Coal Rank and Stratigraphy of Pennsylvanian Coal and Coaly Shale Samples, Young County, North-Central Texas
Fragments of vitrinite, inertinite, and low-reflecting solid bitumen in a well cuttings sample, Young County, Texas.
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AbstractVitrinite reflectance measurements were made to determine the rank of selected subsurface coal and coaly shale samples from Young County, north-central Texas, for the National Coal Resources Database System State Cooperative Program conducted by the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin. This research is the continuation of a pilot study that began in adjacent Archer County, and forms part of a larger investigation of the coalbed methane resource potential of Pennsylvanian coals in north-central Texas. A total of 57 samples of coal and coaly shale fragments were hand-picked from drill cuttings from depths of about 2,000 ft in five wells, and Ro determinations were made on an initial 10-sample subset. Electric-log correlation of the sampled wells indicates that the collected samples represent coal and coaly shale layers in the Strawn (Pennsylvanian), Canyon (Pennsylvanian), and Cisco (Pennsylvanian-Permian) Groups. Coal rank in the initial sample subset ranges from lignite (Ro=0.39), in a sample from the Cisco Group at a depth of 310 to 320 ft, to high volatile bituminous A coal (Ro=0.91) in a sample from the lower part of the Canyon Group at a depth of 2,030 to 2,040 ft. For more information concerning the report, please contact the author. |
Contents
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Data
- Methods
- Results
- Well Selection and Collected Samples
- Stratigraphic Position of Collected Samples and Nomenclature Used
- Geologic Setting of Sampled Coals
- Well Log Response of Sampled Intervals
- Vitrinite Reflectance Measurements in Sample Subset
- Summary and Proposed Future Work
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Table 1
- Table 2
- Table 3
- APPENDIX - Coal and Coaly Shale in Drill Cuttings Descriptions, Young County, north-central Texas
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