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Southeastern extension of the Lake Basin fault zone in south-central Montana: implications for coal and hydrocarbon exploration

Journal Article · · Mt. Geol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5637320
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The Lake Basin fault zone, which is the eastern extension of the Lewis and Clark line, is a structural lineament extending west-northwest across central Montana and consists mainly of en echelon northeast-striking normal faults that have been interpreted to be surface expressions of left-lateral movement along a basement wrench fault. Information gathered from recent field mapping of coal beds and from shallow, closely-spaced drill holes resulted in detailed coal bed correlations, which revealed another linear zone of en echelon faulting directly on the extended trend of the Lake Basin fault zone. This faulted area, referred to as the Sarpy Creek area, is located 30 mi east of Hardin, Montana. It is about 10 mi long, 8 mi wide, and contains 21 en echelon normal faults that have an average strike of N 63/sup 0/ E. The authors therefore extend the Lake Basin fault zone 20 mi farther southeast than previously mapped to include the Sarpy Creek area. The Ash Creek oil field, Wyoming, 60 mi due south of the Sarpy Creek area, produces from faulted anticlinal structures that have been interpreted to be genetically related to the primary wrench-fault system known as the Nye-Bowler fault zone. The structural similarities between the Sarpy Creek area and the Ash Creek area indicate that the Sarpy Creek area is a possible site for hydrocarbon accumulation.
Research Organization:
Geological Survey, Denver, CO
OSTI ID:
5637320
Journal Information:
Mt. Geol.; (United States), Journal Name: Mt. Geol.; (United States) Vol. 23:2; ISSN MOGEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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