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ALT 4940 TABLE 1. -DATA O`1 rIraM, PRO °,''.:TL, Ahn COAL E),MSUSr'r Ih , SOTA CREEK, LO rh FC , il, ADIG GAL thc'Ek DIS R. >
SECTIONS OF DRILL HOLES ON MINNESOTA CREEK, AND IN NORTH FORK MINING AREA _ SECTIONS,OF DRILL HOLES ON COAL, ANTHRACITE, AND MUDDY CREEKS, SECTIONS OF DRILL HOLES ON SNOWSHOE CREEK AND NORTH FORK , {- X51
~� ALONG LINE B- B' - ALONG LINE C-C' I ' '1 Total Claa'• goal of cool def. Po. 'Lily Alts- Peet Dip Character Cnatm•nu
~ ALONG LINE A-Q, ,�n „ ' ' DS s- No. Location Nome ?; po oil Forma- coal thicrnesa t`•:•tnaaa of coal C s.0 s, production fade above of '
- •m Y DH-I3 . tract on T9h 9ectlun ruction exposure Lion bed of coal - Bull. 510 7.946 (feet) Rollins , roof
i Kz" Kmr 3 rasp section (1) f m12)er Ft. In. Ft, In. (tons) a- detone
< f , ALT 6330 1 22 swtsE} Simonton C L ._.A 1 1 4 1 1 exposed 48 8,400 21 SS•tIB Shale
` _ r' ' - • Np ] " T g 25 2 23 2 2 48 , y shale betweenl coal bads "oar on seat side of Feat Fort, M1s.aweota Creak,
0 400 36 35•AE Shale 200 ft, nova atreem Top of cool Is covered by soil mantle, Sl; FL. of
y EXPLANATION FOR SECTIONS OF DRILL HOLES . 18 4 17 1 3 46 w,4C)0 67 35 °Nit sandy "hale C
o,;t .rdeo + Ilan 3 Banes ew bw of Afesavech, i f 50 ew.eed '+ 1 } i 2 e, 000 12 °118 Sandy shale Lower portico exposed 30 rt. coal. s'rnrm ur a ream-gauging station.
• 2 *11 rw 21 S«1,NE Wwteraeter "C U F Lower portf nn sa di-ty foal.
Krnr2 • 11 °611E Santo L-,ne Adlt B ft DS,th by ZvC ft, lord, it ledges 90 ft, •Dove stream.
e1 Wow aoN awmsor of M•aovrM ` ` ° 1 0 3 14 90 16 Sw�SE} Be:kun r l 0 B 14 1J 5 2 7•b� Thick sandstone 2 -3 ft, botow roar.
7f Y v' , • U P b . • 2• 7,gpJ 11 °ENE Sandy ahale Caved adtt 170.200 tt. aDO re lower edit.
formellan ! ' r1 ♦) P
-( - - .,,,' ' ' NC No Care _ . i u ' °e S 7,400 50 ENE Stale West aide of rinnesota Creek, opposite mouth of Sea•h Prong. Yo so 11d
Lower coal member d AI•eorwde F^ " 4 14 90 16 PW}NE} ? C L H
emotions. '
DM-23 DH -f2 Ka".1 t
�- 4 ' ALT 6346' '« ALT 6492 furmoaeh ALT $740, -+ - } `
7,360 10 -15 Snal• Outcrops on Rollins sandstone alanq ledges north of Y°. 4. ,
1g 5 14 90 lc NW }NE t C , L A 3 ' e mouth of Lick Creed. Adit caved but aM"• 4 ft. of coal
�^t r- lU Srrrle 5na 11 6dlt D &F4A D
ALL 6041'° . ♦ ��� x , ��� r'- ^1� DH- 4 Halt drilled by + ft Lick Creek P r L A 4 - 4 1 7,54,` 10 ft. above Rollins sancato•+•.
IL.' JI Soad iron• S
US Baose. of Mines _ 6 l4 90 9 N"}4W} MessureC section (W T Lee, U.g•O S. B -I1. 510, F 100). Sae graphic log.
QC 3 o rq :4 9U 5 9,} Tunnel through 4J t. of ru ble. Lee reports ft. of coal. Rsw-S , •�Ne" 3 N,,,,_y ES . 0 -3 Hofer tool La (•sN Dr I B 13 90 32 gW}yW} Oho croft PP LL x (B) Sea grBPhtc lu5 E 1 47 r ^ „ ,Ne4 drrtled ►r ^ - < ' q8 6,9••O SD NE Shale • y b• caved edit 100 rde. west.
rft� ^ Snoli aaedNos• senmss,os) 6,911 50 RB Shale O rI referred tt tapLey 3 7 ,
- y la -ZO lII- O `14 41 h 9:.0 -r t. a�'tt and accoa ar it manwe caved. Statemen to Dy Lee are Deal-'? f
L, 1 5•I mole emus Dr Ulon Foal Co •a `, r , 1 'i 9 13 91 23 t HW}SB} Whittle" P , L R ' ooh ri toed by A Bottle.
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' fund by Pumn..on) I 4-, .{ 3 -4 3 1 7,00•/ JO 3- 5 °PNit Study •hale several raved aC1 ta. Mrx. of 37 in of tleoo coal Sev Tel null and dirty
_ Ly -5 _
Sandy fnola - DH -IS ` c 30 15 91 19 SE }NW} 1)orrar cs MA L A s: 8 Also in Start on Rclrl Interval About 30 -4J ft, above R lifts sandstone.
,i ta + t[L�_-^�7 ' Aao V.in bet on Rclll ^a ear da cons.
� j +r �- +--' ALT teso f 11 13 91 17 sW }sW= Farmers M L C B -8 v -8 1 3b 5G -IOC 7,J4V I8o S•NNE Sandstone Correlated "Sth Bear cool bed because of masaiva sandstone bed above.
[��C.�r�� 6,509 15 t °N Shale Abundant marine molluake In root. Ad1t about 100 yda, long.
c.r-4 DH -ts • r - -� ` 12 13 91 16 SE }NE} Dc lwick MIA L A 5 6 4 4 ,1 s
a ^c • White to shale Caved edit 6J ft. long; accesslDla. Outcrop Durnec, opal ,artly coked.
Se•14 Sul• 1 Kmv.3 ,-• P L 8 0 8 It E,750 56 5 N Roof irregular. andulatf ng, and burned.
B --` �ixd ' 200 f1 DH -20 iNt _ 13 13 91 15 NE }NW} Old Bing MA L A 5 4 1 S7 6,57.9 10 Oanla�ond °Hale, Dons Or: Sinai wa r.inga at andoned in favor of mane on B bed Adlt 800 ft. long.
• SO* Is Ju arite Coal Co., opera tad by Bowie Bros.
OH- 22 •.-y �i -i , e , ALT TtW G�"� �3 14 13 91 15 AF }KE} Bowie (New llnt,) M 1 L B 30 10 20 6 1 -7 38 250 -400 6,57; BO 4 NNB
ALT 6•W' F'- ai 3'1' Cool „"ilil , - t , ,
' *• �, .s . Ids"' " KTV S 150 I t•.F rvmetlM ALT 6144' S•
�-`3 14 E,465 75' Shale Prospect 1n gulch oast of Bowie mine. Adit lees than SO ft, long.
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d� ` 4 • iS 15 13 bl 11 SW }SW} Bowie ` P L B l? a Coal thlcknaae reported orally by A Bowie.
. - K _ - r say 3 1 �,.- �',< b' i 1 - 4_5 6,374 1S Shale 500 -f t, edit rD anaoned because Of b „drab t•d.
Iy { 16 13 Vi 11 SW }Sg} Blackburn ` MA L A
�I'6' Beea I q5 Shale Prospect opening ng on B bed. Burning coal D•low has partly coked the Coat in
100 ` 6,443
Kwr -3 7 p....., 11 , gW}gg} B1aekDUru P L H this edit Gaved salt 100 yds. Last of O16 wine, say have been m way.
