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RMAG 2014 DECEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
RMAG 2014 December Board of Directors Meeting
By Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Secretary
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2015 board. Following the meeting of the 2014
Board of Directors, those outgoing members were
excused and the new board convened for a second
meeting. This first meeting of the 2015 Board began
with an introduction from President Marv Brittenham and RMAG Executive Director Carrie Veatch, and
a review of the 2015 RMAG calendar. Future RMAG
Board Meetings will be held the third Wednesday of
the month in the RMAG building in the second floor
conference room at 4 p.m. (910 16th Street, Denver,
CO 80202).
I look forward to serving you as the 2015 RMAG
Secretary. A big thank you to Nick Nelson for making this a smooth transition as I begin my position.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with suggestions or feedback. Happy New Year!
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CONTENTS
FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
10 Lead Story: Grant County
Has Become ‘Earthquake
Central’ in Oklahoma
4 RMAG 2014 December
Board of Directors Meeting
ASSOCIATION NEWS
26 RMAG Luncheon Programs:
Speaker – Paul Lillis
2 RMAG 2015 Summit
Sponsors
32 3D Seismic Symposium
33 Save the Date: Seismic
Interpretation for
Geoscientists
34 RMAG Annual Golf
Tournament
35 2015 Award of
Excellence For Teaching
of Earth Science
36 RMAG Night at the Zoo
37 RMAG Geoland
Ski Day 2015
6 President’s Letter
29 The Mountain Geologist
Best Paper Award
30 RMAG Luncheon
Programs: Speaker –
Dr. Steven Tedesco
33 In The Pipeline
COVER PHOTO
34 Welcome New
RMAG Members!
36 Denver Area Geology Talks
39 Advertiser Index
Grand Tetons, western Wyoming, after
a snowfall. Precambrian basement rock
exposed in the footwall of a Late Cenezoic
normal fault. Photo by Jim Sears.
39 Calendar
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PRESIDENT’S LETTER
By Marv Brittenham
Change – the
Evolution of RMAG
Harriett and I had an incredible opportunity last
summer to join an expedition to the Galapagos Islands. Although it wasn’t in our travel plan for the
year it was on the bucket list; so how could we resist? It is such a special place on so many levels; but I
am referring to it here as a metaphor for change. The
back story that Charles Darwin’s area of study was
geology makes it even more appropriate. His theory
of natural selection changed science and the world. It
wasn’t a result of formal training in zoology, but rather his powers of observation, a characteristic trait of
accomplished geologists. Kudos to Ecuador for protecting and maintaining this very special place for
180 years since Darwin first set foot there!
Our association has changed remarkably over
my four decades of membership, but our mission
and values remain the same. Our programs and services have evolved and grown with the needs of our
constituents - our members, our employers, and the
general public, as well as in response to the incredible technical evolution in our science and the way we
communicate. A daunting challenge of modern life is
the incredibly fast rate of change with which we now
cope - or prosper.
Humans have a natural aversion to change, but
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successful people embrace
change and use it to their advantage.
That’s not always easy. One example is electronic delivery of publications and communications. Last year
I questioned a number of members about their opinion on delivery of the Outcrop. I expected that older members would most miss the hard copy format;
but interestingly many younger members miss having it in their “in box” which prompted them to read
it. The reality with publishing today is that is cost
prohibitive to print and snail mail the Outcrop, not
to mention all of the flexibility and other benefits of
electronic delivery. I’m sure we’ll all eventually get
used to the email prompt to read the Outcrop online;
however RMAG recognizes that we should improve
the Outcrop delivery so that it is more easily accessed
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and we are working on it!
We can deal with change reactively or proactively. Reactive change, like natural selection can be slow
like the Galapagos tortoise and sometimes painful.
Proactive change requires some vision and foresight
but is the best way to take advantage, especially in
today’s fast-pace environment. The reality is that it
takes both strategies to survive because you can’t
forecast 100%. To that end we are compiling a five
year Strategic Plan for RMAG where we have looked
at all aspects of our operation for means of improvement. We are developing strategic initiatives to deal
with threats and take advantage of opportunities.
The plan will clarify the RMAG’s mission, vision, core
values and goals, as well as set priorities for resource
allocation. The plan will also provide a clearer and
more focused course of shared governance direction
to the RMAG volunteer leadership and RMAG Staff.
We also plan to have some fun this year! There
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LEAD STORY
Lead Story
By David Deaton
Grant County Has Become
‘Earthquake Central’
in Oklahoma
15 recorded in 1 day, 9 on 3 days, 8 on 3 others
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MEDFORD – The U.S. Geological Survey logged
3,625 earthquakes in Oklahoma during the first
266 days of this year – and fully 15% of them occurred in Grant County.
