Site evaluation for U.S. Bureau of Mines experimental oil-shale mine, Piceance Creek Basin, Rio Blanco County, Colorado

Related Titles

Series: Open-file report (Geological Survey (U.S.)), 78-390

By

Ege, John R.

Leavesley, G. H.
Steele, S. G. (Susan G.)
Weeks, John B.
United States. Bureau of Mines.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Reston, Va.], U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1978

Notes

"The Piceance Creek basin, an asymmetric, northwest-trending large structural downwarp, is located approximately 40km (25 mi) west of the town of Meek er in Rio Blanco County, Colo....In the basin, the Green River Formation comprises three members...they are the Douglas Creek, the Garden Gulch, and the Parachute Creek Members...Four sites are presented for consideration and evaluated on geology and hydrology with respect to shale-oil economics"--Page 1.

"Prepared under memorandum of understanding agreement no. H0252010 for the U.S. Bureau of Mines"--Cover

Subjects

Colorado , Oil-shales , Rio Blanco County , Rio Blanco County (Colo.)

Call Number

QE75 .O65 no.78-390

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 4820439