_ t INC 0 l Lp_}- < x 14 NW }Nit} Blackburn P L A E,346 15 Shale '
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_ 6 Gas ("Oly 4w1 got) I I , , 6,SC0 CO' Shale Prospect by Me, Mallot, opened to measure noel We ^fcinga no longer visible.
' • s 12 12 1 39 . "
•r ; �'•• `� _ 17 13 91 12 SW }SW Mellott P L B s
- ..- <- .r-- -- NORTH FORK- -- A//NNESOTA CREE/: Y " _ _ ' t 8• � i o T.oc• et o.1 SO 1 z.. �'^r"1 � 4 � 4 1 6,E00 1')Oi Sandstone Small caved presyeet Sn Beer bed shout 5 It. soave creak.
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DH- 3 = _ 10• t .? K Kerosene odo/ ea IN tore 2S 1� - P Z 18 13 91 2 NE=sE} Hubbard Creek P L C 2 40t 6,500SJ Shale Caved edit indicate" length of more than L50 ft. No coil now expan ed.
7763'• _ _ _ = DH-9 , • DH -)I ,I- _ y°, 19 13 90 18 SP }9E} Lone PSnn Y L 8 18 4' 16 2 n I Measurement ty W T. Lee, V.9.G S. Bull. 510, P. 105,
ALT 6400' , N Nalym eml•f (torn Fuco,dl 0 ALT e3e!' _ _ _ �' ' ' n
-< 20 ` 15 x 90 D SW}SEe So>rersetl ening r 7 L' B
- - 2' - f Snrl is f,n*„ne) - r DH -6 �- T•-• t^r 1' r _ 0 1 ,, ..
17 -24 1C -.5 f -3 42 70C -1000 6,115 43 3- b•IfNB 13trr 1e a sandy shale Mining in eeLtlnna 4. 5„ 6, 8, and 9.
• - A - _ `!- ALT 635W _ __" - a �) 7 -11 fl F -1 1 -2 42 o,k75 1C V 3 -5 °YNE ;Shale a Sandstone T"li t ed rw- ep•'.ei by •roCt -Lynne l.- ralaea in iM1l} me, 7,
OH -1 IAEASURE4 { DH-7 zf. - d (u par) M + L C t00 -450 6,080 40 3 -5•NNB &+ale Fo[merly kniwn as the Edwards mine. L
7440' ti - , ALT 827° -
SECTI ON , z . - _ 3• B 30
- 17 -1e 10 +-3
• <?` .�' _c Kw 3 '>, 21 1S 90 17 fiE }trE} Clark M e L B I
ALT 7304' - n°0°'i"" ;T "bl"xi -""" ` - w1 _ DH-16 _4 NC _ - , - 6" - P L C I 1 8,1 90 3 -6 °PNB Sandstone
Exposed by open cut in 1996. No t aoL1C.
ALT •440' C - A _ - _ , 22 13 9O 9 9E -SW} Tony Bear M L C 7? -
q 4° 6 -8 7 6 2 100 -200 6,OCC 130 3 -4.7 sandstone Old yorcalc f, I
ws•rw•• - + . E 075 110 Sandstone
Pew portal opt fed w facilitate mining.
- _ �� y - t 1 . Pew oprrl r;
j G - DH -24 w- Nmr_ +° + _''*�-. ` 6 L '
O -3 _ r ' ?• K >s _ f0• _ -> y j ALt 6600' ^"` K'"r`2 - - - - s - 23 13 9J 9 SE }3E' Bear 1'ron art P U D 6 6,:30 270 Sandstone ton•warde split Ltnre011vermDad• Coal replacol by gravel 30 ft, In from portal.
ff ALT 6ttf' , d = • P
+ , + AU 66aY _ . � Y` _ 4' y `,o _ ` - _ ..3 2 7 vx - We51 _ _ •_4 _ Km+ -3 24 13 90 16 SE }3E}- Oel.ob Pmapect F D A 6 10 6 1C ' 1 6,625 966
_ _ Shale 1 Bead. t..ne 100 -'pot opeling for term ¢oneurptton, Shale roof 15-28 Sn. thick CC Gap[ ai b7
2 &a "•e' z N �- 6,100 sell S-5 °NRH 30 f =. or massive athickene,
` e ., s <'- a0 _ - _ Kew -2 II 278 1J -15 E 1 -4
iP« ��-- • ^ ,' - " ��-- •---y� - ' "` _ 1r' " - 12'2• .K f _ , r ` _ _ Shale a san'attre
Sands tore partings Chl cken at expense of coal. Mined ea limit of economical
- T+r 1-_� 25 13 9J 10 sW }SE} Oliver No. MA , r ''
r 0 -if1` _ 2 3' li ^A = 3X3 -500 L,108 �9C S -5 °NNB Shale k Banda tore Newerring, 1944. Local par
tlnEa of sandstone, shale, end Done 19 -f t.
_ 1T - f8• '"'` 4• -,_„ �, _ _ MG _ , 5 _x r L 8- _ 26 13 `9U lO S.+}sE} Oliver Noe 2 Y. D DEC le 9 -,9 1 -4 coal snd Sn11 Ce Ced ` +y a9vanee drilling. _
' r .- ' • 2' 3' _ ` r- -_� ax , _ ALT 8360' = KO S _ _ -.-T _- _ -�'= r °, - Ht•ssaei, :ose 27 13 90 .. • i • . r t D F. 4 ! -
_ _ DH -19 - 6• n 4W15 R} Oliver Pm•pec[ P s O F 4 6 4 8 L 5.285 450 Shale k sandstone 600.Et. edit to prospect she Hawksnest bed.
•' `^ a fB" r... -r ' - SY _ 39' - 'L _ p"•af f G' ••nr - South = 6• 3• `, 11• = 8, i 2, , _ _ 1 28 13 90 - 11 1K+} 7 P , E,2C0 46G sandy shalt
Outcrop au mad, exposed coal La partly coked.
(9' _ _ .,z 5"= (O• 2• yj4 1' SW, H.yhwa Prospect t P 1
6' 10• 6'•j, 90'' B _ I - -_ t• ' t = 2• � _ Y 0• _ _ _ _ 8' t• _ -. -.1 29 13 90 11 3W=N 62 Eawksnest Ro. 2 M II P d 8 l ,
_ - - - - - ^ i - 45 SVO -250 6.22J 4yJ 3_5°P Sandstone Portal 3� rt rDOVe coal bed. Ne" opt ^Sn,¢ to fac111 Late mining sands tone
7 A " . , _ •ter " _ �' I' , NO ' T • _ G _w !• _ _ - 4 - - K ` - f , ^, _r 2 = _ . 30 13 90 11 N'nt3B2 Hawksnest Po. 1 M C P _
--a /b�` 7 4 i - f'3• !.' _ __ _ _ 3. r I t• t roof ■tea.
• • �E-�� a'6' - r ' • _ -- - - : - K0 4• 1I - 1 , Dt D4 8 5 } -8 1 -2 1 ^D -20L E,19G 4F0 3 -54 Shale 4 sandy shalt Snetern (old) part of acne showed thinning eons and, Dad roof.
S -3 - My`-., 4O. - > 1F - 4 , . O - 2• _ ';. " i.- �w = ' _ _ - _ 2° • 4' - } t -! 31 13 88 } 49T 1. 3W shale D T
_ J 1 4 E _ / 1 2° >f' , t- + 34 3W}SW Th. m°a P
1st 6,740 230? r Sandstone Outcrop exposed In stream bad.
• ✓ ' E- �( _ - d6, ;• lob _ - r _ K - , / M , • KO ' - ' 50 7,SO0 •O Not In idea, Reversed dip Indic ea a1ldSrug.