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Robert Moss, who lives about
seven miles east of Medford,
told a newspaper reporter that
his house was shaken by a temblor earlier this month. During
an earthquake on Sept. 15, items
on shelves in Mrs. Bush’s house
toppled to the floor and pictures on her walls were knocked
askew. City Manager Dea Mandevill said her house shook twice
on the morning of Sept. 19 and
The USGS
recorded 29
earthquakes of
magnitude-2.5 or
greater in or near
Medford, as well
as two others
west southwest
of nearby
Caldwell, Kan.,
between Aug. 26
and Sept. 20.
Earthquakes rattle buildings
and nerves in Medford almost
daily – often more than once a
day – and occur “almost like clockwork,” Barbara Bush said recently.
“They usually start between 6 and
7 a.m. – so you don’t want to be
in the shower when it does,” said
Mrs. Bush, the city clerk/treasurer
for almost 35 years.
“It goes on day and night,” she
said, “and I can’t get back to sleep.
It’s unnerving.”
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once the night before. And ceiling
tiles in Medford’s civic center had
to be repositioned after one recent earthquake.
Many of the tremors are preceded by a loud noise, area residents say. A magnitude-4 ‘quake
the night of Sept. 18 southeast
of Medford, at Hunter in Garfield
County, “sounded almost like a
sonic boom,” Mrs. Bush said.
The USGS recorded 29 earthquakes of magnitude-2.5 or greater in or near Medford, as well as
two others west southwest of
nearby Caldwell, Kan., between
Aug. 26 and Sept. 20.
They’re occurring so often
that several Medford residents
have earthquake apps on their
smartphones that provide them
with immediate data about the
time, location and magnitude of
earthquakes in their vicinity.
Earthquake insurance is
growing in popularity, too. Mrs.
Bush said she and her husband,
Harvey, have a policy on their
brick home that features a low
premium but a high deductible.
“It’s basically catastrophic insurance,” she said. Lisa Skrdla, the
deputy city clerk, said she too has
earthquake coverage.
The Oklahoma Geological Survey listed 546 earthquakes that
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They’re occurring
so often that
several Medford
residents have
earthquake
apps on their
smartphones that
provide them
with immediate
data about the
time, location
and magnitude
of earthquakes in
their vicinity.
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occurred in Grant County between New Year’s Day and 3 p.m.
Sept. 23. They ranged in magnitude from barely perceptible by
sensitive metering equipment,
to a magnitude-4 on June 20 and
another on Sept. 19, a 4.1 on July
14, a 4.2 on Sept. 8, and a 4.4 on
July 29. Fifteen ’quakes occurred
in one day, Aug. 17; nine have
been recorded on each of three
days, and eight have occurred on
three others (Table 1).
The Denver office of the U.S.
“The frequency
and the intensity of
these earthquakes
are growing in
Grant County and
elsewhere in central
and north-central
Oklahoma,” said
state Sen. Jerry Ellis,
D-Valliant.
Geological Survey has logged
51 earthquakes of magnitude-3
or greater within 20 kilometers
(12.4 miles) of Medford, and
15 temblors of magnitude-3+
within 10 kilometers (6.2 miles)
of Medford, over the last three
years, since June 2011.
To put that in perspective, the USGS recorded only
one earthquake greater than
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Lead Story
Table 1: Seismic Activity in Grant County This Year
Month
(2014)
Days in
Month
#Days of
’Quakes
Total
’Quakes
January
31
14
23
February
28
23
63
March
31
23
54
April
30
19
51
May
31
24
64
June
30
20
39
July
31
27
85
August
31
27
76
September
23
22
91
Unusually
Active Days
#’Quakes
That Day
Peak
Magnitude
Jan. 13
3
2.0
Jan. 15
3
2.3
Feb. 6
8
2.6
Feb. 11
6
3.0
March 15
6
3.0
March 20
9
3.1
April 22
4
2.5
April 30
5
3.4
May 1
9
2.8
May 28
6
2.9
June 23
4
3.5
June 27
2
3.9
July 1
8
3.2
July 14
8
4.1
Aug. 13
6
3.3
Aug. 17
15
3.8
Sept. 7
9
2.8
Sept. 8
5
4.2
Sept. 19
7
4.0
Source: Oklahoma Geological Survey
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magnitude-3 within a dozen miles
of Medford from 1974 through
June 2011 – a period of 37 years.
“The frequency and the intensity of these earthquakes are
growing in Grant County and elsewhere in central and north-central Oklahoma,” said state Sen. Jerry Ellis, D-Valliant.
