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<br />BUREAU OF HIl'1ES <br /> <br />, broad synclinal trough plunging gently to the west. There is no evidence <br />of local or regional faulting. <br /> <br />^ITNERAL RESOURCES <br /> <br />Sodium Chloride <br /> <br />The Paradox formation, lying 6,000 feet below the surface, probably <br />contains appreciable thicknesses of sodium chloride. However, this zone <br />is so deep and sodium chloride is so plentiful near the surface in nearby <br />Paradox Basin, this deposit would have no present value. <br /> <br />:..:1""<-- <br /> <br />Uranium <br /> <br />The Shinarump and Chinle formations underlie this area, and both <br />have a history of uranium production in other areas. However, tte like- <br />lihood of discoverinr commercial reserves below the reservoir site is <br />quite remote for several reasons: In this area, the formations would be <br />at a depth interval of 2,000 to 2,600 feet; exploration would have to be <br />done by blind drilling; and the history of discovery in the nearest out- <br />crops was not favorable. <br /> <br />The Salt \'Tash member of the ~J!orrison formation would be found in the <br />interval from 300 to 800 feet below the surface. Although this member <br />has been very productive in areas to the north and to a lesser degree to <br />the west, all exploration near the reservoir area has been c.isappointing. <br />The likelihood of commercial reserves below the reservoir is quite swall, <br />but such occurrences remain a possibility. <br /> <br /> <br />Coal <br /> <br />A thin subbituminous coa1bed can be seen at the lowest exposure at <br />the dam axis (fig. 7). As nearly as could be determined, this is a local <br />exposure as are many others in the recion. <br /> <br />". ,..' <br /> <br />At present, <br />gas exploration. <br />follm' on a well <br /> <br />much of the area is leased to oil <br />Eo wells have been drilled in T. <br />in T. 39 N., R. 18 .: <br /> <br />companies for oil and <br />39 '\., R. 17 H. Data <br /> <br /> <br />Oil and Gas <br /> <br />Location <br />C SE SE sec. 34, <br />T. 39 H., R. 181-1. <br /> <br />I'Te11 <br />No. I-A <br />La..ne- <br />Coffee <br /> <br />Operator <br />H.E.R. <br />DriUinc <br /> <br />TD,ft. <br />is ,031 <br /> <br />COl!'lTIents <br />Sligpt gas show in <br />the Paradox from <br />5,993 to 6,014 ft.; <br />well abandoned <br />June !~. '.949. <br /> <br />, , <br />" ".1 <br /> <br />103 <br />