Nofffi !'e . S -i 1'0' _ 1'4' - I.6+ +y ' - N - f.ad :la» L• • KO { 32 13 89 3J 1(3:9B} C 8
6,720
,T• 5•_• "' • .`•.t - - F-K K _ a Y' -R q _ _ KO ,. KO K tom`- 0 33 14 R9 3 } } C
I_ t y - - - 8 1 3tu.le Data from U S.O.S. Rule, 510, P. 120. t
I� _ \�- I. 4• f pt 0' `• 6 f 0� I4'!° . K , Y = _ - - s S• - _ _ s, M 9W 9E ^ , _ �• t
!• t t _ 1 ° 34 14 99 10 SW}SY} Mosley No. 1 L CT
�o• , _. "; ''.-" .r KO .-. F . 17 10, 8 1 62 7150«
13'2" _ ` _ _ _ .I e• , - Y, v{ K y _ _ " 6 _ _ - = s = o SS N , 1- 10 i 2 y p 7 loot. 2•Yt shale Short aC'` driven f ^r lusa. cous,amptier.
T r 9' ` r __ 'f , _ m - _ _ "-R ..:y `•�. -_ a o NW`SE rh.a.e No. 2 P Ut DT d , - ^ .
_ n" I'6' , 1'0' { Two thin coal beds bA,* 1'! 1n shale part: ng.
39� -a�61 N`t�' ' . - - a` - Kp a0 c _ i„ �`• 3e 14 49 10 wer• - .. _ 2 °Y Snele Prospect opening.,
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do o obvw I,•3• Nd
12' So _ 6' - S� ' 6'O - _ _ G 1' S• �.� O 4�"�.- __'-a to' _ Oliv I f .. ILA III ^,190+• ,
.3 - ij• I _ 3Y LB \ „ 1O' 1'1' f0•_ `K e - S3. µ� k _ 2• 4• SE`. c; Davenport 11 �. l P S L4 11 6
• :one
'n`i -, 9' s a _ _ , _ �kkk"T • ' ( "7 14 Pa . Il ta".SW Do ^
♦,ar \ `\ - r •' d , _ +Nb" - •• _ > i _ =+ t 3. 0 s l 6' Za - - L ` j I i• a.a- y` r _ s �.�-. 6' 10' 1 - • s
1' 6 Ks" -2 �'O'• G _ a'.- *"--' ,� _= x-- "' _ • 3" Ft_.. + _ - N,nr_8' +. 12 2" - ' (1) Type n( exp sure C- Out¢ +, ,, F- Pmapec M -Mine, MA-aDr ^doped pine (2} coal member• 9- upper, or L- lower. y
Kms- ♦ t+ / - - K 7 t• OI "w mne 8; � " - i - (3) orrelatlon aced on assts Lien that all tb r•e pads of lr D
:° ,.t 6`b• _ {- 1 • -30° S' 76, -�� -'� 2} �j • ) Meastred "e t on D Lee and Porter, 0 S. Gaol. Serve B�11. 510, p. 9 , loaatf.on 47. ,
` ,�.. _ S.•, 4 10'Le_ 1'10° r:. '>, Y K £..� a3e `r L = "? l`O• -' _._.a �G 1'1(• I S' 3 ),•'s< 2'rl'�=--;r l r•'• 12• , a
r ` err ^,al member are resent. ,4 C 1
2T 3i 6'4�. 1,0' ( C.r{ KOr \ �kmr_2 t2�' li 9' Gr1'II'
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B'7• Pill' !,' i t� " - �''a"0'd j _ N • GEOLOGY OF THE PAONIA COAL FIELD, DELTA AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO
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!a i, -6 760' S fc b�) loo a o' H -- Tn«. b.ea" - n6ryrrNtiJea *^ 1 beoriny _H -' acne_ _H _.�_�__ - _ - • - 1 6' 7--•�z a' ) _ -n� Nisi. r¢n. ' _ 4 H
•' p" - _ Door - - • _ _ ' -` (: r
s s? ;I!" �' 3•\ 1,0.. - S' So M _�` t G 3'0• i t i _ - _ B Vard H Johnson • r
` yp• seer bed ,
3 14, - (d� - - 2 10 =`--G 9, '„' HI _ J '_- _ iISO- _ - 4"s' _ Boar b � o� 1„-,_. _ 1'9' _ r _ ., ` • - _ , -
+ r avl • _, ..' _ d0• 6 -y gal ; ,� ,,..� 4��13 9' (r _ _ _ S 3.a _ '9" bed 1." .�1 O e B' ya�f 4`�' ) " - w `� i>C' S' sno-Na bad
s6oT 11 0 23'1 - 3; - �.- _ Tha Paonla coal field'lies east of Paonfe and so,_th o Grand Mesa In c�mmereinl beds, sehe ,1 which era unusually hies. Exposures and drill P
" 10' A• - - S' B' - 1' 3° - IC ,, G s 'i S' Q",' 7' A�, - -_- _ 1.-_' 6 Z
1 -n- fiS 2'.B _ (9tmerset x¢rw) 1 �8-2`= 13'9_ z- 14'S' __ 14'10' •'
n _ S 51.1 9" �`'a' 6_Hin...� rm -�- - - _ - A Gunnison "'o'Ztlea Colorado. The North Fork of Gunnlson River holes an Xort, Fork show two, and locally tarns, minable beds. In the the analysts and properties of the coking coal in Dole 10 with that found
6'> 3• Na 2•••fA bed) _ - 3.0• f,T 10 G 7 7' G Bt_ 6'fl' �r -- �1� "n'r =1= _� 11• • =s - «- `,---- "°--- -^f° -'��' Ko K - Delta arm .ut v e , tho teal tees in•this member are thin and the ° in the surrounding holes, St 1• appar L that Xarge areas Of coal east of
, . 014_ SB' Km�. V0' __ 1'6' _ , 16v - 3a' - - e'4 - a'fi_ - � D'°-�- _ , ' <
3 -6 = Aallms K wndilone ' .' memDO of MeiersrW }arngbon K Mtn i } Ro1Lnf 1' , sandttone r mambo d 1 WaaverM tormatipn- - -
I K�_ J has cut a due can on across the northern part o. the field. This 'canyon Coal Creek arra, however the confluence of Cosl Creak sadAnth °Cite Creek have the same coking ,
Roan.. aonesfone K `� teelbwor K mass" _ tor•anon K Kr x KI�!J No ' KC'- K _ "(' K, N� T , , se pa the tableland south of the river from Grand Meas". Thha southern best showing OP coal encountered was In drLlh Doles i8 _and 19 where the
K 1 qualities.
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' t ---' N1_ r I •_� N _- ,tableland 2 000 lest or more aoove the valley around Padilla, is deeply coal Is 26 and 23 inches thick respectively. North of drill holes 18 W t 1,
' ` diseectsd'b 'trlDUtar streams of Yorth Fork, and Sa bounded on the sc,.th and 19, In the northern half of T. 13 S. R. 89 W, the coal beds are - •Similar tom ar n. y g
and •sat by an are otyintruslone of porphyrltle Igneous rock whicz forms 1 represented by oohs and thin erratic seams of caalrcommonly less than 1 coal fr "m drill holes10swithtanalysessandapropertieeiof coalDfrcmkdr111
+ - Yancos anon '; '.� ' _.
