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INDEX MAP South North

111° 110° 109° 108° 107°

T. 14 Teton S. D D'

Fremont 43° Natrona WYOMING W0379R W0286 W0066 W0016R W0503R W0348R W0067 W0068 Wilkins Peak W0040 W0164 W0079 W0274 W0085 W0084 W0430R Six Mile W0428R Twenty Mile W0401R Boars Tusk Devon Corp. US DOE/LETC Union Pacific RR Co. National Park Service Rocky Mountain Energy Colorado Oil & Gas Corp. Union Pacific RR Co. Union Pacific RR Co. H. W. Roehler (1989a) U.S. Bureau of Mines Talley–Frac Miami Oil Prod. Inc. Union Oil California ERDA–LERC ERDA–LERC Miami Oil Producers H. W. Roehler (1989a) Miami Oil Producers H. W. Roehler (1989a) Husky Oil Co. H. W. Roehler (1990) Big Ridge Unit 1 Current Creek Ridge 1 GB–2C Firehole Canyon Firehole Basin FH–3 Rye Grass 1–26 GB–3C GB–4C MF-2104 Rock Springs 5–3 Core hole 0–1 West Rock Springs 1 White Mtn 1–C–19 White Mountain 3 White Mountain 4 White Mtn Unit 2 MF–2104 State 1556 Well 1 MF–2104 Federal 5–11 MF–2149 Sec. 23, T. 15 N., R. 106 W. Sec. 14, T. 14 N., R. 107 W. Sec. 27, T. 15 N., R. 107 W. Sec. 22, T. 16 N., R. 107 W. Sec. 19, T. 16 N., R. 106 W. Sec. 26, T. 17 N., R. 107 W. Sec. 9, T. 17 N., R. 106 W. Sec. 3, T. 17 N., R. 106 W. Secs. 24, 25, T. 18 N., R. 106 W. Sec. 15, T. 18 N., R. 106 W. Sec. 17, T. 18 N., R. 106 W. Sec. 4, T. 18 N., R. 106 W. Sec. 19, T. 19 N., R. 105 W. Sec. 19, T. 19 N., R. 105 W. Sec. 17, T. 19 N., R. 105 W. Sec. 6, T. 19 N., R. 105 W. Secs. 28, 29, 31, T. 20 N., R. 105 W. Sec. 36, T. 21 N., R. 106 W. Secs. 34, 35, T. 22 N., R. 105 W. Sec. 11, T. 22 N., R. 105 W. Sec. 13, T. 23 N., R. 105 W. T. 30 (Reference elevation data absent) G.L. 7,028 G.L. (?) 6,560 (Reference elevation data absent) (Reference elevation data absent) (Reference elevation data absent) (Reference elevation data (Reference elevation data G.L. 6,363.8 (?) G.L. 6,350 K.B. 7,374 K.B. 7,570 G.L. 7,549 G.L. 6,838 K.B. 7,922 K.B. 7,184 K.B. 7,693 N. Sublette absent) absent)

Lincoln

T. T. 1.07 mi .43 mi .43 mi 25 25 N. N. 7.82 mi 3.96 mi 6.64 mi 2.68 mi 5.89 mi 4.61 mi 2.04 mi 3.0 mi 2.46 mi 2.36 mi 5.68 mi 2.25 mi 2.04 mi 5.79 mi 7.18 mi 4.29 mi 5.57 mi

42° 0 20406080100 D’ 0 20 40 60 80 100 Carbon Sweetwater 0 300

T. T. 20 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 N. N.

Uinta 100 02040 60 80 100 T. T. 400 15 15 N. D N. 0

100 R. 90 W. R. 85 W. 41° R. 115 W. R. 110 W. T . 105 W. R .100 W. R . 95 W.

T. 200 Daggett 10 Summit Routt N. 0 20 40 60 80 100 500

100 Uintah Duchesne Jackson 0 20 40 60 80 100 200 0 20406080100

Moffat T. 0 5 02040 60 80 100 0 N. 300 UTAH 600 0 200 200

COLORADO 300 02040 60 80 100 Laney Member 40° Rio Blanco 100 LaClede Bed of 100 500 400 Laney Member 700 100 0 10 20 30 40 MILES 300

