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Coal and Petroleum Resources in the Appalachian Basin—Index Maps of Included Studies

By Leslie F. Ruppert, Michael H. Trippi, and Scott A. Kinney

Chapter B.1 ofCoal and Petroleum Resources in the Appalachian Basin: Distribution, Geologic Framework, and Geochemical CharacterEdited by Leslie F. Ruppert and Robert T. Ryder

Professional Paper 1708

U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

Suggested citation:Ruppert, L.F., Trippi, M.H., and Kinney, S.A., 2014, Coal and petroleum resources in the Appalachian basin—Index maps of included studies, chap. B.1 of Ruppert, L.F., and Ryder, R.T., eds., Coal and petroleum resources in the Appalachian basin; Distribution, geologic framework, and geochemical character: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1708, 37 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/pp1708B.1.

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Contents

Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................1References Cited............................................................................................................................................1

Figures1–17 Index maps of the Appalachian basin resource framework study area showing—

1. The difference between the study area outline and the boundary of the Appalachian Basin Province (Province 67) ........................................................................5

2. State and county boundaries within the study area .........................................................7 3. Oil and gas production in the Appalachian basin and the coal-bearing

part of the Black Warrior basin as of 1995 and 2005 .........................................................9 4. The locations of oil and gas fields in Upper Devonian sandstone reservoirs ..................13 5. The locations of the northern, central, and southern Appalachian coal

regions, coal fields, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region .......................................15 6. Cumulative production of bituminous coal by county for the years

1899 through 2003 ..................................................................................................................17 7. The locations of 10 cross sections of regional extent through the

subsurface of the Appalachian basin ................................................................................19 8. Conodont color alteration index (CAI) sample locations and interpreted

isograds for Ordovician rocks .............................................................................................21 9. Sample locations and interpreted isograds for percent vitrinite

reflectance (%Ro) for Pennsylvanian coal beds ...............................................................23 10. The locations of coalbed-methane (CBM) assessment units ........................................25 11. Counties producing coalbed methane (CBM) ..................................................................27 12. Potential sulfur dioxide emissions from combustion of coal delivered to

powerplants from coal-producing counties for the years 1996 through 2005 ............29 13. The locations of wells in Geauga and Trumbull Counties, Ohio, and

Mercer and Butler Counties, Pennsylvania, where oil and gas were sampled in Lower Silurian reservoirs ................................................................................31

14. The locations of the Conasauga-Rome/Conasauga Total Petroleum System and of selected wells in the Rome trough that had oil and gas production and shows ..........................................................................................................33

15. The locations of samples from Silurian reservoirs in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia ...........................................................35

16. The approximate locations of the Ben Hur and Rose Hill oil fields, Lee County, Virginia, and the Swan Creek oil field, Hancock and Claiborne Counties, Tennessee ...........................................................................................37

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Conversion Factors

Multiply By To obtain

Length

mile (mi) 1.609 kilometer (km)

Area

square mile (mi2) 2.590 square kilometer (km2)

Mass

pound 0.4536 kilogramshort ton (2,000 pounds

avoirdupois) 0.9072 metric ton (megagram = 1,000 kilograms)

Calorific value

British thermal unit (Btu) 1,055.056 joule (J)British thermal unit per pound

avoirdupois (Btu/lb) 2,326 joule per kilogram (J/kg)

Coal and Petroleum Resources in the Appalachian Basin—Index Maps of Included Studies

By Leslie F. Ruppert,1 Michael H. Trippi,1 and Scott Kinney2

IntroductionThis chapter B.1 of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Professional Paper 1708 provides index maps for many of the studies described in other chapters of the report. Scientists of the USGS and State geological surveys studied coal and petroleum resources in the central and southern Appalachian structural basins. In the southern Appalachian basin, studies focused on the coal-bearing parts of the Black Warrior basin in Alabama. The scientists used new and existing geologic data sets to create a common spatial geologic framework for the fossil-fuel-bearing strata of the central Appalachian basin and the Black Warrior basin in Alabama.

Digital data have been compiled into a geographic infor-mation system (GIS) that is included in chapter I.1 (Trippi and others, this volume). Shape files and related metadata for features shown in the index maps of this chapter can be down-loaded from chapter I.1.