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Mount hamborne, Cca1 mountain, Mount Gunnison, Mount Beckwith, Mount foot t:1ck. �
Marcelhina, and Ragged riountain, holes 3 and 5 in Minnesota Creek, and with numerous snelysea of samples YI
` In Lhe Minnesota Creek area the upper coal member contains three from mines along North Fork aug�est Lhat the coals Sn these arena
The Paonia caul field Ss described Sn W, T. Lee's report on Lhe coal workable Coal cedar The lowest of those ie_ylesignated the D bad. It would not produce metallurgical coke. . +
fields of Grand Mesa and the West Elk Mourtalns, Co/or&do.� The present tarlC3feett811nches in drillehole �nchIt restaaonitheimsaalve drill
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RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO COKING QIIALITY
' a sl w _ _ l` ,, ' geologic study was underta4An asfart Of a cooperative program of the that marks the to of the lower coal meicDer. Correlation of this bed
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`\ + `' R9OW • i lecatit additional deposits of coking coal Sn Lhe West_rnistates• Tne `
\ •* a U. S. Bureau of Mines and the II. S. Oe'floglca- Svrvey for t.e ,parpoae oT P
y \ Y a I with krewn beds in the Borth Fork area 2} miles distant is diffLCUlt A study of the enal3ses Lf drill samples suggests that two geologi-
\ ` \' _ --^-� `` `. eolo^in work whiLh was in conjunction with the drilling of pro {f!' because if tI7A stretigraptllc differences between the two areas. Ttils bed cal Pactore have Snfluerced the present dlstribtuion of coking coal in
•'�' ° ;;�' -.` / / \ ' -` `3 - v h ` ' \r ,Y ) ��% ho ea6b 'the BL.reau o.* Mince, was done by D A Andrswa, a$sisted by may represent a lower split of the C11ver bed such as occurs in the the Paonla coal field.• TDaee factors are (1) heat fmm -ieagio al water
:_ ` ` ',, -a� ` , \ \ ` , ` 6� ��\ '$ rl,` -• '' 1 y d D the writer dL n the Bummer r F `
R. C. Robeck In the autumn of 1943 an y g western work. Ks df the Oliver mine, in surface exposures near Lhe Bear and (2) circuleting ground water and its relation Lo the regional water
\. \. • of 1944, and, from September 1945 torNovember 1946,- T``a booperaLTOn of ` mine, and in • dr111 hole near the weea quarter iter p ef`rs t 16, re it t gable. Tha avallaDle evidence ,indicates that 11tt1e,' if any, marked
, � \, 3 • ) ' �, \` ,� ; � f' e �' Mr, George H. Horn, of the Conservation Branch of tae 7eolopical Survey, may not eaten into the North Fork area. The writer prefara to cerr"late metamorphism took place beyond Lhe imme3late contacts of Lhe intrusive
,,� ^ .• _ 6 \ �nj ,,._ t j ,y=''� h it with the 1 -wer split of the Oliver bed. bodies, but the total affect O,all of,`the intrusions was to raise the
• �,\ \\; \\ ` - 5` \ 4 a� \ 8 Y 1 J �� , s' .��-� '� J(((jjj Nmra \i ` )R Se gratefully acknowledged, as_are also t e information and essistanre i temperature of the rocks ever.a'wlde eras. Marked alteration of the coal
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provided by Mr Ronald C. Oliver, oP the Oliver Coal Company, M- ^laude
P. Hefner, of the Utah Fuel Cc^lnan Messrs. Alex and Wallace f wit, of is ,
The E Lea Sn the riinneso to Creek area Ss rear the middle of the shalv� is limited to Lhe irsnediate area of the Intrusive eor.taCte and to a fow
11"` 5� \ �'4" , \ 5'2� -�` the Juanita Cosh and Coke Co. and by other mina o state ^s in the Area. portion of th+ upper coal member. This bed conalstentlp Z4 Lo 16 feet trundrrd feet stratigraphlcally, but the Spheral lnerease In temperature
1 '\ / Y P thick to all ex pandas and drill `colas nn Minnesota Creek. Baeefl on was anfficlent to hasten the coal- forming proeess"s and to raise the per-
' S-6 \ \' \ C \ t vertical intevals strati ra h
general uniformity of thickness, and ceetaee of fixed carbon higher the^ it wo'ld otherwise have been. The
\ "mss `` �\ \ \ ExPLANATION STRATIGRAPHY cantinvity, a4 shown by drllling,git Se the fed most logically correlated bereficlsl effect of tti+ heat Ss meat pronounced Close to the Intrusion.
\ \ ` • I \ ` �, _ T•• with the cos, 'sd being mined at the Oliver mine. it Is so shJV+•1 on the After poor results were obtained 5y Qr1111nE in the 7rneaota Cre••d area,
�" f ii , `� ` ;, , \, Y'6 •� ' The theta exposed in the Pao coal ff old cvnalat of t s rinnCCa g - the decision to drill at the math of Coal Creek was lased ar. t` 1.i line
r..s / I ,\ 5-Q „ :, „f AW£Snl£ST' 7 Kars 1I \ `� \ \$' \. \ )0` if 12' s, _ _
2 / I- C \• \1 -� aar s IM NTARY a car lnmeretw 9n•1 g Wasat ^` f"PU'u ", fornati_ t J j
0 i _ 29 C' j,� .� 88 I \ 5ED E Lhe1011ai;teekcnabsarina Mesave ^3e formation of Upper CrAtacer s ern, co ^relativn c•m ^La. eaeiblr- ex *a t
° 12 \ "°" 3 `}0 � � �• { Hit ✓5 a and nett monzJnita or h r cf fartitr ape. Tna vl3ve4• ei of reasoning With the F p Son rt the leckwlth end C'iff
t \ �. '\ sr+• rr ( .F try I 1 Tertiary age, q rt D P Y Y p y '-earl
J• a Cs' �' w••e- the Ol'rer +Li ^e, 'a the lowest Ded � Ic tr scone, t.owevar, tho Snfh.en�e of the :milvlduel intrua Sons u•, the
of the upper c,al member exposed in North Fork. It ranges from 9 to 1y� f
percentage of fixed carbon in Lhe coe2 has Oeen Sneufficiena to be -
` { feet thick Evide,ce from drill holes, mines, and outcrops indicates I represented by meats Of contour lines showing changes In the flied
�Tr 1 riancos eha /e carton-
- w+sarc «fwwr't Mancoa shale the oldest for - nation. es oseu Sn thejPaonia area that the bed splits Into two distinct beds nest the western limits Lf LDe I volatile matter ratio Sn the holes drilled up to the end Of 1946.
The 01!ver mine Lt !e believed, as stated above, that the lower split
tom rises a sequence of dark -gray to drab, locall rDuff marine shale Western coals t- free more than 11 percent nzyren,7/ as -imputed
should be correlated with the D bed In the Minnesota Creek area. As �
P q
Y ' minis advecce] north and east of the portal, the workings of the mine for molstvre and ash -free coals. are considered to oe Pnon- caking". Moat
I �;\ Iu,,i3 �/\ tiiil / '{iyil ;,`, +� 1- 2 G00 Lo 3 OUO feet thick. 1'he shale weathers to a drab Color and Ss ancoantered a "ed a of aandatona which thickened nt Lhe expense of the of the coal samples taken from the Paonia field prior Lo 1944 posaesaeo
'\ Ns �KflON \ /' �,\\ -` `\ \ \ �. ash ` characteriied oy rolling badlands and terraces. Only the upper part of r d T,
BOWIE • •O-1 `' .` " --18 ,X` - ,,t6� \ 1 1S 1; �;. coal. This e_t, comLinad with the drilling data, suggests that a former marginal cerLrg qualities. Srme of the samples .vaned a poor quality of
•� \ J O a u ` ^1 \` _ " �, `a ` \ .'Y- ,i4 i, <tiw. _ the .. eormation Se here etposed. y ,. coke but others wo'ald not coke In the Paonia roal field, semp.eaeof
` v �` _ shorelira llm. ed the basin of de ositlon in s northeastarl direction
\ i GaNGLCrrRaE and thst a mi sable thickness o_ coal in the Oliver bed does not extend
