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Title: Petrology and depositional environments of lower Tuscaloosa Formation (upper Cretaceous) sandstones in North Hustler and Thompson field areas, southwestern Mississippi

Abstract

The lithology, diagenesis, and depositional environments of the Dykes, Denkman, and McComb units of the Stringer Sand Member of the lower Tuscaloosa Formation in the North Hustler and Thompson field areas of Amite County, Mississippi, have been determined by detailed description of cores from nine wells and examination of 61 thin sections. The cores were recovered from driller depths of about 11,100 ft (3383 m) in the updip Tuscaloosa trend, which is being actively explored for stratigraphically trapped oil. Most of the sandstone samples (65%) are quartzarenites, and the remainder are sublitharenites. Porosity is mostly secondary, resulting from partial dissolution of framework grains and cement. The depositional environment of the Dykes and Denkman sandstones in all wells is interpreted to be fluvial, with stacked point bars obvious in one well. The McComb sandstone, best developed in a wildcat well between Thompson and McComb fields, is marine, based on the occurrence of glauconite and shell fragments. The presence of a basal scour surface on shale indicates that this sandstone may be the product of marine reworking of a transgressed fluvial (distributary point or mouth bar.)sand.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6025414
Report Number(s):
CONF-8810362-
Journal ID: CODEN: AABUD
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 72:9; Conference: Gulf Coast Association of the Geological Society and Gulf Coast Section of SEPM meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, 19 Oct 1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; MISSISSIPPI; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; RESERVOIR ROCK; DEPOSITION; CRETACEOUS PERIOD; DIAGENESIS; GEOLOGIC TRAPS; LITHOLOGY; SANDSTONES; SHALES; FEDERAL REGION IV; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MESOZOIC ERA; MINERAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; RESOURCES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; USA; 020200* - Petroleum- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration

Citation Formats

Klicman, D P, Cameron, C P, and Meylan, M A. Petrology and depositional environments of lower Tuscaloosa Formation (upper Cretaceous) sandstones in North Hustler and Thompson field areas, southwestern Mississippi. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Klicman, D P, Cameron, C P, & Meylan, M A. Petrology and depositional environments of lower Tuscaloosa Formation (upper Cretaceous) sandstones in North Hustler and Thompson field areas, southwestern Mississippi. United States.
Klicman, D P, Cameron, C P, and Meylan, M A. 1988. "Petrology and depositional environments of lower Tuscaloosa Formation (upper Cretaceous) sandstones in North Hustler and Thompson field areas, southwestern Mississippi". United States.
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author = {Klicman, D P and Cameron, C P and Meylan, M A},
abstractNote = {The lithology, diagenesis, and depositional environments of the Dykes, Denkman, and McComb units of the Stringer Sand Member of the lower Tuscaloosa Formation in the North Hustler and Thompson field areas of Amite County, Mississippi, have been determined by detailed description of cores from nine wells and examination of 61 thin sections. The cores were recovered from driller depths of about 11,100 ft (3383 m) in the updip Tuscaloosa trend, which is being actively explored for stratigraphically trapped oil. Most of the sandstone samples (65%) are quartzarenites, and the remainder are sublitharenites. Porosity is mostly secondary, resulting from partial dissolution of framework grains and cement. The depositional environment of the Dykes and Denkman sandstones in all wells is interpreted to be fluvial, with stacked point bars obvious in one well. The McComb sandstone, best developed in a wildcat well between Thompson and McComb fields, is marine, based on the occurrence of glauconite and shell fragments. The presence of a basal scour surface on shale indicates that this sandstone may be the product of marine reworking of a transgressed fluvial (distributary point or mouth bar.)sand.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6025414}, journal = {AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States)},
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volume = 72:9,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988}
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