The study area for the Appalachian basin resource framework study includes the fossil-fuel-bearing strata of the following States (listed alphabetically): Alabama, Ken-tucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The outline of the study area is shown in figure 1; it differs from the boundary of the Appa-lachian Basin Province (Province 67) defined for the 1995 National Oil and Gas Assessment (NOGA) by the U.S. Geo-logical Survey (1996a). The difference is that the study area includes regions where the Pennsylvanian coal-bearing strata crop out but does not include all of the oil- and gas-bearing strata of the Black Warrior basin, Alabama.

The reasons for providing the index maps in this chap-ter are to show the locations of different studies, to give an overview of topics covered, and to help the user choose which chapter to read. Figures 1 and 2 show the study area outline and county names. Figure 3 shows oil and gas production in 1995 and 2005. Figure 4 shows locations of Upper Devo-nian sandstone oil and gas fields. Figure 5 shows major coal

regions and coal fields. Figure 6 shows coal production by county.

Figure 7 shows the locations of 10 cross sections of regional extent through the subsurface of the Appalachian basin. Figure 8 shows conodont alteration index sample loca-tions and interpreted isograds for Ordovician rocks.

Figure 9 shows vitrinite-reflectance data for Pennsylva-nian coal in the Appalachian basin. Figure 10 shows the loca-tions of coalbed-methane (CBM) assessment units in the study area, and figure 12 shows counties producing CBM. Figure 12 shows sulfur content of coal delivered to powerplants from coal-producing counties in the Appalachian basin and Black Warrior basin.

Figure 13 shows locations of wells in Ohio and Pennsyl-vania where oil and gas were sampled in Lower Silurian reser-voirs. Figure 14 shows the Conasauga-Rome/Conasauga Total Petroleum System and selected wells in the Rome trough in Kentucky and West Virginia having oil and gas production and shows. Figure 15 shows the locations of samples from Silurian reservoirs in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia; the samples yielded total organic carbon data. Figure 16 shows the locations of the Ben Hur and Rose Hill oil fields, Virginia, and the Swan Creek oil field, Tennessee.

The one index map that is not shown is the areal extent of the shale gas plays in the basin. The extents of the plays can be found in Coleman and others (this volume, chap. G.13).

References Cited

Arkle, Thomas, Jr., 1974, Stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian and Permian Systems of the central Appalachians, in Briggs, Garrett, ed., Carboniferous of the Southeastern United States: Geological Society of America Special Paper 148, p. 5–29.

Attanasi, E.D., and Milici, R.C., 1998, Appalachian basin bituminous coal; Weight percent sulfur of produced coal by county, as received at the power plant: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98–763, 1 sheet. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-763/.) (Digital compilation by W.C. Kallander and W.G. Wallace.)

1U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va.2U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo.

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Dolton, G.L., Varnes, K.L., Gautier, D.L., and Barnett, D.L., 1995, Oil and gas resources assessment areas, 1995, lower 48 States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95–75–I, 1 sheet, scale 1:5,000,000.

Harris, A.G., Harris, L.D., and Epstein, J.B., 1978, Oil and gas data from Paleozoic rocks in the Appalachian basin; Maps for assessing hydrocarbon potential and thermal maturity (conodont color alteration isograds and overburden iso-pachs): U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investiga-tions Series Map I–917–E, 4 sheets.

Hatch, J.R., and Pawlewicz, M.J., comps., 2007, Geologic assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Black Warrior Basin Province, Alabama and Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS–69–I, ReadMe file, 5 chapters, and spatial data on 1 CD-ROM. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-069/dds-069-i/.) (Report was compiled from work of the U.S. Geological Survey Black Warrior Basin Province Assess-ment Team.)

Hatch, J.R., Pawlewicz, M.J., Charpentier, R.R., Cook, T.A., Crovelli, R.A., Klett, T.R., Pollastro, R.M., and Schenk, C.J. (all of the U.S. Geological Survey Black Warrior Basin Province Assessment Team), 2003, Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Black Warrior Basin Province, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS–038–03, 2 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-038-03/.)

IHS Energy Group, 2003 and 2007, PI/Dwights Plus US well data. (Database available from IHS Energy Group, 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO, 80112, U.S.A.)

