Relationship of porosity and permeability to petrology of the Madison Limestone in rock cores from three test wells in Montana and Wyoming

Thayer, P.A.

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“…Dolomite porosity clearly is larger in varieties with a tendency for solution cavities to develop around inclusions, such as cherty, anhydritic, or vuggy dolomite, than in laminar varieties, such as shaly dolomite (table 8). On the other hand, a study by Thayer (1983) of the Madison Limestone in and near the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming found that porosity and pore-scale permeability in this formation can be reduced substantially by secondary anhydrite, chert, and calcite in pores and fractures. Thayer (1983, fig.…”

Section: Porosity and Permeabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, a study by Thayer (1983) of the Madison Limestone in and near the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming found that porosity and pore-scale permeability in this formation can be reduced substantially by secondary anhydrite, chert, and calcite in pores and fractures. Thayer (1983, fig. 24) also found that porosity in the Madison Limestone is independent of sampling depth, except possibly at depths of 3,000 ft or less.…”

Section: Porosity and Permeabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some of the information used in this study was obtained from reports on the hydrogeology of areas adjacent to or near the UCRB. In this category were reports by Metzger (1961), Akers and others (1962), Twenter and Metzger (1963), Akers (1964), Bredehoeft (1964), Whitcomb and Lowry (1968), Cooley (1976Cooley ( , 1985, Konikow( 1976), Huntoon (1983), Thayer (1983), Downey (1984), Kreitler and others (1985), and McCulley (1985).…”

Section: Previous Investigationsmentioning

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Hydrologic properties and ground-water flow systems of the Paleozoic rocks in the upper Colorado River basin in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, excluding the San Juan Basin

Geldon¹

2003

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The Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) program was started in 1978 after a congressional mandate to develop quantitative appraisals of the major groundwater systems of the United States. The RASA program represents a systematic effort to study a number of the Nation's most important aquifer systems which, in aggregate, underlie much of the country and which represent important components of the Nation's total water supply. In general, the boundaries of these studies are identified by the hydrologic extent of each system and accordingly transcend the political subdivisions to which investigations have often arbitrarily been limited in the past. The broad objective for each study is to assemble geologic, hydrologic, and geochemical information, to analyze and develop an understanding of the system, and to develop predictive capabilities that will contribute to the effective management of the system. The use of computer simulation is an important element of the RASA studies, both to develop an understanding of the natural, undisturbed hydrologic system, and of any changes brought about by human activities, as well as to provide a means of predicting the regional effects of future pumping or other stresses. The final interpretive results of the RASA program are presented in a series of U.S. Geological Survey Professional Papers that describe the geology, hydrology, and geochemistry of each regional aquifer system. Each study within the RASA program is assigned a single Professional Paper number, and where the volume of interpretive material warrants, separate topical chapters that consider the principal elements of the investigation may be published. The series of RASA interpretive reports begins with Professional Paper 1400, and thereafter will continue in numerical sequence as the interpretive products of subsequent studies become available.

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Section: Porosity and Permeabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Porosity and Permeabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Previous Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hydrologic properties and ground-water flow systems of the Paleozoic rocks in the upper Colorado River basin in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, excluding the San Juan Basin

Geldon¹

2003

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“…The geology, geochemistry, and hydrology of the aquifer system will be described in Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273. Two chapters have been published: MacCary and others (1983) and Thayer (1983). Five remaining chapters have been released to the open files, pending publication: MacCary (1981), Peterson (1981), Brown and others (1982), Downey (1982a), and Busby and others (1983).…”

Section: Algae Are Indicators Of Water Qualitymentioning

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Hydrology of area 50, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain coal provinces, Wyoming and Montana

Lowry¹,

Wilson²

1983

Open-File Report

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Area 50 includes the entire Powder River Basin and the upstream parts of the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne River basins a total of 20,676 square miles. The information in this report will be useful to Federal agencies in leasing and management of Federal coal lands, to surfacemine owners, operators and others preparing permit applications, and to regulatory authorities. The report represents a summary of the results to date of the waterresources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, conducted in cooperation with State and other Federal agencies. Groundwater data water levels, well yields, and water quality are available for about 3,000 wells in Area 50. Water levels in 800 wells completed in the Wyodak-Anderson coal were collected during 1981 by mining companies and others, resulting in a compilation of water-level data for the coal and overburden in the mine areas of Campbell County, Wyoming. Groundwater supplies suitable for stock and domestic use can be developed from wells less than 500 feet deep in most of the area. Deeper wells generally are needed to obtain larger yields. The Madison Limestone usually is considered where large supplies are sought; however, because the permeability of the formation is principally secondary, large-yield wells are not always obtained. Recharge to aquifers occurs mainly in the outcrop areas near their southern, western, and eastern extents. Small quantities of water flow northward out of the area through the Madison and Lower Cretaceous aquifers. Movement in the coal aquifers is complex. Eighty-four percent of the wells and springs sampled yield water with dissolved-solids concentrations greater than the recommended national secondary drinking-water standard of 500 milligrams per liter. Nearly all sources sampled, however, yield water suitable for livestock. Manganese and iron concentrations in water from some aquifers are large enough to be objectionable for domestic supplies because of taste and staining problems. The chemical quality of the ground water is controlled by the solubility of the minerals that comprise the rocks, the reactions that occur as water moves through the rocks, the water temperature and pH, and the length of time during which the water is in contact with the rocks. This report represents a summary of the results of water-resources investigations to date in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. The U.S. Geological Survey has collected hydrologic data and made interpretive hydrologic studies in the area for decades. Much of the work has been done in cooperation with State and other Federal agenciesparticularly the Wyoming State Engineer, Wyoming

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“…The correlation of paleo7 structure and sediment deposition in the Madison Limestone and associated rocks is described in Professional Paper 1273-B (Brown and others, 1984). Thayer (1984) among four adjacent regional aquifer systems investigated during the RASA Program: the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain regional aquifer system to the northeast, the Floridan aquifer system to the south and southeast, the Gulf Coastal Plain regional aquifer system to the west, and the Appalachian Valleys and Piedmont regional aquifer system to the west of the Fall Line.…”

Section: Northern Great Plainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional Aquifer-System Analysis Program of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1978-1992

Sun¹,

Johnston²

1994

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Relationship of porosity and permeability to petrology of the Madison Limestone in rock cores from three test wells in Montana and Wyoming

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

Hydrologic properties and ground-water flow systems of the Paleozoic rocks in the upper Colorado River basin in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, excluding the San Juan Basin

Hydrologic properties and ground-water flow systems of the Paleozoic rocks in the upper Colorado River basin in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, excluding the San Juan Basin

Hydrology of area 50, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain coal provinces, Wyoming and Montana

Regional Aquifer-System Analysis Program of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1978-1992

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