♦ . \\ '\ 13' p A - _ \�9 " l7 \ i4 • • ,` �' • 4 ) f ^I Tr .\
am ceEEN ) - Masaverde ormation
f r p fresh, unweathered coal from above the water table wntaln 30 to 1.. per -
t- , far beyond Lhe+ 11m1te of the resent mine In that direction. cant oxygen, whereas thaw taken from bads well slow the water table In
' T Y p
I a - t *.e Coal Creek area all contain less than 10 par eft oxygen. 1 repro-
^ r E K. � \ \ \ �,, Y\ Kr.s \ -.•_ _ \L '� „-� 13 i The Meaaverde f,rnetlon which overlies the riancos shade, Is divided The Hawks ^eat, or P, Led, -tamed after the Aawkeneet mine, lies 123 s•+ntatlon of the oxygen content by 11nes of equal percentage of oxygen
1!3 �w ♦ \"' , .- \ -�S et' / '/ S ` r Into four members, which are, in ascending order. Rollins sandstone
` \ � ` \ ,° �4 T g t to 207 feet aD ^va the Cilver bed and 18 separated from SC by varying pm- (ed, oxygen lines), as shown by study re droll the of the lines to
Derrer \\ ', ` iO• '\ .�... -t !' , \ L �;�" - �! SAW EMeu somber, lower coal r °ester, upper cr,al m•.,mter, and Darren member. s h ins of s ^ale and sandetcne. In general, the greater separation bed, ahcwe a strong tendency for the trend of thw iso - oxygen lines Lo
1M ` \ \ ;r \ 11"` f pO' ' arallel the atrvcture cortours. A slight
'\ -a " "%'8 Rollins sandstone msmher. - -The Rolllns�eandstone m•rmDLr la • ccn-
r..r \ \ \ \ \ \j \ ` ,\, , J between tie tw beds Sa ac by an Snireaae in the proportion of p gh divergence of these lines
\ sandstone. TJLe bed ides a tnickr.ase of 4 to 9 feet, and is correlated toward the west, however, conforms Lo the direction of regional ground- `
,'n �` ` ` \ \ ` `� \ , 19 `c"•' 2G` Ti, 21 \ t 22 '}� - ,23 epicuous cliff - forming ,
? \\ \\ \ e \ \ \ 24 , w e Lo bufi' sandetona 150 to 200 ifeet thick
water drnlnr e. The trend of the Sao -ox en I1nee tserefore, fa more �
God $ Kw `, �+ \ \` ,\ ^\ „ \,, ,, \ 4' ;' I I characterized b an abundance of tie ioss!1 ftrroid Hal •rites ma sr with minable seams in Sylvester gulch and rilnncaota Creek. North and ge
June hod 19 2 I 22 2 ,. \ ! \ ` „ ' ; Y ' ;� rt - 3�' '- east of the , ortal of the IIawkenest mine, the bed splits and becomes nearly parallel to the water table than to the strvc Wre contours. Near
Q e \ :` \ \ \ '�i\ 1 \ \ny,' / '�� a. (Lea uererlx). The lower part of Lhe member consists t ed e • P
• '' /� \` \ �� \` `, `\ `a•r'` \ 24 T q rndes 3cwnward into the riancos shale and upward into 1 _
• j ` ti ` " \ Lqi „ , 4� \ `ti L .. uPP1NC0ALMEMER BBndatone whlch s_ thinner. a'I`hmxlmatel 02 mlleaht0etheneastr sug30at thatltheaminablee111 arallellan also axlats cetween the atr•ucture centaurs hydrogen
watertnble on
the one hand andlY�uch Indicators of coking quality as hydrogen - oxygen
' Duly �\. d� ` .,` a J massive sandstone. Cross Dedding is comcvn but Sa act conspicuous Sn icknese of crsl is limited to s short distance seat of the sine. ratio, ft.el valuF' (B.t,u.), a'ld egglut /hating index on ii'ie oEhi'er $aLrJd.
Pueblo ° \ y \ `� ! Kew j �` \ -•'- •\\ - \ \ ' Tes , x x f o m f
` \ y ,rt . -- ••- <- -••r -- . I i 'Lhe massive portion. • r Throughout the Coal Creek, Sno.vatroe Creek, and Anthracite Creek area 1n '
f .ps. 13 end 19 3. R. 89 W. the altlan of the Hawke ^.eat coal is mark- The above relatlonshlps seem to indicate that oxygen carried by fir-
� o Lower Loel member - -tare 2/ divlde3 tt,e CoaleGeerinq bade of the / • • �
1 / 4.°j "!' ` \ ` `e >" `� \ ,~ : \` ` ` \' \1� •� ` ` '; .I L'_'r1 �� Mesave a into tea urn orlying -BowSn shale member of marine gad brackoeh- ed only by string and thin beds which era sou ed as Vie Eawksneat culattn ground water In the zone of aeration has beer+ added to ttYe coal,
v, ♦ ..� `. \ . �, jj` 2 origin coal zone. g D + thus incresaing its oxygen content to the extent chat coal which once t a
\ ''\ ` `i \ �\ \ \^ �` `` •° - ` ' \ _ ` a w. LOWER ca" MEMAER W , water origin, and the overlying Paonia shale member of fresh -water would acre Se rendered non - coking. 'These relationships may be local and
i ?' ' This separation was based en paleontological evidence, and the coal beds
z „, v, 9 ``2'e 2 Tne ^r ES I 1 F The Aawks ^set coal zone 18 overlain by a sedimentary sequence about fortuitous, but it la the writer's belief, based on the observations
t r "` �• �., '7\ r `. q were correlated b the same means. During the course of the Freaent , p cited above, that the hypothesis La eufficientl well demonstrated t
30 29 7 v y A' dl Y
o 0 •3$ `" v 2�, + 8,� \ 2'(w` �'�,." ,+ p� ,+ 'v, . jtj •\ Av , study, It was ounfl that lnterti erSn of the beds oP marine and non- 100 to 200 feet thick composed dominantly of sendatone which cr0 a out Y
� g prominently. '_'he to of this unit has be selected as the boundry warrant further teating.
• ' uy o° V ' "< V` V'`` v `�" v'^ •V• Vim,•'" " , F= ; \. �" - /' ' t marine origin is too extensive to Fermat mapping on the basos of foaells p e D ,
., o•t o � \ \ ` v ` v \, " . + \ V` "� . `1+" ` .` �: •^" /r ` ® alone. Diosaur tracks were noted, for example, above a coal bed in the between the upper coe2 somber and the overlying barren member. ,
INDEX MAP OF COLORADO SHOWING AREA OF THIS MAP M • - i . :, w+evadro Vv. .vv, \ \, A, , V Ar•, ` . vA''\ \, ` ` _ _ - - ,
SANDS FUTURE PROSPECTING
rtrra entrelly varine BOMa shale a[.d nvstnr shells and other mNr:ne foaalls
' o w ++. / .,v ,: ` \. ti �`�;, `�v \v` �' w �"/ t�-� ` A� ,., ` r ! were found in the generally ronmarine Paonia shale. TDe lower coal A study oe Lhe graphlo loge ahowa tYat the vertical Sntgrval separat -�
"' '� ° �� r ` �`_ \v` ` '� " -,� vV v werDar of this report, h „"ever, is nearly the same unit as �.ee'e bowls Sng Lhe coal beds within each of the coal masters varies don iderebly. Drilling in connection with the current project has Castel only a., ,
shale member, and the upper coal aembsr !s nearly Lhe aria s hie Paonla Where the lntirvnl between coal Deds la groat a larger proportion of aarda portion of the favorable area near Snowshoe and Anthracite Creeks. Geo-
"t-` -.-' ^ atone in present between the coals. This relation may be ex;leinad either lo;ical conditions ere favorable for the presence of coking coal in an
•.w� e ._ " ' '�i / I shale member. D e 9 area of 1 to 16 sections in which the coal lies beneath a maxlztum over I ° O '* 4j: ,'. </ ! .�, \ ¢ \ A Te, •35 3 •� 1 by the more rapid rate of de osltion o_ send as compared with clay ar b
a / ' `.,. . ' y \, ` \�, ` ` ` ,\ , ` _yL� , } MANGOS BNALE JJJ
32 33 / y\3S 36 '� / I \ +„ ,�., -,'. , .`,r' 3t, Ti, �, • k .-_f €- ` ` . i <,` Y. Tr.rl'.•
1 the lower tom etion ratio of sand. Either factor weals Csuee a @rester burden of x,500 feet. This arra Iles east and southeast of the area
�4 The lower coal member comprises 1.r. to lower Part a d'ni is of Pa
�� / / I �� "` \ \ 33\ 34 1;\ 3s \ \� �36 $ /•> ^ \aw.4 ^ Ate . interbedded shale and sandstone, 50 to 190 feet thick, enfl 'r. its upper separation of he coal beds by sandstone then Dv shale. that has eon drilled.