Mast, R.F., Root, D.H., Williams, L.P., Beeman, W.R., and Barnett, D.L., 1998, Areas of historical oil and gas explo-ration and production in the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map I–2582, 1 sheet, scale 1:3,750,000.

Milici, R.C., 1974, Stratigraphy and depositional environ-ments of Upper Mississippian and Lower Pennsylvanian rocks in the southern Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, in Briggs, Garrett, ed., Carboniferous of the Southeastern United States: Geological Society of America Special Paper 148, p. 115–133.

Milici, R.C., 1999, Bituminous coal production in the Appala-chian basin; Past, present, and future: U.S. Geological Sur-vey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF–2330, 4 sheets, available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf-maps/mf-2330/. (Digital compilation by W.C. Kallander, W.G. Wallace, and E.A. Morrissey.) (Superseded by USGS Professional Paper 1708–D.3, in this volume.)

Milici, R.C., 2002, Coalbed methane production in the Appa-lachian basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02–105, unpaginated, available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-105/. (Superseded by USGS Professional Paper 1708–G.2, in this volume.)

Milici, R.C., 2004, Assessment of Appalachian basin oil and gas resources; Carboniferous Coal-bed Gas Total Petroleum System: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004–1272, 98 p., available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1272/. (Superseded by USGS Professional Paper 1708–G.1, in this volume.)

Milici, R.C., and Hatch, J.R., 2004, Assessment of undiscov-ered Carboniferous coal-bed gas resources of the Appala-chian Basin and Black Warrior Basin Provinces, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004–3092, 2 p. (Also avail-able online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3092/.)

Milici, R.C., Ryder, R.T., Swezey, C.S., Charpentier, R.R., Cook, T.A., Crovelli, R.A., Klett, T.R., Pollastro, R.M., and Schenk, C.J. (all of the U.S. Geological Survey Appala-chian Basin Province Assessment Team), 2003, Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS–009–03, 2 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-009-03/.)

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y ar

ea s

how

ing

Stat

e an

d co

unty

bou

ndar

ies

with

in th

e st

udy

area

.


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

tVi

rgin

ia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

k

Mic

higa

n

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

010

020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

ETER

S50

Base

from

U.S

. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

ydi

gita

l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

Albe

rs E

qual

-Are

a Co

nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Oil a

nd g

as

Unkn

own

Gas

Oil

Prod

uctio

n ba

sed

on d

ata

from

U.S

.G

eolo

gica

l Sur

vey

(199

6a,b

)

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

Bas

in P

rovi

nce

(Pro

vinc

e 67

)

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

cefr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

Blac

k War

rior

basin

A

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

3 (f

acin

g pa

ge).

Inde

x m

aps

of th

e Ap

pala

chia

n ba

sin

reso

urce

fram

ewor

k st

udy

area

sho

win

g oi

l and

gas

pro

duct

ion

in th

e Ap

pala

chia

n ba

sin

and

the

coal

-be

arin

g pa

rt of

the

Blac

k W

arrio

r bas

in a

s of

(A) 1

995

and

(B) 2

005.

The

dat

a in

par

t A

are

from

the

1995

Nat

iona

l Oil

and

Gas

Asse

ssm

ent (

NOG

A) b

y th

e U.

S. G

eolo

gica

l Su

rvey

(199

6a),

and

the

plot

(U.S

. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

y, 1

996b

) sho

ws

a su

bset

of t

he

natio

nal o

il an

d ga

s pr

oduc

tion

map

of t

he c

onte

rmin

ous

Unite

d St

ates

by

Mas

t and

ot

hers

(199

8). C

ells

repr

esen

ting

one-

quar

ter s

quar

e m

ile o

f lan

d su

rface

wer

e cr

eate

d an

d co

ded

acco

rdin

g to

type

of p

rodu

ctio

n (p

redo

min

antly

oil,

gas

, oil

and

gas,

and

un

know

n fro

m m

isce

llane

ous

wel

ls d

rille

d fo

r oil

and

gas)

repo

rted

in th

e pr

oprie

tary

Pe

trole

um In

form

atio

n W

ell H

isto

ry C

ontro

l Sys

tem

oil

and

gas

data

base

(IHS

Ene

rgy

Grou

p, 2

003)

. The

mis

cella

neou

s w

ells

incl

ude

wel

ls th

at w

ere

dry,

plu

gged

, or u

sed

for s

tora

ge o

r inj

ectio

n or

oth

er p

urpo

ses.

