Formation

Continental, sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal of the Fort Union Formation

Coulson Tongue

Haystack Mountains Formation

9000 9500

10000 10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 14500
12000

Black Butte Tongue

GR

Plugged and abandoned Gas well

Res.

Predominantly fluvial sandstone

TD 12,262

1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500

Coastal plain and alluvial plain, sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal of Lance Formation

10000

Plugged and abandoned, gas show

TD 10,000

?

Coastal plain and alluvial plain, sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal

upper shaly member

GR

Oil well

Res.

Blair Formatiom

?

12500

?

Oil and gas well

Marginal marine or coastal sandstone Estuarine and fluvial sandstone

lower sandy member

13000 13500 14000 14500 15000 15500 16000 16500 17000

Kelly bushing, elevation in feet Total depth, in feet
KB TD

scale change

12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 14500 15000 15500

GR SP
Gamma ray
Steele Shale
Spontaneous potential

Resistivity

Marine sandstone and siltstone Marine carbonates, marls, and calcareous shales Offshore marine shale

Res.

Unconformity, queried (?) where uncertain, dashed where inferred

??

Steele Shale
Locally correlatable horizon or marker bed

Formation and (or) lithologic contact, queried (?) where uncertain, dashed where inferred

?

Baxter Shale
Coalbed correlations
Baxter Shale
Regional high gamma shale

marker bed

Open-hole (?) completion

Feet
1,000
?

?

?
500

0

Niobrara Formation

?

Frontier Formation

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5 Miles

Mowry Shale

6000

TD 6,800

?

TD 15,740

?
?

15000

TD 11,975

?

TD 12,518

?
?

TD 12,006

Frontier Formation
Thermopolis Shale

TD 17,060

?

Morrison Formation top from completion card
TD 16,220

?

17500

Morrison Formation top from completion card

??
?
Mowry Shale

TD 16,529
TD 17,683

?

Muddy Sandstone

Cloverly Formation

  • ?
  • ?

?
Morrison Formation

(Jurassic)

Morrison Formation top from completion card

Thermopolis Shale

TD 19,287
Morrison Formation top from completion card

18500

TD 18,523

??

?

SUBSURFACE STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS SECTION OF CRETACEOUS AND LOWER TERTIARY ROCKS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING PROVINCE

By

Lower Cretaceous

Thomas M. Finn and Ronald C. Johnson

Chapter 14

2005

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    TO ACCOMPANY OPEN FILE REPORT 14-3 WYOMING STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY P.O. BOX 1347, LARAMIE, WY 82073 307-766-2286 • 307-766-2605 (fax) [email protected] • www.wsgs.uwyo.edu Director & State Geologist Thomas A. Drean ══════════════════════════════ Preliminary Geologic Map of the North Ridge Quadrangle Johnson County, Wyoming by Ranie M. Lynds, Erin A. Campbell-Stone, and Rachel N. Toner ══════════════════════════════ Open File Report 14-3 Laramie, Wyoming September 12, 2014 Prepared in cooperation with and research supported by the U.S. Geological Survey, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, under USGS award number G13AC000243. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government. This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with Wyoming State Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Location ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Geologic Setting ............................................................................................................................... 2 Structure .........................................................................................................................................
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    Loma Linda University TheScholarsRepository@LLU: Digital Archive of Research, Scholarship & Creative Works Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects 9-2016 Depositional Model of a Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Fossil Concentration, Lance Formation Summer Rose Weeks Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd Part of the Geology Commons, and the Paleontology Commons Recommended Citation Weeks, Summer Rose, "Depositional Model of a Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Fossil Concentration, Lance Formation" (2016). Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects. 405. http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/405 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by TheScholarsRepository@LLU: Digital Archive of Research, Scholarship & Creative Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects by an authorized administrator of TheScholarsRepository@LLU: Digital Archive of Research, Scholarship & Creative Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY School of Medicine in conjunction with the Faculty of Graduate Studies ____________________ Depositional Model of a Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Fossil Concentration, Lance Formation by Summer Rose Weeks ____________________ A Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Masters of Science in Geology ____________________ September 2016 © 2016 Summer Rose Weeks All Rights Reserved Each person whose signature appears below certifies that this thesis in his/her opinion is adequate, in scope and quality, as a thesis for the degree Master of Science. , Chairperson Leonard Brand, Professor of Biology and Paleontology Arthur V. Chadwick, Professor of Biology, Southwestern Adventist University Kevin E. Nick, Associate Professor of Geology iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Financial support for this research has come from Loma Linda University.