LaClede Bed 300

0 10 20 30 40 KILOMETERS Laney Member (part) Garfield Eagle 400

200 (part) Grand 200 600 500

Buff Marker Bed LaClede Bed 800 Laney Member 200 400 400

EXPLANATION 500 Cross section 300

County line 300 700 Member T. 600 Wilkins Peak 5 900 Green River Formation (part) State line S. 300 Location of well or 500 measured section 500

Greater Green River Enlarged 600 Bluffs Tongue Wasatch

area Cathedral Basin boundary Formation 400 400 800 700 1,000 400

600 Member

600 Wilkins Peak

700 Bed 0 20406080100 Rife Shale Cathedral Bluffs Tongue Tipton 500 Member 500 900 of Wasatch Formation 0 800 0 20406080100 1,100 500 020406080100 700 TD 280 ft 700 TD 230 ft 800

1,000 0 20 40 60 80 100 100 900 EXPLANATION 1,200 600 Member 0 800 Farson Sandstone

800 Green River Formation (part) Mixed tan or gray freshwater lacustrine and sandstone deposits, 0 20406080100 and gray or green flood-plain mudstone and sandstone deposits 900 Tan tuffaceous siltstone 0 1,100 200 1,000 Brown or black saline lacustrine oil shale deposits 1,300 700 100 900 Farson Sandstone Mostly red fluvial sandstone and mudstone 900

Member Bed Member

1,000 Scheggs

Green River Shale Tipton Tan, brown, or black oil shale interbedded with sandstone, 100 mudstone and sodium bicarbonate minerals Formation 1,200 300 1,100 Tan or brown freshwater lacustrine oil shale deposits 1,400 Wilkins Peak 800 Wasatch 200 Main body of Formation (part)

Wilkins Peak Member 1,000 Gray or tan lacustrine sandstone deposits Member 1,000 Green River Formation (part) 0 20 40 60 80 100 02040 60 80 100 1,100 W0286 USGS number 200 0 US DOE/LETC Company name 0 1,300 400 Current Creek Ridge 1 Well name 1,200 1,500 Sec. 14, T. 14 N., R. 107 W. Location (section, township, range) 900 G.L. 7,028 300 Reference elevation—K.B., Kelly bushing; 1,100 G.L., Ground level, in feet 1,100

1,200 TD 2,023 ft Total depth of well—In feet 300 100 100 1,400 500 1,300 1,600 KEY TO OIL YIELD HISTOGRAMS 1,000 400 0 20406080100 1,200 Oil yield—In gallons per ton 1,200 1,300 0 20406080100 0 KEY TO MEASURED SECTION 400 200 1,500 0 200 600 1,400 Wilkins Peak Section Name 0 20406080100 1,700 H. W. Roehler (1989a) Author (date) 1,100 020406080100 500 MF-2104 Publication 1,300 Secs. 24, 25, T. 18 N., R. 106 W. Location (section, township, range) 1,300 0 0204060 80 100 100 1,400 500 LITHOLOGY TD 434 ft 300 300 700 100 Gray or tan sandstone—Parallel bedded (top); trough 1,500 1,800 crossbedded (middle); massive or indistinguishable 1,200 bedding (bottom) 1,400 1,400 100

200 1,500

Gray or tan siltstone 600 400

200 400 800 1,600 Gray or green shale 1,900 1,300 1,500 Tan, brown, or black oil shale 1,500 200

300 1,600 0 20 40 60 80 100 Tan or light-brown slightly kerogenaceous shale 700 500 TD data absent

300 500 Gray or green mudstone 900 1,700 0 20406080100 2,000 Bed Rife 1,400 0 20 40 60 80 100 TD 170 ft Variegated mudstone with shades of red predominating Rife Bed of 1,600 300 0 20406080100 TD 207 ft TD data absent Gray dolomitic limestone Tipton Shale Member 400 1,700 800

Gray or tan algal limestone 400 1,000 1,800 Bed Tipton Shale Member Tipton

Scheggs 1,500 Gray or tan tuff 0 20406080100 Scheggs Bed of 1,700 400 0 20406080100 500 1,800 Gastropods TD data absent Tipton Shale Member TD data absent 900 0 20 40 60 80 100 Salt crystals–Casts or molds 500 1,900 TD 185 ft

1,800 500

1,900 200 FEET 0 20 40 60 80 100 1,000

600 TD 233 ft 2,000 0 20 40 60 80 100

0 20406080100 TD data absent 1,900 0 1234 5 MILES TD 2,023 ft 100 2,000

020406080100 700 TD data absent

2,000 0

800

0 20406080100 2,100 TD data absent

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