Vitrinite reflectance values of coal from drill-hole cuttings from the Fruitland and Menefee formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico

Fassett, James E.; Nuccio, Vito F.

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“…Linear regression analyses, based on reflectance data points on either side of the coalification jump, were used to determine the equations for converting volatile matter content into calculated vitrinite reflectance values (R c ). Measured vitrinite reflectance values are from Kelso and Rushworth (1982), Rice (1983), Roybal and others (1985), Rice and others (1989), Fassett and Nuccio (1990), Law (1990b), and this study. Volatile matter contents are from Fassett and Hinds (1971), others, 1979, Roybal andothers (1985), Kelso and others (1988), Nickelson (1988), andRoberts (1989).…”

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Coalbed methane in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado

1994

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Coalbed methane is playing an increasingly important role in meeting the energy needs of the United States. This unconventional gas may supply 4-5% of the domestic natural gas in 1994. The San Juan Basin led the nation in coalbed methane production in 1992, when nearly 2,100 Fruitland coalbed wells produced approximately 447 billion cubic feet (BCF) of coalbed methane - 81% of the total U.S. coalbed methane production of approximately 553 BCF.This publication discusses five areas that relate to controls on the occurrence or producibility of coalbed methane in the San Juan Basin: tectonic setting; depositional setting; fracture patterns in Fruitland coalbeds and adjacent strata; studies of hydrology, thermal maturity, and gas composition; and the integration of geologic and hydrologic studies. The research, funded by the Gas Research Institute and conducted by the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, the Colorado Geologic Survey, and the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, was summarized in a topical report (GRI-91/0072) that had limited distribution. This publication includes reviewed papers on the San Juan Basin from that report, but omits two generic papers, and makes the research results more available to geoscientists and engineers.

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Coalbed methane in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado

1994

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“…Humate is found throughout the Menefee, both in association with coal beds and in the so called 'barren' parts of the formation (Shomaker and Hiss, 1974;Siemers and Wadell, 1977). Humate is dark-brown to brownish-gray mudstone that contains abundant wood and plant material and was deposited in moderately to poorly drained swamps that received an abundant influx of clay and organic matter (Siemers and Wadell, 1977 show vitrinite reflectance (R m ) values, in percent, contoured using data from Fassett and Nuccio (1990), Law (1992), and Ridgley (2001b). Also shown are locations of the wells (green triangles) used to construct the burial history curves found in this report (figs.…”

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“…1) (Fassett and Nuccio, 1990; C. Threlkeld, U.S Geological Survey, written commun., 2001). These data indicate that the Dakota-lower Mancos and Menefee strata had a similar thermal history in the southern part of the central basin, but a higher thermal history for the Dakota-lower Mancos relative to the Menefee north of this area (Rice, 1983).…”

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Geology, sequence stratigraphy, and oil and gas assessment of the Lewis Shale Total Petroleum System, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado: Chapter 5 in <i>Total petroleum systems and geologic assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the San Juan Basin Province, exclusive of Paleozoic rocks, New Mexico and Colorado</i>

Dubiel¹

2013

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“…San Juan Basin coals, depending on the age and location within the basin, have been buried from 1000 to 4000 ft deep, with the depth of burial increasing to the north. Vitrinite reflectance measured on the deeper Fruitland and Menefee coals ranges from 0.5 to 1.45% (Rice, 1983;Fassett and Nuccio, 1990) and tends to show some increase in rank with depth and toward the northern part of the basin, in the vicinity of the San Juan volcanic complex.…”

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Quality assessment of strippable coals in northwestern New Mexico: Fruitland, Menefee, and Crevasse Canyon Formation coals in San Juan Basin, and Moreno Hill Formation coals in Salt Lake field

Hoffman¹,

Campbell²,

Beaumont³

1993

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During three years of drilling and sampling in the San Juan Basin, 524 coal core samples were collected from 149 drill sites on approximate 2 mi centers in the Fruitland, Menefee, Crevasse Canyon, and Moreno Hill Formations. Most of these drill sites were placed along the lines parallel to the Late Cretaceous shorelines in areas where thickest coals are at depths of about 200 ft. Eight drill sites in the Chacra Mesa field were drilled on a line perpendicular to the shorelines on 1 mi centers; the Moreno Hill Formation sites in the Salt Lake field and the Fruitland Formation in the Fruitland field were drilled on trends perpendicular to the Late Cretaceous shorelines.The Fruitland Formation coals were from the Fruitland, Bisti, and Star Lake fields; the upper coal member of the Menefee Formation coals were from the Chacra Mesa and La Ventana fields; the Cleary Coal Member of the Menefee Formation coals were from the La Ventana, Chacra Mesa, San Mateo, and Standing Rock fields; and the remaining Menefee coals analyzed were from the Moreno field. Cleary-Gibson, Gibson, and Dilco Coal Member coals of the Crevasse Canyon Formation were cored and analyzed from the Gallup and Crownpoint fields, and coals from the Moreno Hill Formation were collected and analyzed from the Salt Lake field.Significant aspects of chemistry, quality, coal rank, thickness trends, stratigraphic-depositional features, and petrographic composition are presented in this report. Petrographic analyses indicate a difference in maceral content between the Fruitland coals and the other older formations sampled. The Fruitland coals have a higher percentage of liptinite, in particular the resinite constituent of the liptinite group is much higher than for the Menefee and Crevasse Canyon coals. In general, the Fruitland coals have a higher hydrogen/volatile matter ratio which is in part influenced by the resinite content. The Moreno Hill Formation coals in the Salt Lake field have the highest inertinite content of all the formations sampled, indicating oxidation during coal development.The Fruitland coals tend to be the most economically viable because of their thickness, relative continuity, and overall quality, albeit having a high ash yield. The Menefee Formation coals do not have the same degree of bed continuity or thickness as the Fruitland coals, but the ash yield is lower and the rank is equivalent to that of the Fruitland coals in the Bisti and Star Lake fields. Of the Menefee Formation coal fields investigated, the San Mateo field has the best economic potential because of the thickness of the coals and the low sulfur and ash. The Cleary-Gibson coals in the Gallup area have the greatest economic potential of the Crevasse Canyon fields examined. This coal-bearing sequence has both multiple coal beds and relatively thick coals. The Cleary-Gibson coals also have low ash and sulfur, which enhance their economic potential. Of the remaining fields drilled, the upper coal member Menefee coals in the La Ventana field and the Crevasse Canyon coals in parts of the Crownpoint field may be economic. The La Ventana upper member coals are relatively thick and have a low ash yield. In the Crownpoint field the coals are thickest in the area northwest of the town of Crownpoint and near Borrego Pass.

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Vitrinite reflectance values of coal from drill-hole cuttings from the Fruitland and Menefee formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Coalbed methane in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado

Coalbed methane in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado

Quality assessment of strippable coals in northwestern New Mexico: Fruitland, Menefee, and Crevasse Canyon Formation coals in San Juan Basin, and Moreno Hill Formation coals in Salt Lake field

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