What has changed is resurgent oilfield activity, along with
the number and volume of saltwater disposal wells. (Energy production generates as much as 10
barrels of saltwater with every
barrel of oil. A barrel is equivalent
to 42 gallons.)
“This has been going on since
they started drilling all of these
wells,” Mrs. Bush said, and Grant
County Commissioner Max Hess
confirmed that production in the
oil patch picked up in the spring
of 2011.
The oilfield activity “has been
wonderful for our community,”
Mrs. Bush said. The drilling is producing not just gas and oil and
saltwater, but a lot of money, too,
she said.
An athletic facility featuring a
swimming pool plus a basketball/
tennis court is under construction in Medford, financed largely with oil royalty revenue. ONEOK, a major natural-gas supplier
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The oilfield
activity “has been
wonderful for
our community,”
Mrs. Bush said.
The drilling is
producing not just
gas and oil and
saltwater, but a
lot of money, too,
she said.
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“We’ve had
oilfield activity
around here for
many years,
but not to this
extent,” said
Mrs. Bush,
who moved to
Medford in 1979.
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in Oklahoma, has a facility at
Medford, and Conoco has some
above-ground tanks nearby. At
least three oilfield service/supply companies have operations
in Medford.
Few, if any, residential housing units are still available for
rent to oilfield workers, no motel
rooms for oilfield workers or travelers are available “within miles
of here,” and several mobile home
parks have been established in
Medford recently, Mrs. Bush said.
Several farmers have sold
their mineral rights to energy companies, and Harvey Bush,
an attorney, keeps busy with
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paperwork on oil and gas leases
and royalty issues.
Although the city sales tax
rate in this community of about
1,000 population has remained
at 4 cents on the dollar for several years, receipts have nearly quadrupled: from $321,479
in 2009 to $1,264,658 in 2013.
The 4% levy produced more
than $561,000 during the first
nine months of this year, ledgers reflect.
Nevertheless, concerns are
growing about the potential effect
of repeated earthquakes on structural integrity, property values
and underground utility lines.
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“We’ve had oilfield activity
around here for many years, but
not to this extent,” said Mrs. Bush,
who moved to Medford in 1979.
According to records maintained by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which has
regulatory authority over the oil
and gas industry, the number of
saltwater disposal wells in Grant
County almost doubled in four
years, from 45 in 2008 to 83 in
2012, and the volume of saltwater
injected into those wells has nearly tripled: from 14.5 million barrels in 2008 to 39.4 million barrels in 2013 (Table 2).
Ten of those disposal wells
are located within a six-mile radius of Medford, and accepted
more than one million barrels of
wastewater in 2011 and 2013 and
nearly two million barrels in 2012
(Table 3).
At least 3,356 of the approximately 12,000 injection wells
in Oklahoma are disposal wells,
according to Matt Skinner, the
Corporation Commission’s public information manager. Saltwater disposed of in Oklahoma has
been rising steadily, Corporation Commission records show:
from 844 million barrels in 2007
to nearly 1.09 billion barrels of
wastewater – 45.8 billion gallons,
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Many geologists
and other
scientists believe
that high volumes
of wastewater
injected
underground
lubricate
faults, which
in turn triggers
earthquakes.
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Table 2: Saltwater Disposal Well Activity in Grant County
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
SWD Wells
45
SWD Wells
47
SWD Wells
55
SWD Wells
67
SWD Wells
83
SWD Wells
38**
Volume
(barrels*)
Volume
(barrels*)
Volume
(barrels*)
Volume
(barrels*)
Volume
(barrels*)
Volume
(barrels*)
14,533,697
12,035,246
10,811,354
27,948,804
24,263,947
39,444,504
Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission
*1 barrel = 42 gallons, the volume of a typical bathtub
**records incomplete
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Table 3: Oilfield Wastewater Disposal Wells
in Area of Medford Seismic Activity
‘Quake
Swarm
Operator
Well
Type
Depth
(feet)
Volume
(barrels*)
CY 2011
Pressure
(PSI, avg)
Volume
(barrels*)
CY 2012
Pressure
(PSI,
avg)
Volume
(barrels*)
CY 2013
Pressure
(PSI, avg)
Medford
Arrowhead
Energy
Disposal
6,150
65,985
0.00
65,985
234
125,965
234
Medford
Canyon Creek
Resources
Disposal
6,050
265,184
0.00
256,115
0.00
-0-
0.00
Medford
Canyon Creek
Resources
Disposal
6,025
170,764
0.00
162,595
400
177,054
400
Medford
Chaparral
Energy
Disposal
6,117
-0-
0.00
494,662
0.00
365,884
0.00
Medford
Chesapeake
Disposal
5,890
140,921
0.00
94,445
243
138,560
243
Medford
D&J Oil Co.
