WYOMING STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM 3

Thomas A. Drean Plate 15

Director and State Geologist Type Log
Laramie, Wyoming Powder River Basin

GEOLOGIC STORAGE ASSESSMENT OF

CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) IN THE
LARAMIDE BASINS OF WYOMING

TYPE LOG
POWDER RIVER BASIN

Gamma Ray Resistivity

Period

Epoch

Depth
Formation (GAPI) & (ohm-m)
0.0 150.0 0.2 20,000
Lithology
150.0 300.0 20,000 2,000,000

0
API# 49-005-61153
Groves 49H
100
E o c e n e

200

Wasatch
Formation 300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1,000

1,100
T E R T I A R Y

1,200

1,300

1,400
P a l e o c e n e

1,500

1,600

Fort Union
1,700
Formation

1,800

1,900

2,000

2,100

2,200

2,300

2,400

2,500

2,600

2,700

2,800

2,900

3,000

3,100

3,200

3,300

3,400

3,500

3,600

3,700

3,800

3,900

4,000

4,100

4,200

4,300

4,400

4,500
Lance
Formation
4,600

4,700

4,800

4,900

5,000

5,100

5,200

5,300

5,400

5,500

5,600

5,700

5,800

5,900
U p p e r

6,000

6,100

6,200

6,300

Fox Hills
C R E T A C E O U S

Sandstone 6,400

(6,473)
(4,121)
6,500 API# 49-005-44589
WD Unit 21-3

6,600

6,700

Lewis
Shale
6,800

6,900

7,000

Teapot
Sandstone 7,100
Mesaverde Formation

Member

7,200

Parkman
Sandstone
Member 7,300

7,400

7,500

7,600

7,700

Pierre 7,800
Shale

7,900

8,000

8,100

8,200

8,300

8,400

8,500
Cody
Shale
8,600

8,700

8,800

8,900

9,000

9,100

9,200
Niobrara
Formation
9,300

9,400

Carlile 9,500

Shale

9,600

9,700

9,800

9,900

10,000

Frontier 10,100
Formation

10,200

10,300

10,400

10,500

Mowry
Shale 10,600

10,700

Thermopolis
Lower

Shale
10,800

Cloverly Formation 10,900

(Dakota, Fall River,
Lakota)

11,000
JURASSIC

Morrison 11,100
Formation

11,200

Sundance
Formation 11,300

Gypsum Spring 11,400

Formation
T R I A S S I C

11,500

11,600
Chugwater
Group
11,700

11,800

11,900
P E R M I A N

12,000

12,100
Goose Egg
Formation
12,200
(9,881)
(6,406)
API# 49-027-20445
Federal W-30685 23-3
12,300

12,400

12,500

12,600
P E N N S Y L V A N I A N

12,700

12,800

Tensleep Minnelusa
Sandstone Formation 12,900

13,000

13,100

13,200

13,300

13,400

13,500
MISSISSIPPIAN

13,600

13,700
Madison
Limestone
13,800

13,900

CAMBRIAN

PRECAMBRIAN 14,000

WELLS USED FOR TYPE LOG

API # Operator Well Name Field County Surface Location

49-005-61153 Yates Petroleum Corporation Groves 49H Wildcat Campbell sec. 6, T43N, R73W
49-005-44589 Marlin Oil Company LLC WD Unit 21-3 WD Campbell sec. 3, T48N, R71W
49-027-20445 Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company Federal W-30685 23-3 Wildcat Niobrara sec. 3, T37N, R63W

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