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Possible Continuous-Type (Unconventional) Gas Accumulation in Lower Silurian "Clinton" Sands, Medina Group, and the Tuscarora Sandstone in the Appalachian Basin: A Progress Report of 1995 project activities

Robert T. Ryder, Kerry L. Aggen, Robert D. Hettinger, Ben E. Law, John J. Miller, Vito F. Nuccio, William J. Perry, Jr., Stephen E. Prensky, John R. SanFilipo, and Craig J. Wandrey

Open-File Report 96-42


Table 4. Stratigraphic, geochemical, and thermal maturation indices used to constrain the subsidence and maturation kinetic model for the Amerada No. 1 Ullman, Noble County, Ohio.

Amerada No. 1 Ullman
Elk Township
Noble County, Ohio
API 34-121-21278

Tops(ft) Formation (Group) Geochem & Thermal Ind. Period (Epoch) Age(Ma)
Surface-1530 Mononghelia Group Ro~0.6, Pennsylvanian 320-288
  Conemaugh Group 100% type III    
  Allegheny Formation kerogen    
  Pottsville Group      
  ---unconformity---      
  ~400 ft removed      
1530-1912 Pocono Group   Mississippian 360-335
  Sunbury Shale      
  Berea Sandstone      
1912-4795 Upper Devonian shale   Late Devonian 374-360
  and siltstone undiff.      
4795-5224 Marcellus Shale   Early and Middle 408-374
  Columbus Limestone   Devonian  
  Oriskany Sandstone      
  Helderberg Limestone      
5224-6060 Bass Islands Dolomite   Late Silurian 421-408
  Salina Group      
6060-6835 Lockport Dolomite   Early Silurian 438-421
  Rochester Shale      
  "Clinton" sands      
6835-8220 Queenston Shale   Late Ordovician 458-438
  Reedsville Shale      
8220-9382 Utica Shale- 190 ft thick PI~0.03 Middle Ordovician 473-458
  Trenton Limestone TOC=3-4    
  Black River Limestone 50% type II &    
  Wells Creek Formation 50% type III    
  ---Knox unconformity---      
  ~350 ft removed      
9382-10545 Knox Dolomite   Late Cambrian and 510-478
      Early Ordovician  
10545-11420 Conasauga Formation   Late Cambrian 523-510
  Rome Formation      
  Mt. Simon Sandstone      
  ---unconformity---      
11420 Igneous and metamorphic   Middle Proterozoic 1,000
  basement rocks      

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