Disposal
6,005
82,466
0.00
241,678
0.00
-0-
0.00
Medford
Earlsboro
Energies
Disposal
6,212
26,555
0.00
27,082
0.00
22,148
0.00
Medford
Neilson, Inc.
Commercial
Disposal
5,950
514,110
0.00
496,299
450
415,962
450
Medford
Singer Oil Co.
Disposal
6,036
40,181
0.00
37,636
20
36,666
20
Medford
Urban Oil &
Gas
Group
Disposal
5,975
15,715
0.00
34,718
50
-0-
50
Total:
Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission
1,321,881
*1 b 1 barrel = 42 gallons, the volume of a typical bathtub
**0.00.00 pressure indicates well “injects” on a natural vacuum
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Total:
1,911,215
22
Total:
1,282,239
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Figure 4: Oklahoma Earthquakes Magnitude 3.0 and Greater
equivalent to the carrying capacity of 504 oceangoing supertankers – generated from oil and gas production operations in 2012.
Many geologists and other scientists believe that
high volumes of wastewater injected underground
lubricate faults, which in turn triggers earthquakes.
“We do not want to hurt the oil business,” Mrs.
Bush stressed. “But isn’t there some way to get rid
of some of that saltwater, such as trucking it somewhere else?” The subterranean faults in Grant County have existed for centuries “but now they’re being
aggravated,” said Mrs. Bush, a 1974 graduate of Oklahoma State University.
Bob Jackman, an independent petroleum geologist from Tulsa, has similarly recommended that
some oilfield wastewater be spread around among
various disposal wells sited away from seismically
active faults, and that disposal wells be prohibited on
defined faults.
During a meeting at the Corporation Commission
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headquarters in Oklahoma City last month, Tim Baker, director of the commission’s Oil and Gas Conservation Division, said the commission required five
disposal wells in Oklahoma to be closed because of
seismic activity in their immediate vicinity.
Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb met recently with Medford
and Grant County officials to discuss a variety of matters, but offered no potential solutions to the earthquake issue, people who attended the event said.
Also, no one from the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission, the Oklahoma Geological Society, nor
the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association,
has held a public meeting in Medford to discuss local
concerns, townspeople said.
The Corporation Commission, the OGS and the
OIPA have a “cooperative collaboration” on this issue, Commissioner Dana Murphy told Senator Ellis
during a meeting last month.
And during that same meeting, OGS research
seismologist Austin Holland said the Geological
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Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell, formerly taught
at the University of Oklahoma and previously was
an employee of the U.S. Geological Survey in earthquake hazards.
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Survey has increased the number of its monitoring
stations to 34 permanent and temporary stations,
and 50 of the units will be installed by the end of the
year, to “more accurately determine the locations
and magnitudes” of the earthquakes in this state.
EDITORS NOTE:
Holland maintains that further studies need to
This story is a republication of a story published
be performed, but Jackman disagrees. “Claiming that
we need more studies is just a form of denial,” he
by Oklahoma Welcome. Special thanks goes out to
said Wednesday.
Mike Ray and Bob Jackman for compiling the tables
“We don’t need more studies. The Geological Surin the above article. Data for the tables was compiled
vey, the Corporation Commission and the oil industry
from public data through the Oklahoma Geological
already know what needs to be done, and I’m waiting
Survey and the USGS.
for them to do it,” Ellis said Thursday.
The original story can be found at the following
“I don’t know of anybody who wants to shut
web address:
down the oil industry,” he continued. “But we do
http://okwnews.com/news/whatzup/
want this state to be a safe place to live and raise a
family. The Corporation Commission and the enerstate/106051-grant-county-has-become-earthquakegy industry need to impose some limits on these discentral-in-oklahoma.html
posal wells before somebody in
this state gets injured or killed in
an earthquake.”
In a report issued June 24, the
USGS said that after a “rigorous
statistical analysis” it concluded
that the increase in earthquakes
in Oklahoma since October 2013
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Speaker: Paul Lillis — February 4, 2015
Timing of generation and migration
of Phosphoria oils in the Bighorn Basin
using Re–Os geochronometry
By Paul G. Lillis, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 977, Denver
Federal Center, Denver, CO, 80225, USA [email protected]
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influenced by the development of the Idaho–Wyoming–Utah thrust belt. The oil migrated eastward
along regional dip, was trapped in a regional stratigraphic trap (or series of traps) by the updip impermeable evaporites of the Goose Egg Formation,
and then re-migrated into structural traps formed
by the Laramide orogeny. Generation and migration occurred prior to the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous; ~70 Ma) because the tectonic barriers
from the Laramide orogeny later blocked the migration pathways into successor basins such as the
Bighorn Basin. Proposed timing of the beginning
of oil generation and migration from eastern Idaho
and western Wyoming ranges from Late Triassic to
Late Cretaceous.