�1 �`.,, \ \` w
�1 \.�, , a t IGNEOUS Fart or Irregular sandstone bed 75 to £JS feet thick, the top or which is Table 1 a d the graphic drill lo•za rive specirfc information on
PAONIA `r `', ; \ \\ 1 \ / ROCKS Laren ae Lhe top of t e lower c al member. The shalt' lower portion of
' *��,` ,� \ ^```� \ `r� ` this member cortslna two to four workable coal Leds, two of which are exposures, mSr ^3, coal thickness, and Correlation of the seams. Lee, W. T., Coal fields of ;,ward Brea and the West Elk 31ovnLaina, CDloradoe - ., '
.\ ' •.` . \ \ \\ ... .. /" 'p .'. ,7 . 1 U° S. Geol. Survey B•
L ` \ \\ ✓ y a7.1.. 510, 1512.
tJ Gre•e !� `•• •TD', ,D vary peraiatert and uniformly workable over wads araaa, In general, the garden seabed. -1'he upper art of the riesaverde formation lying r y 1
,` �� \,� \ . �\ \.. _ \\ fr ` ` `\ I� ahstly part of the aferber thins eastward from a maximum of 180 feet near P D Lee, W. T., op• cit., p. 32. _
\^ ;'� p A• " '"' r ` 1 °0' "'rON ` the Farmers mine to about 50 feet at the eastar•n limit of the ma aLovet sardetone that overlies the Hawksnest coal horizor, Ss Lee, d, T.s op• tit., p. 48. i
UO(](]� l��(JC -� �- \� \, , \ \ \' ''7 ' �, `�, \ „/ ,.. ',," ; r ' j ` \' -' , p' here referred 'v as Lha barren member. It Ponalsta of interbedded and 1� lbonges, A• L., Turnbull, L. A•, Davis, J. D., and Peynolds, D, A•a ,
f }� Iz \ \\ �, \ \ \` \\. , ` , �a.«io Notes -I- y Investigation ,
a �` \ '\ ) Lenaea and beds cf sendstor.e are Srre`ilarl Interbedded w111h the shale, y_ g g of coal deposits in the Cost Creek District, Cvnrriatxr County, Colorado,
1 y 1 lnterlensed sa- datone and shale Of vet en thicknesses. The general
1. /- o_i \ \\` 4r Hg \,'" \ "r ,.r+ 6° - 5 ' ^; 4' �`, / 2� `'•' The ro artlon of sandstore to stale is hlghly variable. Tae upper send- o e H
5 4 r 3 `ass 2 I z 5 �\\ " S \\\ = \` 1' vq` '/, ,� " ': +{ stone part of the me•nber is t7nat coasplcu.ue •set of Bow1r, where it Se character of ose burr•° •�^ •w ^+ 1 save at; in L a a al- bearing
D Y F Prot -roes Report le U. S, Bur. Nines Rapt, Ind. Llcv, April 1547,
1` tj C ., m «tai r rT ^+ • •t -at the sandstone sods are more lenticular end Lhe sha,8 Reynoldf, D. A„ and othere, Carbonising properlie4 °f Watery, Castles
f Wiz `• +` \`` �`+ '`, reaAll reco.nl2eti Su tntr dr'.. cede 4.1 Outcrop West of &wv1 of 1a e• i �%
Y " zones are ease- ,tlally barren OP ccah. rho chickaesa of the Darter r U. S, bur• Mines Tech. Paper 692, pp. 4-7, 1946. W
f lu , •`� . \\ \ \, \ \``` `\ \ ,,�.\L, "':�\ , /�/ r" '/ '' ', /, / �/, ^: / ' \ ��i ) �1 y . • A SYMBOLS ynr• ,ent•eulsr, end err -a - 19uuntlr,lou4 711E s. Lo ^ally the urn r part
�'..,.� -jpr of this member resemLsae the Ro111ne sandstore member, site t that the memuer reties greatly owlrg to poet - Masaverde erosion, but was orig_nally 1 analyses of Colorado coals r U. S• Bur. HIzma Tech. Paper 574, pp. 5�59a
r_ het" r Ha enitea Sn it are smaller, lass abLndant, and generally limited to a much in excess of 1,500 Paet. Field evidence au6geats a southward trvn- 74 -�. 19 7. ,
R 91 W _ _ -____ • w•1 \ \ t '/ \ \ l 2 coal ourcao.
us I set, \ \. .,�,.. , '/� ,l \\` '•/ // �V (•" " k gym _�
1 zone of tFiln interbedded eaudatona and shale 1n Lhe lower p`I4r'rtion. In , ation of t`.e mire Meaaverde formation by post- Cretaceous tilting and +fir, v parry, V. F., Coals of the Roclq Mountain end Croat Plain region"; Irdnatri-
' the Coal Creek arra this zone was enccrmtered in moat oC ttis wells eubso ent erneion This ero9lo *,al Feriod Ss tentativeiy correlated DY a1rWe•t fourdatlon, Washirrton, D. C.a 1939T i'retds In the nee of energy in the Western
\\ Lee with t•,v de ositlon of the Lewis shale and "Leramle Deds" o_ t•19 States with particular reference to coal: U. 9, Bur. Mines kept. Inv. 3,680, p. 31,
/ \ \ "^\ �� , r jj Y\r drilled It lice a�ahort distance above the Bear bad and aids greatly P
' ya4'• 4+e \" , \ Ill �_ �' y \ �\` \�� 9 .! ��
Lill, IKa.s \12 +,• PRO;PECT in the identification of this bed.
\\ t San Juan Bsalr area. 1943.
!t �" j -° / , jE , / '�..� .,� ]��+ \ \ \ \.. 'x'�' ear•«. teen °„s Ohio Creek conglomerate ,
Masaverde formation �
�� .,�� \ ; , �""� r ;% '/• / / „ ! / yr�,• •
are different In both character and grouping in the western and eastern The Ohoc rack conglomerate of Tertiary age rents on Lna Masaverde _ 1
A' s A'sdt" %/ /` % "' ,' �J ,', 4 '.+•:,'• TP ��'q \ _.�6_L Mrwf parts of the Paonia field (see graphic aectiona). Tire dlvisoon between formation and :s se arated from St by an Srreguler unconlormitywhich
1 r • . • , sro.w4 ,, p
e,.c „•, the two parts ut the field ilea approximately along the township line 1 4,
K..1 ' r • ' -; `` >` " ���(/ ')' „ F' ` between Rar. es 89 and 90 West. The yeti of Lhe field west o>y this line Indicates aomr channaling. The formation consists of light- colored sand -, r TWA.. 30 I11('H > THICK
Fork - Minnesota Creek area, and that east of the line , p g TABLE "ITJ«T ED FESERVf CF Coal I^I HEDS idea
rt F•
3 ( \ \ _y_ g
atone locals oontainln abundant pebbles Of chart, jaaperold quartz,
\ i ♦ o _ ,'�,�i; • '•'�' ','„', • - v 1: ' . S-2 aR�u «at the Coal Creek area, and snvervl kl ^da of Sgneoua rocks. The sand of the mat -ix was largely .n the se 2nd column, toe opal Leda ors identified he follows*
' / / P �,,,,,, o derived roe a Meaaverde formation from which it was eroded by early i A - old
King Lad, B - Somoreet bed, AB - snowatao• bad ("here Split it
\" /� 1 conforms to tt•e A and B beds Haar Somerset), C -Bear bcoalDmemDelsr
/. _•,• '``•' ' -�t•. V '. ,, t \,\�,u�� In the North Fork - Minnesota Croak area tt.ero are three, and /ecally Tertiary streams, and deposited chSPtly In and around tta channels of coal boa et upper opal member, B - middle bed of nppw ,
\ I / ` 1 • .` .. .. a lowest, Old K1 or A. bed those etreama. The Ohio Cceek conglomerate is erratic and locally I pE - Oliver bed, P - Hatedbyt boa. r
ww,re. seen IB 17 l6 t5 /i If /,' J 3/ _ '•` \ "Y 1, \ �f� Pour Coeh beds so.e t,an 3 feet Lhlek. Th 1 r g,. ,
\ ( ` ••�••` , , absent L)wugh in Flacas it Sa es much 8a 200 feet thl ck. Where the j Tonnare Ss calculated by the tor�ula fl : A x 1.15 . ca, and of
F. .;�" \ `` - '� i yF • • v i . ': 0-3 DRILL «a.t D
\ \3 o le Smmedtatel above the Aollins sandstone member. In some the . tans, where H CDScknint in feat• A f area in square stiles, and 1 1S
23 �•`` ` \ O \, �( v ^`m \\ \ °" °'w L• bed teats dlreetly on the Ro111na; at others there is ae rmsf'r es 15 feat pebbles flee 2,stt the To9rnationglomerate os difficult '^ eactar for oonaenfbe 1.31 mS3lSons of tone speati° gravity o^ the
10O \\ (/ •• ',' •' `i •- •^- *"'-�' 1 \ \\•` • ~ ' of intervening shale. In outcrops Sn North Fork canyon th16 pad ie thin to separate 3i.
