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Correlation of coal beds in the Fruitland Formation as interpreted from geophysical logs, east-central San Juan County, New Mexico

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1848
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https://doi.org/10.3133/mf1848

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Abstract

Correlation of coal beds in the Fruitland Formation (Upper Cretaceous) in the subsurface, from interpretation of geophysical logs, is an outgrowth of unpublished studies of deep coal on the Navajo Reservation by the author in the Toadlena 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, New Mexico, and by W. J. Mapel in the Farmington 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, New Mexico.  The lines of sections of this report extend eastward from the reservation into east-central San Juan County, which is in the western part of the San Juan Basin.  In this area, the rocks dip gently northeast toward the central part of the basin.  The thick coal is less than 1,500 feet beneath the surface.  Of the 53 logs in the sections, 48 are from oil- and gas-test holes, and 5 are from coal-test holes (see table 1).  Stratigraphic relations of the Upper Cretaceous Lewis Shale, Pictured Cliffs Sandstone, and Fruitland Formation, shown on the cross sections and briefly reviewed below, have been previously described for this or other parts of the San Juan Basin by Hayes and Zapp (1955), Beaumont (1971), Fassett and hinds (1971), O;Sullivan and other (1972), and Molenaar (1983), among others.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Correlation of coal beds in the Fruitland Formation as interpreted from geophysical logs, east-central San Juan County, New Mexico
Series title Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
Series number 1848
DOI 10.3133/mf1848
Year Published 1986
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description 2 Plates: 58.60 x 35.59 inches and 52.04 x 38.13 inches
Country United States
State New Mexico
County San Juan County
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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