Res.

4,500

5,000

4,500

5,000

3,000

3,500

2,500

4,000

3,500

5,000

5,500

8,500

9,000

9,000

9,500

8,500

9,000

10,000

11,500

12,000

6,000

6,500

6,000

6,500

3,500

4,000

9,000

9,500

10,500

11,000

10,000

9,500

10,000

7,500

8,000

13,500GR

14,000

1,500

2,000

GR

22,000

21,500

Res.

18,500

18,00019,500

20,000

21,000

21,500

20,500

21,000

3,500

4,000

GR

2,000

2,500

3,000

8,000

8,500

9,000

23,000

23,500

24,000

19,500

20,000

19,500

20,000

18,000

18,500

19,500

19,50016,000

15,000

15,500

Res.

7,000

7,500

SP

12,500

9,500

9,000

0

500

500

1,500

2,000

Res.

Cond.

Cond.

Res.

4,000

4,500

5,000

GR

4,000

4,500

5,000

API 4901321362Monsanto Co.Bighorn 1−5

SW NWsec. 5, T. 38 N., R. 90 W.

KB 5,508

API 4901322127Burlington Res. Co.

Bighorn 8−35SE SE

sec. 35, T. 39 N., R. 90 W.GL 5,561

API 4901322051Burlington Reources

Bighorn 7−34NW SW

sec. 34, T. 39 N., R. 91 W.GL 5,394

API 4901320708MoncriefLysite 7−1SW SW

sec. 7, T. 39 N., R. 92 W.KB 5,503

API 4901320657American Quasar

Tribal 11-1NW SW

sec. 11, T. 6 N., R. 1 W.GL 6,160

API 4901320440ContinentalTribal 10−1

NW SEsec. 10, T. 5 N., R. 1 E.

KB 5,933

API 4901321077Coastal Oil & GasOwl Creek-Tribal 1

SW NEsec. 26, T. 5 N., R. 3 E.

KB 5,105

API 4901321959Tom Brown Inc.

32−13 Cutthroat TribalSW NE

sec. 13, T. 5 N., R. 5 E.KB 5,078

API 4902522906Barrett Resources

Cave Gulch 4−19 DeepSW SE

sec. 19, T. 37 N., R. 86 W.GL 5,928

API 4902522797Barrett Resources

Cave Gulch 16NE NW

sec. 32, T. 37 N., R. 86 W.KB 6,063

API 4902521402Coastal Oil & Gas

Bullfrog Unit 2−7−36−86SE NW

sec. 7, T. 36 N., R. 86 W.KB 6,370

API 4902521768Coastal Oil & Gas

Bullfrog Unit 3−8−36−86NW SW

sec. 8, T. 36 N., R. 86 W.KB 6,088

API 4902520837Union Oil of California

Hells Half Acre II 1−K−11NE SW

sec. 11, T. 35 N., R. 86 W.KB 5,859

API 4902521522Davis Oil Co.

Witting #1SW SE

sec. 2, T. 33 N., R. 84 W.KB 6,028

API 4902520059Union Oil of Calif.

West Poison Spider Unit 8SE SE

sec. 11, T. 33 N., R. 84 W.KB 5,889

API 4902521448Union Oil of California

Key Springs 1−F−14SE NW

sec. 14, T. 35 N., R. 86 W.KB 5,914

API 4902505412Shell Oil Co.

Poison Springs 23−20NE SW

sec. 20, T. 32 N., R. 82 W.KB 5,675

API 4902520691Kirkwood, W.C.

14−12 StateSW SW

sec. 12, T. 31 N., R. 82 W.KB 5,334

API 4902522051Lockridge, J.

Bates Creek 12−23SW NW

sec. 23, T. 31 N., R. 81 W.KB 5,559

API 4902509529Wolf Expl. Co.

Govt. 1NW SW

sec. 29, T. 32 N., R. 84 W.KB 7,012

API 4902522076Exxon Corp.