'- •, - ` `_ '. P r coal is general to a 1. i
"•r \ `+'t �' ..f Tt` ••• `,'•�_y ?- -`; -t' a 14 IS and dirty, and consists in places of two bands o. dirty coal separated by Wasatch ("Ruby") formation I i'. In general, the relfaDility of the eatimetes le pmpor•tior"1 to
\ S , 1' the number of observations.
4O �t'AJP \ `,, 11 , '4Vy'elrbn2ioP`,4 ' . • `` NMi < D ^• •�, 5 G DRru HOtl
«: ^
•+ \ ' us fw,« 5 to 10 feet of carbonaceous shale. The maxlm,us ....served to ckness of
` S `\�\ era' •.'�:• r� l - . \� °I "'"•• the bed is near the Minnesota Creek reservoir where it is a single Led S The Waeat h ( "Ruby") formation lies unconformeDly on the Ohio Creek i
80 +
/ \,.
611
feet 8 SnChea thick, but drilling !ndl Cates that fmm Lhis point south ng B. ?owns'Sp Ornvp or bed Nu■Der Average Area Reserves Town p
• '• ` • 4• \ \ ed�• '•�' 'F"- •�• \ and •sat St °Flits into two owing each ranging •n th:Cknesa from 1 to 3} conglomerate no, where the Ohio Creek co lomerate Ss lnckin on sand- oy th!ckresf under- (ailliom totals
,' ( 4/ \,\ - - ^ac .', 2A ( , atone and atra,s of the Masaverde torvatSon. It is composed principally a-,d One
/e u ft • '( , ' ♦' .•' 'Tip - 22• F }, C C'Lw of same I onset- of cowl lain by of tone) (•f Mons)
19 1 ,' ,�i, jj /� //� o -_ , f• feet. of coarse red 'on lomeratic sandstone and dark -red to semen sandy shale., Range coal (s) of was) 20 sF ' o �� • • ` •_'. •j- /%/ / /%� •!To / recnan I ' , Y, P vatton• ffest) (S)
v t / \_ \ \ .'. . • • • , �G \ l ' TDs second coal Ded nere desi rated the Somerset or B, bed Ss Locell an eD,L.d�nce of a idote end other ferrous ellicatea produces n (l) Seq. ■t.)
,+' • \ a - \` \� ' • '•`• ♦,' «• •• /���////jj1 //1,�,� t `,' �� mined ezt "naively et Somerset and le the most Svporte nt bed of the area . greenLh colo,^ The strong coloring of the Wasatch
re tOh ("Ruby') formation I 12)
so - 20 \ \, 21���\ "`� `� /'• ` '•• -` • • +• .' - `'W� `` / __= g y't a of the Meaaverde formation. Cangiomerats and A s 3.9 19.(4)
22 \' r- j N� ' `.' `. «. , «•• ♦,• �I st"TAWED ROADS It Sa thickest elon the walla of NortR Fork canyon where tt tea an contrasts shenl with that of the hivht- colored Ohio Creek conglomerate
`.. •' ♦' -� obaeTVed maximum thickness of 25 feet 9 inches. The Som"reet Clark and and with the asnde on - a3 4
° Q \ Bear bed - r- ._r ---i' •. . •./ e p , ` • ,
w•a
\ ,',4.', + -,'. . ` o \ \..- • , S 15 3 18}(4) 326.0
/1 x / \ \ Bowie mines ell produce from this Ded, and account for more than half of sandstone predominate in the lower 100 feet of the Wasatch (•Ruby") B 2.� 18 (4) l 5.5
` ' R - •• . )' �'' `'� ` �, ` -___ ACCESS ROADS the roduction of the Paonia field. Southward in rinneaota Creek, this formation. Sw +oral boulders of scorlaceous basalt as much as 2� feet In T. 13 w. c
-• . # •`" « \ ' �• ` ' - sr \" j bed ran ee Sn thtcknese between 5 feet 2 inches, and 15 feet. end Ss of donmet•r are proaent, and smaller pebbles of chart jaeperold quartz, R. 9i W. Laver coal member
r" 7 Kw r'' / • /�4/► 1b.•t f(/ 8 and a variety ^f igneous and metamorphic rocks are widely distributed. Upper coal member (6) 15• 16 270 0
�' - •.y„l,, . +, 8 , "w..�r13#-j ;'•' ', s•'.�)' t
Snowshoe �• \ ~E•.o '.♦ _ •• -' •�' '� - '.• �,% �.• -�. �' �/ / ,'�� \ commercial grade and tDleknoe• at all Dolnts observed. j r
�,,,�f • / ' "" N+4 . - • `t r'? �•+'. 3a'- #� bed ♦ ♦ • 'r' r ♦' •` • «« . ♦ r 11�, fr
g0 29 28 2T \�t6`• .• .'•'«264• •�• •- /` , �r` Kmr, i Above the con ;•omerate and sandstone zone, dad and green shale and silt
^, " _ t J ' • f + r `1 'x; +' \ ` (, ,• •4•,• ',`•` i -• -•�' - •' +' •`f\` \ \ 'ON TOP OF The next higher bed, whicD Sa called the Beer, or C, bed, after predominate. l� / l
• 142.3
'M a ♦ ♦ • ' - ♦ / Roar a \\ g g ' 10 678.0
SANDSTONE MfM"ER the lad set mine oDtainln coal fmm it lieu •Love the Somerset bed, IGNEOUS ROCKS t H 13 17'; S4 (5) 2x0.8
7 ' * yY ",. +v,,. •, / c =1 =may .•re•A t •�`,`,• '," ♦. i y - '� ■O oa,.,n«ePHow and beneath Lhe large aa- .dstor.a that cape the+ sower ,:oel member It ,C
_ _ __ "'r ,:: �.� ` " \•• ♦ * - . •'+ rr�� den ea Sn Lhlcimeas from 4 to 8 Peet over a wide area. The Farmers T. 13 S. Lower c `al gem =er 4�-
_ �;_ M,�-.. l g } eo s messes Sn Lhe southeast art of the mapped area arA coral
('1 Oij W r =r •'•. ' . . . . • a ea w - ( mine, b mtlea north of Paonia, Se oleo ',elieved to be producing from the sedTof quart: monzonite porphyry and kindred varieties of intrusive R. 90 W. DR 13 11.5 296 (6) 20e'v
• \ ke i.•` y= '�,^x., a I a 90 w ; Bear bed. +t
> ' �! �v9�- • �a r J g - d fix �+.+ x,
•s • - ar ;' LLB / + yw4c rocks of T "rtlatr age. Mt. Ounniaon is a laccolithlc intrusion, which ; g g tc•2 2 151
'►-. a ..,va .° a 'y` t ,.' n •r wer Dere tar•med the Snowshoe bed, because it attains base. Local] St cut across the Meeaverdecfhorl°Rub n end on the north
. ^ F ` ?' '•v' 4u -.,- r'`'" v • ` A SECTIONS •coal member.CoTheCloak Brea there arc two rincipal Deda qn the lower invaded the Mano•s etfale and arched the Meaaverde formation around ort OpDe* coat memuer
#�"' •: i_' "* ' r •^ • = ° "t• °"' DETAILED 'PARTIAL SECTIONS OF DRILL HOLES ExPLANATiON FOR PARTIAL L sE ,
y' " " Pormation.. At l6 iO,9 �s 408.0 911, } *=.Y�£s ^' E-,r a C• - •n� cis maximum thickness under Snowshoe Creek lies just above the Rollgne flank Se In eDparent contact with the Wasat ( y 4 Ag
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t4 I SHOWI CORRELATION OF COAL BEDS ENCOUNTERED IN DRILLING IN T 13 S,R 89 W _ s sazrda tone msmher 1n many places, and Sa separated from It by Only s thin this plane* however, the contact iB obscured by heavy talus, and the re- C l2 3 s 24
NG soar carbonaceous sandstone. In this respect It conforms to the sLratlgraptllc lotions are 1'_arrad Dy the strike and dip of the beds outs the talus T. l3 s. Lu "e- coal member -
