Results of USGS oil-shale core drilling in the eastern Uinta Basin, Utah: Coyote Wash-1 drill hole

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5263074

Scott, Jr, R W; Pantea, M P

Two oil-shale core holes were drilled in the eastern Uinta Basin, Utah, by the US Geological Survey (USGS) during the fall and winter of 1981-1982. These holes were drilled for the purpose of oil-shale resource evaluation in the presumed depositional center of the rich oil-shale sequence in the basin. The drilling operations were contracted by the US Geological Survey to Connors Drilling, Inc. of Lakewood, Colorado, and the field descriptions of the cuttings and core were done by Ameralda Resources, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, with revisions by the USGS. Geophysical logging was done by BPB, Inc. of Grand Junction, Colorado, and the Fischer assay analysis of the core was performed by Dickenson Laboratories, Inc. of El Paso, Texas. The water quality data were made available by Walt Holmes and Mike Enright of the USGS in Salt Lake City, Utah. Future work with the core material from the Coyote Wash-1 (CW-1) drill hole includes analysis of a composite standard sample of oil shale from the Mahogany oil-shale zone (which, in this hole, includes material from 2195.0 feet deep to 2323.0 feet deep) for major, minor, and trace elements. The core material is stored at the USGS core storage facility in Arvada, Colorado. 3 figures, 1 table.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Denver, CO (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5263074
• Report Number(s): USGS-OFR-82-966; ON: DE84900453
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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