Eagle Creek Unit 1SW NE

sec. 36, T. 32 N., R. 84 W.KB 6,858

API 4902522830Barrett Res. Corp.Stone Cabin 3−26

NW SEsec. 26, T. 34 N., R. 87 W.

KB 6,357

API 4902522054Diamond Shamrock Corp.23−23 North Grieve Unit

NE SWsec. 23, T. 33 N., R. 86 W.

KB 6,453

API 4902520430Chorney Oil

Soap Creek Unit 3NW SE

sec. 32, T. 33 N., R. 85 W.KB 6,210

API 4901321492Sohio Petroleum Co.Deer Canyon 23−D

SW SEsec. 23, T. 34 N., R. 90 W.

KB 6,208

API 4902520169Pubco Petroleum

Pubco-Empire Fed. 11−11NE SW

sec. 11, T. 34 N., R. 88 W.KB 6,469

API 4902522120Standard Oil Co.

Raderville-Federal 12−1C NE

sec. 12, T. 34 N., R. 89 W.KB 6,523

API 4901321546Exxon Corp.

Horseshoe Creek Unit 1SE NW

sec. 26, T. 35 N., R. 92 W.KB 5,711

API 4901306922Sun Oil Co.

1 Wolf-FederalSW SE

sec. 31, T. 35 N., R. 92 W.KB 5,600

API 4901320237El Paso Natural Gas Co.

Brunel-Federal 1NE SE

sec. 13, T. 34 N., R. 91 W.KB 5,8628

API 4901321107ARCO Oil & Gas Corp.

ARCO-Tribal 34NE NE

sec. 36, T. 1 S., R. 4 E.KB 5,326

API 4901320545General Crude

Tribal 12−15NW SW

sec. 15, T. 1 N., R. 1 E.KB 5,564

API 4901320541Phillips

Johnson Draw B−1SE NE

sec. 24, T. 2 N., R. 1 W.KB 5,855

API 4901320612Exxon Corp.

1 Shoshone-Arapahoe 534NW SE

sec. 2, T. 1 S., R. 2 E.KB 5,270

API 4901320611Exxon Corp.

1 Shoshone-Arapahoe 731SW SE

sec. 20, T. 1 N., R. 2 E.GL 5,390

API 4901320362Amoco

Tribal T−1SE SW

sec. 5, T. 2 N., R. 1 W.KB 6,035

API 4901321081Gulf

Tribal 28−CSW SW

sec. 32, T. 4 N., R. 1 W.KB 5,721

API 4901320311Brehm

Tribal 15−7NW NE

sec. 7, T. 4 N., R. 1 W.KB 6,328

API 4901306533Plymouth Oil

Tribal 1SE SW

sec. 23, T. 5 N., R. 2 W.KB 6,308

API 4901320961Mosbacher Prod. Co.

Federal 17−1NW NW

sec. 17, T. 34 N., R. 94 W.KB 5,622

API 4902523875U.S. Geological Survey

Alcova Reservoir AR–1–13SW SE

sec. 7, T. 30 N., R. 82 W.GL 5,460

API 4902523466Rock Well Pet.

Poison Spider core no. 8SW NW

sec. 18, T. 33 N., R. 82 W.KB 5,628

API 4902522051Lockridge, J.

Bates Creek 12−23SW NW

sec. 23, T. 31 N., R. 81 W.KB 5,559

API 4901306533Plymouth Oil

Tribal 1SE SW

sec. 23, T. 5 N., R. 2 W.KB 6,308

4.1 MILES4.6 MILES6.0 MILES5.0 MILES6.8 MILES4.8 MILES3.9 MILES13.6 MILES

Mowry Shale

Frontier Formation(part)

Muddy Sandstone

ThermopolisShale

Cloverly Formation

Morrison Formation(part)

upper siliceous part

Shell Creek Shale

equivalent

11.4 MILES10.8 MILES4.1 MILES 4.8 MILES

7.6 MILES4.7 MILES 6.9 MILES 7.6 MILES 3.8 MILES 7.8 MILES

12.8 MILES 13.0 MILES 14.8 MILES 9.8 MILES 4.1 MILES 3.7 MILES 21.5 MILES2.2 MILES1.5 MILES 1.0 MILES 6.8 MILES

Mowry Shale

Frontier Formation(part)