* f Sandy position of the Old Sin bed described above. Thte bed is 9 to 15 feet zone. All the Sbeerved contacts of the Sntrvalon are with the ttancos
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r.-yv �� - ,trt t' +,, i ,.,+ -s +• \ A. 80 W . 47.6
c'°€ .. d r+'s'.t' .t , `>..... 'm •- - '.,n' ,a Ry _ '1 \1 1 0" a ON f ON 1! 1
'a + r *+r sec • DN :: coal epee westward itgellgLaes along •Where the Dedels�eplltnojFe lowered limited zonevarfewffeeeettwide, CJntact matamorphlsm commonly Sa 1 tipper coal ■emnrr D 2 s 6 : 12
24 J {£Mhy Tu' t f'4 , 4/.. { •« ta, At t .a, 1 1 _ S ' ` e
s n! s r 6 own E N s« , $ D 1 22.a
..,,_,,,,,,_. „.. •a ",y Ig , 5r.,,,._ �R C/ l ' i -' I S. eplgt eonforme Lo the poagtlon of Lhe Old Sgng Ded and the 1ppnr split "TDe Cliff• ale Cliff Creek a Lrlbutnry of Coal Creel�i, e a eillr 7 5.6 14 144.0
si -,A a rt` +` ,, .'r a - +•ad _ ) f )44 DH tit 40 M c t ' e _
"sr' ^4} /,.r he ' i •.n: / a i I I 4 i '1 - 1 -- ,
1 ON ZS , to that of the Somerset bed of the North Fork - Minnesota Creek area. `which probatrlT cOalon underground with the 9tormrldga and Mount Beck. y" s.6 •�14 8 ,
«i, i' ". r - i4 ,- + aA'•,+ - 1 ! ON 14 %" _ 'I pp 1 - J G.or coot ( ,
/ 1 t' T ! 1 s« n pore southeast of the map area. The Bill spreads out, Lo..e- coal member
} ({ i 3O ') q Shale the ®t°•^^OC^1` forma�to theapoeltion of bed in that SnttbeaMesaverde formation, near the top of the upper cool mnmDer, and i T, l4 W. D ! 3.0 13' 73.5
r 1 *0y c \ / - - ``� , 4 x isi - rt DH f D« r4 ! r r
{K ( s massive sendatone. It Sa therefore termed the Bear bed Sa this area ranges in thi*30ss from a few feet, near the Davenport ranch close to E. 90 W. E e 14,0 13 205.8
i' N• ( f i " tA' slap thou h the interval above the top of the Rollons eandatoae member the mouth of Cliff Creek to about 1 000 feet in Measly Ridge. Metemor- 6 5. 1? 12 77s3
`,j a �, 210" + y n a1 .i E_ ;� = N $ qs aypreclably lees than 1n the North Pork - Minnesota Creek area. It 1s Dsm reaultlnri Prom this intrusion also affected only a narrow zone but, Uppa_ coal member
LO rA-, 1, 9, '` # \ BN tO
ON tr a persistent bed which Se locally minable but Sa leas tha� 3 fget thick was sufflci ant to alter some of the underlyln cool to semi anthraci tee T. 14 3. lower coal
member 2,
-�- FF 1 103.2
2'10 y / In most of the Coal Crank area. The reaence of unuauall lade amounts es 11
«� +: I 1 I of sendatone in the lower coal member shale zone in drill hole■ 22, 23, Mount Berrwith 1s formed by a intrusion which spreads
s• _ f s' - \ s ' 5 1 / �•_ ��PrssNr��t'P' Bear bbd ` ' i 24 and 7 Sn the Coal Creek area and in drill hole 4 in the North Fork - out near the Dose of thertiary strata and overiepe the C11ft sill. I R. e9 W. Upper coal memDar 2 7.8 10 88.E
s� - 10 � oN 4 = \ t i '-_`" _'i '`.. °N Is 1 # 2' o' p0 ' , - • >
T 2'0' Bear _ Minnesota Creek area (see. 10, T. 14 S., R. 90 W. ), edgges to the possl- Mount )7areelllnn is a tongue or stock of porphyry south of Anthracite
and 11DP e
bed 3 t `1 = 33' May - 'r� ,� bj,lLty that a northeasterly flowing stream separated ths.Lwo aieaa of Creek and jast west cf the area covered by the map, On the north and .
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- •sat tlanka the porphyry has etched the Masaverde strata, but on he . -.•
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` e f c disci metamorp Se a tch formation. -r,• ! ""` .,,,•'
r # - r 1 - I'3' v. � <..,, % anal depOSltLOA and deposited a eared D■rrl r between Lhem4 ' " Ya ibtal reservoe Sn bed• n ^re than 30 inches thick .• '••'►,•. err
t 4 0. .• ,} '* ` ' k=) - 4'3' _ : T 0 ^ ` ,.7 = '• s-� �. • Ode S e light Di /� , Grand total ..................... .a• °- '
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south L ppsaT•e to have cut acmes L ea ( Ru � f thick .. ,1•v• 120 0 -
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111122 r aoel m ®Der. -The upper coal member of the Mss •ends formation Evidence o hiss •••;
°^ '; , I, ( 6• ^vn I 1 -'� _ I.11" ,,,,� _ r I •�- f_°-+ _� ' comps see a sequence of interbedded aandatona and shale sia�,lar to that - f " •••,•°•• 9
YYi}, ".• ` •- - x^ - + 46' is the lower coal member except drat the beds are more lenticular. This /
' •i t _ 1 1 - \\ \ - _ - - _ - COKING COAL ll) Average of observations amraL Is prev3oua oOlusel.
tj7 I {- member ranges from 400 to 600 feet in thl cknese end Ss Cayped�.by tht ck , (2) COrreatad for Domed outcrops and >S sing depletion.
i - _ 5 - -- - - t- - = II. 1• B Analyses st coal asmplas obtained In dr111 Doles 6 Lo 24 Snclusive,i 13) ?otimatewrrected for bnrns3
y\ t Beor bed (1� - r _ 9's• sandstone. TRe ]enticuler nature of this upper sendatone makes it • %
TER V k _ : ; \ _ - ;r _ Swowsnw bed ^ difficult to identify or map the upper limit of this menl4er Sa�iom - M
_ '- [[[ y `>�` - places, and the results of carbonizption tests on cores obtained from hole 10, �Sj pY',tidtes eorreotea fas`aoal mined.
89 W' _ '.♦ } \ 5'e , r 10° y , _ S•y - 'i are contained in a report b the Bureau of rilnes.� The results of the • -
Snowshoe _ / _ {{ _ -
tnerrbar of the Mesa bed I 3 3° 1 ` �3\ �" r / Snowshoe The u er noel member contains four workable bade but the thick coking fast■ e+ow that coal from the Bear Ded and the lower split of the. (s) Thfekree• proj tied ffRfa R. fl0 W. "
at Sunn side IItah
,W � -_, Snowshw � t - � bid ' PP y g meld c t "-�'u'•.'K .\ ° ti! Y
Hins sandstone member /
correspond to those an ' j / �-- -) '6_-- l u' Iit's' '4� " T 1'11• f' 3'e' e• ' memDeredaDe1111nr{con rif.nneaotagCreekadieclosed three,Dand locallylfpur,Owehoe bed will laid coke stronger than that y r r,
to- = \ j - whereas the •cal free the upper spilt of the Snowshoe bed in hole 10, ' y r
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