The

map

in p

art B

use

s th

e sa

me

cells

as

the

map

in p

art A

to s

how

oil

and

gas

prod

uctio

n as

of 2

005

(IHS

Ener

gy G

roup

, 200

7),

befo

re th

e w

ides

prea

d de

velo

pmen

t of t

he M

arce

llus

Shal

e. C

ompa

rison

of p

arts

A

and

B sh

ows

that

pro

duct

ion

incr

ease

d be

twee

n 19

95 a

nd 2

005

thro

ugho

ut th

e Ap

pala

chia

n ba

sin,

mos

t not

ably

in A

laba

ma

and

Virg

inia

. Man

y of

the

new

wel

ls w

ere

prod

ucin

g co

albe

d m

etha

ne fr

om L

ower

Pen

nsyl

vani

an c

oals

. Ryd

er a

nd o

ther

s (th

is

volu

me,

cha

p. C

.1) p

rese

nt th

e st

ratig

raph

ic fr

amew

ork

of th

e ba

sin

in O

hio

and

Wes

t Vi

rgin

ia a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d pe

trole

um s

yste

ms.

Dat

a on

mor

e th

an 5

00,0

00 p

ublic

oil

and

gas

wel

ls fr

om S

tate

geo

logi

cal s

urve

ys c

an b

e qu

erie

d an

d do

wnl

oade

d fro

m T

rippi

an

d ot

hers

(thi

s vo

lum

e, c

hap.

I.1)

.


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

tVi

rgin

ia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

k

Mic

higa

n

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

010

020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

ETER

S50

Base

from

U.S

. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

ydi

gita

l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

Albe

rs E

qual

-Are

a Co

nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Oil a

nd g

as

Unkn

own

Gas

Oil

Prod

uctio

n ba

sed

on d

ata

from

IHS

Ener

gyG

roup

(200

7)

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

Bas

in P

rovi

nce

(Pro

vinc

e 67

)

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

cefr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

Blac

k War

rior b

asin

B

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

3 (f

acin

g pa

ge).

Cont

inue

d.


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

t Virg

inia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

k

Mic

higa

n

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

010

020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

ETER

S50

Base

from

U.S

. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

ydi

gita

l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

Albe

rs E

qual

-Are

a Co

nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Oil a

nd g

as

Stor

age

Gas

Oil

Oil

and

gas

field

s in

Upp

er D

evon

ian

sand

ston

e

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

cefr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

4 (f

acin

g pa

ge).

Inde

x m

ap o

f the

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

ce fr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea s

how

ing

the

loca

tions

of o

il an

d ga

s fie

lds

in U

pper

Dev

onia

n sa

ndst

one

rese

rvoi

rs. T

his

map

is o

ne o

f a s

erie

s of

sev

en m

aps

(Ryd

er a

nd o

ther

s, th

is v

olum

e,

chap

. C.2

) tha

t use

oil

and

gas

field

nam

es a

nd n

umbe

rs a

ssig

ned

by th

e St

ate

geol

ogic

al s

urve

ys o

f Ken

tuck

y, M

aryl

and,

New

Yor

k, O

hio,

Pen

nsyl

vani

a, T

enne

ssee

, an

d W

est V

irgin

ia. T

he m

aps

wer

e co

mpi

led

from

Sta

te o

il an

d ga

s m

aps

or o

ther

pu

blis

hed

sour

ces

(see

cha

p. C

.2).