The Re and Os isotope data of the Phosphoria
oils plot in two general trends: (1) the main trend
Rhenium–osmium (Re–Os) geochronometry
is applied to crude oils derived from the Permian
Phosphoria Formation of the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming and Montana to determine whether the radiogenic age reflects the timing of petroleum generation, timing of migration, age of the source rock,
or the timing of thermochemical sulfate reduction
(TSR). The oils selected for this study are interpreted to be derived from the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale and Retort Phosphatic Shale Members
of the Phosphoria Formation based on oil-oil and
oil-source rock correlations utilizing bulk properties, elemental composition, stable carbon and sulfur isotope values, and biomarker distributions. Oil
was generated in the Phosphoria basin in eastern
Idaho and western Wyoming as a result of burial by the subsequent deposition of Mesozoic sediments, although some oil generation may have been
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Paul Lillis is a petroleum geochemist with the Central Energy
Resources Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) in Denver, Colorado. He received a B.A. in geology
from San Jose State University, an M.S. in geology from San
Diego State University, and a Ph.D. in geochemistry from
Colorado School of Mines. He was a petroleum exploration
geologist with Atlantic Richfield for eight years (1978 to
1986) in Colorado, California, and Texas, and has been with
the USGS in Denver since 1987. His research focuses on the
application of petroleum and source-rock geochemistry to
identifying, characterizing, and mapping petroleum systems.
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the topics listed below, in keeping with
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the Meade Peak and Retort source units. Effects of
re-migration may have contributed to the scatter,
but thermal cracking and biodegradation likely have
had minimal or no effect on the main-trend regression. The four Phosphoria-sourced oils from Torchlight and Lamb fields yield a precise Miocene age
Re–Os isochron that may reflect the end of TSR in
the reservoir due to cooling below a threshold temperature in the last 10 m.y. from uplift and erosion
of overlying rocks.
The mechanism for the formation of a Re–Os
isotopic relationship in a family of crude oils may
involve multiple steps in the petroleum generation
process. Bitumen generation from the source rock
kerogen may provide a reset of the isotopic chronometer, and incremental expulsion of oil over the
duration of the oil window may provide some of
the variation seen in 187Re/188Os values from an
oil family.
yielding a Triassic age but with significant scatter
(239 ± 43 Ma), and (2) the Torchlight trend yielding
a precise Miocene age (9.24 ± 0.39 Ma). The scatter
in the main-trend regression is due, in part, to TSR
in reservoirs along the eastern margin of the basin.
Excluding oils that have experienced TSR, the regression is significantly improved, yielding an age
of 211 ± 21 Ma. This revised age is consistent with
some studies that have proposed Late Triassic as the
beginning of Phosphoria oil generation and migration, and does not seem to reflect the source rock
age (Permian) or the timing of re-migration (Late
Cretaceous to Eocene) associated with the Laramide
orogeny. The low precision of the revised regression
(± 21 Ma) is not unexpected for this oil family given
the long duration of generation from a large geographic area of mature Phosphoria source rock, and
the possible range in the initial Os isotope values of
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THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST
BEST PAPER AWARD
FOR 2014
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SPECIAL ISSUE
Massive Heart Mountain Slide, Northwest
Wyoming: Detrital Zircon Constraints on Age,
Correlation, Emplacement
Logs Since 1971
The RMAG is pleased to announce the winner of
October 2014 Volume 51 Number 4
The Mountain Geologist Best Paper
Award for 2014.
The winning paper is “The Graneros-Greenhorn Petroleum System: Greater Wattenberg Area, Denver Basin, Colorado” by Craig A. Kaiser and Stephen
A. Sonnenberg.
This extremely well written and illustrated
study investigates the unconventional petroleum resource potential within the Late Cretaceous Graneros and Greenhorn formations with a particular foRocky Mountain field
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of Geologists,
Denver,
Colorado
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The
methods
used
include petrophysical analysis of open-hole wireline well logs, source rock analyzer measurements
of well cuttings and core samples, outcrop and core
descriptions, and analysis of drill stem test recoveries. The authors used calibrated log-derived organic carbon content (TOC) to characterize the richness
and thermal maturity of the source rock units, and
mapped their thickness and distribution within the
Denver Basin. Substantial evidence is presented indicating that the two reservoir units of the Greenhorn Formation are adjacent to mature, organic-rich
source facies and contain a significant amount of
hydrocarbons. With the aid of current advances in
horizontal drilling and hydraulic-fracture stimulation, the Lincoln Limestone and Bridge Creek Limestone members of the Greenhorn Formation have
favorable, unconventional reservoir characteristics to become an economic play in and around the
greater Wattenberg area.
