Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Green River Formation, Colorado Core Hole No. 1, Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado: Final report
Selected samples of the Green River Formation, Colorado Core Hole No. 1, were analyzed to aid characterization and understanding of the genesis of the oil shales of the Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado. About 120, 2-4 inch samples from the Parachute Creek and Garden Gulch Members were analyzed for 18 major and minor elements, 12 selected race elements and quantitative mineral content. About 70 samples were scanned, perpendicular to the bedding, by electron microprobe to determine semiquantitative elemental microstratigraphy of nine selected elements. This report describes the analytical procedures, presents the results, includes photos, and interprets the depositional geochemistry which produced the analyzed rocks. The seven appendices include; (1) descriptions and photographs of samples; (2) chemical and mineral analyses; (3) electron microprobe analyses; (4) down-section elemental distribution; (5) down-section mineral distribution; (6) down-section mineral content; and (7) organic content. 38 refs.
- Research Organization:
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AS20-78ET13097
- OSTI ID:
- 5996174
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/13097-2003; ON: DE86001065
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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58 GEOSCIENCES
COLORADO
OIL SHALE DEPOSITS
GREEN RIVER FORMATION
GEOCHEMISTRY
MINERALOGY
STRATIGRAPHY
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
OIL SHALES
ORIGIN
PICEANCE CREEK BASIN
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMISTRY
COHERENT SCATTERING
DATA
DIFFRACTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
GEOLOGY
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
MICROANALYSIS
MINERAL RESOURCES
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
RESOURCES
SCATTERING
USA
040201* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Site Geology- (-1989)
580300 - Mineralogy
Petrology
& Rock Mechanics- (-1989)
580400 - Geochemistry- (-1989)
580100 - Geology & Hydrology- (-1989)