The

othe

r six

map

s sh

ow o

il an

d ga

s fie

lds

in th

e fo

llow

ing

rese

rvoi

rs: (

1) L

ower

to M

iddl

e Ca

mbr

ian

Rom

e Fo

rmat

ion

and

Mid

dle

to

Uppe

r Con

asau

ga G

roup

rese

rvoi

r; (2

) Low

er to

Mid

dle

Ordo

vici

an B

eekm

anto

wn

Grou

p, L

ower

to M

iddl

e Or

dovi

cian

and

Upp

er C

ambr

ian

Knox

Gro

up, a

nd U

pper

Ca

mbr

ian

Rose

Run

San

dsto

ne (s

ands

tone

) res

ervo

irs; (

3) U

pper

Ord

ovic

ian

Tren

ton

Lim

esto

ne a

nd B

lack

Riv

er L

imes

tone

rese

rvoi

rs; (

4) L

ower

Silu

rian

“Clin

ton”

sa

ndst

one,

Med

ina

Grou

p, T

usca

rora

San

dsto

ne, a

nd K

eefe

r (Bi

g Si

x) S

ands

tone

re

serv

oirs

and

Upp

er O

rdov

icia

n Qu

eens

ton

Shal

e an

d Ba

ld E

agle

For

mat

ion

rese

rvoi

rs; (

5) U

pper

Silu

rian

New

berg

San

dsto

ne, L

ockp

ort D

olom

ite (N

ewbe

rg zo

ne),

Lock

port

Dolo

mite

, and

Akr

on D

olom

ite re

serv

oirs

and

Silu

rian-

Devo

nian

Cor

nife

rous

an

d M

iddl

e De

voni

an O

nond

aga

Lim

esto

ne re

serv

oirs

; and

(6) L

ower

Dev

onia

n Or

iska

ny S

ands

tone

and

Mid

dle

Devo

nian

Hun

ters

ville

Che

rt re

serv

oirs

.


010

020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

ETER

S50

Base

from

U.S

. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

ydi

gita

l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

Albe

rs E

qual

-Are

a Co

nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Med

ium

- and

hig

h-vo

latil

e bi

tum

inou

s co

al

Low

-vol

atile

bitu

min

ous

coal

Anth

raci

te a

nd s

emia

nthr

acite

coa

l

Coal

rank

Bou

ndar

y be

twee

n A

ppal

achi

an b

asin

coal

regi

ons

(nor

ther

n, c

entr

al, a

nd s

outh

ern)

EXPL

ANAT

ION

Penn

sylv

ania

Anth

raci

te re

gion

Nor

ther

nfie

ld

East

ern

Mid

dle

field

Sou

ther

nfie

ldW

indb

er fi

eld

Conn

ells

ville

fiel

dGe

orge

s Cr

eek

field

Broa

d To

p fie

ldWes

tern

Mid

dle

field

Nor

th-C

entra

lfie

ld

Mai

nBi

tum

inou

sfie

ld

Low

erYo

ughi

oghe

nyba

sinCa

stle

man

basi

n

Uppe

rYo

ughi

oghe

nyba

sin

Uppe

rPo

tom

acfie

ld

Nor

ther

nW

est V

irgin

iaco

al fi

eld

Sout

hern

Wes

t Virg

inia

coal

fiel

d

East

ern

Kent

ucky

coal

fiel

d

Nor

ther

n Te

nnes

see

coal

fiel

d

Sout

hern

Ten

ness

eeco

al fi

eld

Coos

afie

ld

War

tbur

gba

sin

Caha

bafie

ld

Sand

Mou

ntai

nfie

ld

Look

out

Mou

ntai

nfie

ld

Sout

hwes

t Virg

inia

coal

fiel

d

Blac

k War

rior

coal

fiel

d

Sout

hern

App

alac

hian

basi

n co

al re

gion

Cent

ral A

ppal

achi

anba

sin

coal

regi

on

Nor

ther

n Ap

pala

chia

nba

sin

coal

regi

on

Mea

dow

Bran

chfie

ld

Poca

hont

as fi

eldN

ew R

iver

fiel

d

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

t Virg

inia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

k

Mic

higa

n

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

5 (f

acin

g pa

ge).

Inde

x m

ap o

f the

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

ce fr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea s

how

ing

the

loca

tions

of t

he n

orth

ern,

cen

tral,

and

sout

hern

App

alac

hian

co

al re

gion

s, c

oal f

ield

s, a

nd th

e Pe

nnsy

lvan

ia A

nthr

acite

regi

on. T

he o

utcr

op e

xten

t of

the

coal

-bea

ring

stra

ta o

f the

App

alac

hian

s ha

s be

en in

form

ally

sub

divi

ded

into

th

e no

rther

n, c

entra

l, an

d so

uthe

rn A

ppal

achi

an b

asin

coa

l reg

ions

; the

regi

on

boun

darie

s ar

e ba

sed

on th

e ch

arac

teris

tics

of th

e se

dim

enta

ry ro

cks

and

the

coal

s.