All of the papers published this year in The
Mountain Geologist are outstanding, which made
the selection process difficult. We would like to
thank all of the authors for their contributions to
the journal.
Congratulations to Craig and Steve.
—The Best Paper Selection Committee
Preface
David H. Malone and John P. Craddock
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Age and Provenance of the Eocene
Crandall Conglomerate: Implications for the
Emplacement of the Heart Mountain Slide
David H. Malone, Jeremy R. Breeden John P. Craddock,
Mark H. Anders, Alison Macnamee
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Detrital Zircon Age and Provenance of
Wapiti Formation Tuffaceous Sandstones,
South Fork Shoshone River Valley, Wyoming
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Implications for the Emplacement of
the Heart Mountain Slide
David H. Malone, John P. Craddock,
Lisa M. Tranel, Monica R. Mustain
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Origin of Allochthonous Volcanic Rocks at Squaw Peaks,
Wyoming: A Distal Remnant of the Heart Mountain Slide
David H. Malone, John P. Craddock, Maren G. Mathesin
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Speaker: Dr. Steven Tedesco — March 4, 2015
Stratigraphy, geochemistry and production from
thin carbonaceous mudstones and carbonates of
Pennsylvanian Atokan, Cherokee and Marmaton
formations in the southern Denver Basin
By Dr. Steven A. Tedesco
limestone and dolomite reservoirs in the Cherokee
Formation are known as “A” and “C”. The Ft. Scott
limestone, “A” and “B” zones are productive in the
Marmaton Formation.
The carbonate rocks that underlie the carbonaceous mudstones in the Atoka Formation tend to
lack porosity and permeability. Thin fluvial sandstones of the Fountain Formation can be interbedded with sediments of the Atoka Formation and
have been productive historically in the basin. The
Atoka carbonaceous mudstones are lacustrine in origin, average 10% TOC, high pour point (>75o), API
gravity of 33o to 38o and with associated 1,400 to
2,200 BTU gas.
XRF and XRD data indicate distinct differences
The Atoka, Cherokee and Marmaton formations
of Middle Pennsylvanian age in the southern Denver Basin are marine and lacustrine sediments containing thin carbonaceous mudstones that are one
to eight feet thick and organically rich. These sediments are interbedded on the west side of the basin with alluvial and fluvial sediments of the Fountain Formation. The Fountain represents sediments
eroded from the ancestral Rocky Mountains. The
carbonaceous mudstones of the Cherokee and Marmaton formations overlie in some areas thin porous
and permeable carbonate reservoirs. The Cherokee
and Marmaton carbonaceous mudstones are marine in origin, average 11% TOC, low pour point (<30o), API gravity of 35o to 41o API oil that is associated with 1,450 to 2,100 BTU gas. The thin productive
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strategy up until recently assumed these reservoirs
have a large areal extent and are continuous. Drilling
has proved otherwise. Locating where these reservoirs are productive requires likely migration pathways; basement faulting that extends into the Paleozoic rocks and identifying where areas of optimal
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in environment of deposition for the Atoka, Cherokee and Marmaton formations. Oil production from
all these reservoirs tends to be controlled by localized reservoir development where productive that
is mostly structural control. A small percentage
of some fields are stratigraphic traps. Exploration
Dr. Steven Tedesco is the President of Running Foxes Petroleum Inc. which focuses on shale and coal bed methane; conventional
production in the Uncompahgre Uplift, Denver, Forest City and Cherokee basins, USA. Mr. Tedesco has a BA in Geology from
Northeastern University in Boston, a MS in Geology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL, and a PhD in Geology with a
minor in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Mr. Tedesco has over 30 years of experience in coal mining, coal
bed methane, shale gas\oil, waterflood projects, petroleum exploration and development. He has help to discover over 124 MMBO.
Most recent discovery is the Arikaree Creek and Old Homestead fields in Lincoln County, Colorado, which are presently producing
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Petroleum operates over 800 producing wells eastern Kansas, southwest Missouri, southeast Colorado and eastern Utah and has
35+ employees. Mr. Tedesco has published numerous articles and presented several talks at national industry meetings on coal bed
methane, surface geochemistry, and stratigraphy. He has published the only textbook specifically on the use of surface geochemistry in
petroleum exploration.