Muddy Sandstone

ThermopolisShale

Cloverly Formation

Morrison Formation(part)

0.8 MILES 15.8 MILES1.0 MILES

5.7 MILES

upper siliceous part

Shell Creek Shale

equivalent

4.5 MILES10.4 MILES10.9 MILES

8.0 MILES9.7 MILES

7.1 MILES5.3 MILES7.3 MILES

West Poison Spider Poison SpiderHells Half AcreMadden

SOUTHEAST

SOUTHEASTNORTHWEST

Coalbank Hills

UpperCretaceous

(part)

LowerCretaceous

Jurassic(part)

UpperCretaceous

(part)

LowerCretaceous

Jurassic(part)

Sheldon Dome Steamboat Butte Castle Garden Rattlesnake Hills

WaltmanLysiteSheldon

silt marker

Clay SpurBentonite Bed

Clay SpurBentonite Bed

silt marker

?

?

Datum

8.5 MILES

Riverton Dome

“rusty beds”

“rusty beds”

Bates Creek

Bates CreekAlcova anticline

Datum

EXPLANATION

Locally correlatable horizon or marker bed

Floodplain sandstoneand conglomerate

Tidal sandstone, siltstoneand shale

Undifferentiated deposits

Marine and marginal marine sandstone and siltstone

Marine shale

Siliceous marine shale

Bentonite

Estuarine and fluvial sandstone

Contact

1000

500

300

200

100

0 0

FEETMETERS

No horizontal scale

Kelly bushing elevation, in feetKB

Ground elevation, in feetGL

Gamma rayGR

Spontaneous potentialSP

ResistivityRes.

ConductivityCond.

Gas well

Dry and abandoned, oil and gas show

Dry and abandoned, gas show

Dry and abandoned

Oil well

Depth in feet

Gas showGas showGas producinginterval

Drill-stem testinterval(s)

Perforatedinterval(s)

Oil producinginterval

GR Res.

20,000

WELL LOG SYMBOLS

EXPLANATION

Mowry Shale outcrop

Precambrian rocks

Tertiary volcanic rocks

Wind River Basin Province

Well control point

INDEX MAP

WIND RIVER BASINPROVINCE

WYOMING

Washakie uplift

volcanics

Wind

River

uplift

upliftCreek

Owl

Bigh

orn

uplif

t

Casper

arch

GraniteMountains

uplift

Absaroka

Rattlesnake

Hills

R 95 W R 90 W

T30N

R 85 W

R 85 W

R 80 W

R 80 W

T30N

T35N

T40N

R 90 W

R 100 WR 105 WR 110 W

T30N

T1N

T1S

R 5 W

R 95 W

R 5 E

T5N

T5N

R 105 W

R 5 W

R 100 W

R 1 W R 1 E

T40N

R 110 W

R 1 W R 1 E R 5 E

T1S

T1N

T45N

43º

110º 109º 108º 107º

30’

30’

30’ 30’ 30’ 30’

line

North

line

South

0 40 MILES10 20 30

0 40 KILOMETERS10 20 30

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, 2010,1:2,000,000-scale digital dataLambert Conformal Conic projectionStandard parallels 41º and 45º,Central meridian -107º 30’Latitude of origin 41º, metersNorth American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83)

ROCK TYPES WELL SYMBOLS

Line of sectionNorth line

South line

Unconformity

Silt marker

LINE SYMBOLS

SOUTH LINE—Stratigraphic cross section of the Mowry Shale and associated strata in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming

NORTH LINE—Stratigraphic cross section of the Mowry Shale and associated strata in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming

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Associated data for this publication: Finn, T.M., 2021, Tops file for the Mowry Shale and associated strata in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Y7SLB6.

Stratigraphic Cross Sections of the Mowry Shale and Associated Strata in the Wind River Basin, WyomingBy

Thomas M. Finn2021

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