Engineering report on drilling in the San Rafael Swell area, Utah

Technical Report · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5390073

Jones, L I

The San Rafael Swell drilling project was conducted by Bendix Field Engineering Corporation in support of the US Department of Energy National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program. This project consisted of 27 drill holes ranging in depth from 120.0 ft (36.5 m) to 3,700.0 ft (1,127.7 m). A total of 41,716 ft (12,715 m) was drilled, of which 3,099.8 ft (944.8 m) were cored. Geophysical logging was supplied by Century Geophysical Corporation and Bendix Field Engineering Corporation. The objective of the project was to test the uranium potential of the Triassic and Jurassic sandstone units and to investigate areas where industry was unlikely to drill in the near future. Drilling commenced September 24, 1978, and was finished on December 17, 1979.

• Research Organization: Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Grand Junction, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC13-76GJ01664
• OSTI ID: 5390073
• Report Number(s): GJBX-102(80); TRN: 80-011132
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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