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RMAG Short Course
MARCH 6, 2015
RMAG & DAPL GeoLand
Ski Day
MAY 31-JUN 2, 2015
AAPG ACE 2015
MARCH 20, 2015
JUNE 2, 2015
RMAG Bakken Core Workshop in
North Dakota
RMAG and AAPG ACE Social Event
at the Zoo
APRIL 1, 2015
JUNE 17, 2015
RMAG Luncheon.
Speaker: Jeremy Boak.
“Oil Shale & Shale Oil, Some
myth busting, some crosscutting
RMAG Golf Tournament
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
DWLS Luncheon.
Speaker Mark Kittridge.
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
RMS-SEPM Luncheon.
Speaker John Humphrey. “Overview
of a Giant Resource Play: Vaca
Muerta Formation, Neuquen Basin,
Argentina.”
PTTC Rockies Short Course.
“Hydraulic FracturingMeasurement, Characterization, and
Analysis.” Billings, MT.
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Oilfield Christian Fellowship.
For reservations, RSVP to [email protected] or 303675-2602.
rmag
short
MARCH 4, 2015
RMAG Luncheon.
Speaker Dr. Steven Tedesco.
“Stratigraphy, geochemistry and
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WELCOME NEW RMAG MEMBERS!
Christopher Canfield
is an Environmental Protection
Specialist at Colorado
Oil & Gas Conservation
Commission in Denver, CO
Walter Chitwood
is the President at Payzone
Consulting, Inc. in Missoula, MT
Grace Ford
is works at Sundance Energy,
Inc in Sedalia, CO
Russell Frommer
is a Geologist at Columbine
Logging, Inc. in Morrison, CO
Monte Fryt
is a Petrophysical Advisor at
EOG Resources in Midland, TX
Todd Gilmer
lives in Buena Vista, CO
Amber Henderson
works at iBall Instruments
in Denver, CO
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists’
Annual Golf Tournament
At Arrowhead Golf Club
rmag golf
Natalie Hook
is a Sr. Petrophysical Technician
at Whiting Petroleum Co.
in Wheat Ridge, CO
Devin Hunter
is a Geologist at DJ
Resources in Denver, CO
Ted Kendall
is a Consulting Geologist
in Evergreen, CO
Paul Lowrey
works at Payzone Consulting
Inc in Missoula, MT
Christen Peevy
lives in Eugene, OR
Matthew Seitz
is a Hydrogeologist / Project
Manager at Leonard Rice
Engineers, Inc. in Denver, CO
Matthew Slowinski
is a Geologist at DJ
Resources in Denver, CO
Terry Walters
works at Dolan Integration
Group in Boulder, CO
Sally Zinke
Stay Tuned for Details
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is a Consultrant in Lakewood, CO
2015
RMAG Golf
Tournament
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2015 Award of Excellence
For
Teaching of Earth Science
Sponsored by the
Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
THE WINNER RECEIVES
A Plaque and a
$1000 Cash Award
If you teach earth science in K-12 and
think you qualify, contact the RMAG
office at 303-573-8621 for an application.
Deadline is May 1. Previous winners were also
selected to receive the Teacher of the Year Award
from the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists at the national and regional level.
The RMAG is a professional organization representing
over 2000 earth scientists working in the Denver and
Rocky Mountain area. In its capacity as the leading
geologic organization in the Rocky Mountain area, each
year the RMAG Foundation provides funding for an
annual award presented to a teacher in recognition of
his or her commendable efforts in introducing young
minds to the earth sciences.
Check out the RMAG website at www.rmag.org.
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DENVER AREA GEOLOGY TALKS
USGS 2015 ROCKY
MOUNTAIN SEMINARS
You may be interested in the
schedule of USGS seminars for
2015; all take place in the Building 25 auditorium, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO, 10:3011:30 a.m. Tuesdays. Visitors are
welcome. Enter the Federal Center
via Gate 1 on Kipling St., park in
the big lot east of Building 25, and
enter the building via the main entrance by the security guard, entrance E-14.
FEBRUARY 3
Peter Larson (Washington
State University), Alteration
and fluid flow in large
continental hydrothermal
systems
FEBRUARY 17
Christine Smith-Siddoway
(Colorado College),
Cryogenian sandstone in
Colorado: A new terrestrial
record for Rodinia revealed
through detrital zircon
provenance analysis
MARCH 3
James Jones (USGS
Anchorage), Late Cretaceous
through Oligocene magmatic
and tectonic evolution of the
western Alaska Range
MARCH 17
Marty Goldhaber (USGS
Denver), Critical zone science
and global societal challenges
MARCH 31
Alexis Templeton (Univ.