The

boun

dary

bet

wee

n th

e no

rther

n an

d ce

ntra

l reg

ions

is b

ased

on

the

hing

e lin

e of

Ark

le (1

974)

. It r

epre

sent

s th

e ap

prox

imat

e po

sitio

n of

a h

inge

line

sep

arat

ing

the

north

ern

Appa

lach

ian

basi

n co

al re

gion

are

as c

onta

inin

g th

e yo

unge

r (la

ter M

iddl

e to

Lat

e Pe

nnsy

lvan

ian)

hig

her s

ulfu

r and

hig

her a

sh c

oals

typi

cal o

f nor

ther

n W

est

Virg

inia

, Ohi

o, M

aryl

and,

and

Pen

nsyl

vani

a fro

m th

e ce

ntra

l App

alac

hian

bas

in c

oal

regi

on c

onta

inin

g ou

tcro

ps o

f old

er (E

arly

to e

arly

Mid

dle

Penn

sylv

ania

n), r

elat

ivel

y lo

w s

ulfu

r and

low

ash

coa

ls o

f sou

ther

n W

est V

irgin

ia, w

este

rn V

irgin

ia, a

nd e

aste

rn

Kent

ucky

. Coa

l fie

lds

in M

aryl

and

and

far e

aste

rn n

orth

ern

Wes

t Virg

inia

are

incl

uded

in

the

north

ern

Appa

lach

ian

basi

n co

al re

gion

. The

bou

ndar

y be

twee

n th

e ce

ntra

l an

d th

e so

uthe

rn A

ppal

achi

an c

oal r

egio

ns is

pla

ced

at th

e so

uthe

rn m

argi

n of

the

War

tbur

g ba

sin

of T

enne

ssee

on

the

basi

s of

stru

ctur

al a

nd s

edim

ento

logi

cal f

eatu

res

(Mili

ci, 1

974)

. Abu

ndan

t coa

l res

ourc

es o

f the

Bla

ck W

arrio

r, Ca

haba

, and

Coo

sa

field

s of

Ala

bam

a ha

ve h

isto

rical

ly b

een

incl

uded

with

in th

e Ap

pala

chia

n ba

sin

coal

re

sour

ce b

ase

as p

art o

f the

sou

ther

n Ap

pala

chia

n ba

sin

coal

regi

on. I

n ad

ditio

n, th

e Pe

nnsy

lvan

ia A

nthr

acite

regi

on o

ccur

s on

ly in

the

Valle

y an

d Ri

dge

Prov

ince

; how

ever

, it

has

hist

oric

ally

bee

n pl

aced

in th

e no

rther

n Ap

pala

chia

n ba

sin

coal

regi

on re

sour

ce

base

. The

trad

ition

al tr

eatm

ent i

s sh

own

on th

is m

ap.

Two

type

s of

coa

l fie

lds

occu

r in

the

north

ern

Appa

lach

ian

basi

n co

al re

gion

: bi

tum

inou

s-ra

nk fi

elds

and

ant

hrac

ite-r

ank

field

s. C

oal i

n th

e so

uthe

rn a

nd c

entra

l re

gion

s is

bitu

min

ous.

Bitu

min

ous

coal

fiel

ds in

the

stud

y ar

ea in

clud

e th

e fo

llow

ing:

M

ain

Bitu

min

ous,

Nor

th-C

entra

l, Br

oad

Top,

and

nor

ther

n ex

tens

ion

of th

e Up

per

Poto

mac

(als

o ca

lled

Geor

ges

Cree

k ba

sin)

coa

l fie

lds

in P

enns

ylva

nia;

Upp

er P

otom

ac

coal

fiel

d in

Mar

ylan

d an

d W

est V

irgin

ia (w

hich

in M

aryl

and

incl

udes

the

Low

er a

nd

Uppe

r You

ghio

ghen

y ba

sins

and

the

Cast

lem

an a

nd G

eorg

es C

reek

bas

ins)

