Engineering report on the Great Divide Basin Drilling Project, Sweetwater County, Wyoming
This report presents engineering details, statistics, individual borehole histories, and geophysical logs of the nine holes drilled in the Great Divide Basin project during the 1981 drilling program. General information is presented regarding specific problems including weather and logistics. A separate geologic report is being prepared and will be available through the Bendix Field Engineering Corporation Technical Library in the near future. The project consisted of nine drill holes ranging in depth from 205 feet (62.48 m) to 1500 feet (457.20 m). A total of 10,285 feet (3,134.87 m) was drilled, of which 197 feet (60.05 m) were cored. Geophysical logging was supplied by Bendix Field Engineering Corporation. The object of this project was to determine the amount and grade of uraniferous fine-grained carbonaceous rocks. In addition, cores were cut to enable determination of equilibrium of the uranium daughter products as well as to determine the thorium/uranium ratio in these rocks. Drilling commenced on June 22, 1981 and was completed on July 13, 1981.
- Research Organization:
- Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Grand Junction, CO (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC13-76GJ01664
- OSTI ID:
- 5914484
- Report Number(s):
- GJBX-294-81; ON: DE82002470
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DAUGHTER PRODUCTS
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GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
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