Colorado) Seeking subsurface
biospheres sustained bywater/
rock interaction
DENVER MUSEUM OF
NATURE AND SCIENCE,
2015 SEMINAR SERIES
All talks are held from 3:004:00 p.m. in the VIP Room at the
Museum; all are welcome to attend, and Museum admission is
not required to attend these seminars. (Day of the week varies.)
FEBRUARY 3
Craig Jones, U. of Colorado,
“Making the Rockies by
drowning Colorado”, DMNS
Host: I. Miller
MARCH 12
rmag zoo
Speaker: Dr. Scott Sampson
Recipient of the AAPG Geosciences in the Media Award
Rewilding Revolution
Reconnecting Humanity & Nature in the 21st Century
Dinner, Drinks, & A Talk
Registration will be handled through AAPG
$50 Student Ticket | $75 General Ticket
Buses departing from and returning
to the Hyatt will be provided
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6:30 -10:00 PM at the Conoco
Zoo Gardens at the Denver Zoo
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David Krause, SUNY
Stonybrook, “Bizarre
and marvelous dinosaurs
and other vertebrates of
Madagascar: Insights into the
southern end of the world”,
DMNS Host: J. Sertich
MARCH 17
Catherine Sartin, Johns
Hopkins, “A slice of
prehistory: Histological
Insights into how
Iguanodontian dinosaurs
grow”, DMNS Host: J. Sertich
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RMAG ♦♦ DAPL
GeoLand Ski Day 2015
REGISTRATION FORM: BEAVER CREEK RESORT – Friday, March 6, 2015
Deadline for reservations is Monday 3/2/15 ♦♦ No refunds after Friday, 2/27/15
**Ski Downhill – Snowboard – Cross Country – Snow Shoe**
Name:
Affiliation:
RMAG/Geologist
Ski Pass:
Epic/local
DAPL/Landman
Super Pass
Other:
Company:
Address:
Phone:
E-mail:
Please Reserve:
Downhill Lift Tickets, Bus Ride and Après Ski Party
Downhill Lift Tickets and Après Ski Party (No bus)
Bus Ride and Party Only
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RMAG/DAPL GeoLand Ski Day, 535 16th Street, Suite 850, Denver, CO 80202
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Schedule of Events 7:10 am 12:00 pm 3-­‐5:30pm 7:30pm Buses Depart RTD Federal Center Station in Lakewood Denver Federal Center 11601 W. 2nd Pl. Lakewood, CO 80228 http://www3.rtd-­‐denver.com/elbert/PNRMap/ *24 hours of free parking for Denver County residents ($4 for non-­‐residents -­‐ eligibility check: http://www.rtd-­‐denver.com/HowToPark.shtml) *Coffee/donuts provided* Skiing/Riding Nastar race (details provided on bus) Lunch Re-­‐group at Spruce Saddle (top of Centennial Lift) Après Ski Party Westin at the bottom of the Riverfront Express Gondola from the Beaver Creek Landing Buses Arrive RTD Federal Center Station in Lakewood Vol. 64, No. 2 | www.rmag.org
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The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
presents: RMAG Fall Symposium
Hot Plays of the Rocky Mountain Region
October 8th, 2015
At the Denver City Center
Marriott
With all the unconventional activity occurring across the globe, it is
time to review what is driving the technical quality of the
“Hot Plays” in the greater Rocky Mountain region. Please mark your
calendars for what is sure to be the “HOTTEST” event of
the Fall 2015 Technical Season. Geological, Geophysical,
Geochemical, Petrophysical, and Structural technical drivers will be
presented, describing what the RMAG membership has
determined to be the Hottest Plays in the Rocky Mountains.
A call for papers is forthcoming (Spring 2015).
If you would like to participate, please email: [email protected]
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CALENDAR | FEBRUARY 2015
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
1
2
3
4
8
15
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
5
6
7
RMAG
Luncheon.
RMAG/DGS
3D Seismic
Symposium.
10
11
12
13
14
NAPE Int.
Winter Expo.
NAPE Int.
Winter Expo.
NAPE Int.
Winter Expo.
DIPS
Luncheon.
16
17
18
19
20
21
PRESIDENTS’
DAY
RMAG Office Closed
DWLS
Luncheon.
25
26
27
28
9
22
23
29
30
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RMS-SEPM
Luncheon.
PTTC Rockies
Short Course.
Oilfield
Christian
Fellowship.
31
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