Petroleum potential of wilderness lands in Arizona

Ryder, Robert T.

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“…Hatchet and Big Hatchet Mountains (Corbitt and Woodward, 1970;Elston, 1970;Zeller, 1975;Drewes and Thorman, 1978;Seager, 1981 andRyder, 1983a;Seager and Mack, 1986). …”

Section: Potential Trapsmentioning

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The geologic setting of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, with a rationale for assessment of undiscovered economically recoverable oil and gas; a summary of four potential plays

Butler¹

1989

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“…Hatchet and Big Hatchet Mountains (Corbitt and Woodward, 1970;Elston, 1970;Zeller, 1975;Drewes and Thorman, 1978;Seager, 1981 andRyder, 1983a;Seager and Mack, 1986). …”

Section: Potential Trapsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The geologic setting of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, with a rationale for assessment of undiscovered economically recoverable oil and gas; a summary of four potential plays

Butler¹

1989

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“…The New Water Mountains Wilderness Study Area is in a part of the Basin and Range physiographic province that is considered to have low or zero potential for oil and gas (Ryder, 1983). There are no tar or oil seeps, black shales, or other evidence of hydrocarbon source beds in the exposed sedimentary strata of the study area.…”

Section: Oil and Gasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mineral resources of the New Water Mountains Wilderness Study Area, La Paz County, Arizona

1989

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“…That part of the WSA west of the Grand Wash fault has moderate potential for oil and gas resources, and that part east of the fault has low potential (Ryder, 1983). Paleozoic reservoir rocks are buried west of the fault, but on the eastern side of the fault they are visibly faulted, exposed, and susceptible to freshwater flushing as well as updip migration to the surface.…”

Section: Pigeon Canyon Wilderness Study Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, moderate potential exists for uranium, copper, and other metals in that part of the Nevershine Mesa WSA between the Savanic and Cunningham Mines because this area (1) lies between two known mineralized collapse structures that are only 3/4 mi apart and (2) may contain mineralized joints similar to those at the Savanic Mine. Ryder (1983) rated the potential for resources of oil and gas in the Nevershine Mesa WSA as moderate west of the Grand Wash fault and as low east of the fault. Paleozoic reservoir rocks are buried west of the fault, whereas Paleozoic rocks on the eastern side of the fault are visibly faulted, exposed, and susceptible to freshwater flushing as well as updip migration to the surface.…”

Section: Nevershine Mesa Wilderness Study Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One small prospect in the area presumably was dug to develop a spring (Cox and Russell, 1973;Lane, 1984). Ryder (1983) rated the potential for resource? of oil and gas as low because the WSA lies entirely east of the Grand Wash fault where the Paleozoic reservoir rocks are visibly faulted, exposed, and susceptible to freshwater flushing as well as updip migration to the surface.…”

Section: Snap Point Wilderness Study Areamentioning

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Mineral resource potential map of the Pigeon Canyon, Nevershine Mesa, and Snap Point Wilderness Study Areas, Mohave County, Arizona

Billingsley¹,

Antweiler²,

Beard³

et al. 1986

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Field and laboratory investigations of the Pigeon Canyon, Nevershine Mesa, and Snap Point WSA's (Wilderness Study Areas) in Mohave County, Ariz., were conducted to determine the mineral resource potential of these lands. The investigations indicate that both the Savanic Mine collapse structure (which occupies pgrts of the Pigeon Canyon WSA and an area excluded from wilderness consideration) and the Cunningham Mine collapse structure (which occupies parts of the Nevershine Mesa WSA and an area excluded from wilderness consideration) have high potential for resources of uranium, copper, and other metals . In addition, a small area witHn the Nevershine Mesa WSA that lies between the Savanic Mine and the Cunningham Mine collapse structures has moderate potential for resources of uranium, copper, and other metals because of its proximity to th<3 two mineralized collapse structures and because joints between the two collapse structures can be hosts for uranium, copper, and other metal deposits.Most collapse structures of the Grand Canyon region are not mineralized, but several collapse structures have yielded substantial quantities of uranium, copper, and other metals. For this reason four previously unknown collapse structures in the Pigeon Canyon WSA have moderate potential for resources of uranium, copper, and other metals.The remainder of the Pigeon Canyon and the Nevershine Mesa WSA's has low potential for resources of uranium, copper, and other metals. The Snap Point WSA has no known mineralized zones or collapse structures that can be hosts for uranium, copper, and other metal deposits and therefore has low potential for resources of these commodities.The potential for resources of oil and gas is low in exposed Paleozoic rocks east of the Grand Wash fault in all three WSA's. In those parts of the Pigeon Canyon and Nevershine Mesa WSA's west of the Grand Wash fault, the potential for resources of oil and gas is moderate in buried Paleozoic rocks. Gypsum occurrences west of the Grand Wash Cliffs in the Pigeon Canyon and Nevershine Mesa WSA's have a moderate resource potential for gypsum; however, this commodity is readily available and more accessible elsewhere in southern Utah and northern Arizona. Slightly anomalous amounts of syngenetic uranium and molybdenum occur in the c^psum deposits but represent a low resource potential at best for these elements. There are no gypsum deposits in the Snap Point WSA. No coal-bearing rocks were observed to cropout in the three WSA's and none are expected to be found in the subsurface of the three WSA's.Industrial mineral resources (building stone, sand and gravel, and limestone) are present in all three WSA's. However, these commodities are more accessible and readily available elsewhere in northern Arizona and southern Utah.In this report, the term "other metals" refers to associated metals such as lead, zinc, silver, arsenic, nickel, molybdenum, cobalt, chromium, and antimony.

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Petroleum potential of wilderness lands in Arizona

Cited by 3 publications

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The geologic setting of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, with a rationale for assessment of undiscovered economically recoverable oil and gas; a summary of four potential plays

The geologic setting of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, with a rationale for assessment of undiscovered economically recoverable oil and gas; a summary of four potential plays

Mineral resources of the New Water Mountains Wilderness Study Area, La Paz County, Arizona

Mineral resource potential map of the Pigeon Canyon, Nevershine Mesa, and Snap Point Wilderness Study Areas, Mohave County, Arizona

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