; Nor

ther

n an

d So

uthe

rn W

est V

irgin

ia c

oal f

ield

s in

Wes

t Virg

inia

; Sou

thw

est V

irgin

ia c

oal f

ield

in

Virg

inia

; Eas

tern

Ken

tuck

y co

al fi

eld

in K

entu

cky;

Nor

ther

n, a

nd S

outh

ern

Tenn

esse

e co

al fi

elds

in T

enne

ssee

; and

the

Blac

k W

arrio

r bas

in a

nd th

e Sa

nd M

ount

ain,

Lo

okou

t Mou

ntai

n, C

ahab

a, a

nd C

oosa

coa

l fie

lds

of A

laba

ma.

Ohi

o is

not

sub

divi

ded

into

coa

l fie

lds

or re

gion

s. A

nthr

acite

-ran

k fie

lds

incl

ude

the

Wes

tern

Nor

ther

n (n

ot

show

n), S

outh

ern,

Nor

ther

n, E

aste

rn M

iddl

e, a

nd W

este

rn M

iddl

e an

thra

cite

fiel

ds in

Pe

nnsy

lvan

ia.

Rupp

ert a

nd o

ther

s (th

is v

olum

e, c

hap.

D.2

) dis

cuss

the

coal

regi

ons

as p

art

of a

larg

er s

tudy

on

coal

and

mar

ker b

ed c

orre

latio

ns. M

ilici

(thi

s vo

lum

e, c

hap

D.3)

qua

ntifi

es p

ast c

oal p

rodu

ctio

n an

d fo

reca

sts

futu

re c

oal p

rodu

ctio

n in

the

Appa

lach

ian

basi

n co

al re

gion

s (s

ee fi

g. 6

of t

his

chap

ter).

Tew

alt a

nd R

uppe

rt (th

is

volu

me,

cha

p. D

.4) p

rovi

de a

n ov

ervi

ew o

n Ap

pala

chia

n ba

sin

coal

ass

essm

ents

and

cu

rren

t coa

l res

earc

h w

ithin

the

USGS

and

the

Stat

e ge

olog

ical

sur

veys

of A

laba

ma,

Ke

ntuc

ky, M

aryl

and,

Ohi

o, P

enns

ylva

nia,

Ten

ness

ee, V

irgin

ia, a

nd W

est V

irgin

ia.


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

t Virg

inia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

kM

ichi

gan

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

010

020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

ETER

S50

Base

from

U.S

. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

ydi

gita

l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

Albe

rs E

qual

-Are

a Co

nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

50–2

49

1–49

500–

999

>1,0

00

250–

499

No

repo

rted

prod

uctio

n

Cum

ulat

ive

bitu

min

ous

coal

pro

duct

ion,

188

9th

roug

h 20

03—

In m

illio

ns o

f sho

rt to

ns

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

6 (f

acin

g pa

ge).

Inde

x m

ap o

f the

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

ce fr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea s

how

ing

cum

ulat

ive

prod

uctio

n of

bitu

min

ous

coal

by

coun

ty fo

r the

yea

rs

1899

thro

ugh

2003

. Thi

s m

ap is

one

of a

ser

ies

of fo

ur m

aps

by M

ilici

and

Pol

yak

(this

vo

lum

e, c

hap.

D.3

) sho

win

g th

e fo

llow

ing:

(1) d

ecad

e of

max

imum

coa

l pro

duct

ion

by

coun

ty, (

2) a

mou

nt (i

n sh

ort t

ons)

of c

oal p

rodu

ced

in e

ach

coun

ty d

urin

g th

e de

cade

of m

axim

um c

oal p

rodu

ctio

n, (3

) cum

ulat

ive

coal

pro

duct

ion

by c

ount

y fo

r the

yea

rs

1899

thro

ugh

2003

, and

(4) a

nnua

l coa

l pro

duct

ion

by c

ount

y in

200

3. T

hese

map

s an

d th

e ac

com

pany

ing

disc

ussi

on, p

redi

ctio

ns, a

nd ta

bles

in c

hapt

er D

.3 a

re a

n up

date

of

Mili

ci (1

999)

. See

figu

re 2

of t

his

chap

ter f

or c

ount

y na

mes

and

the

boun

dary

of t

he

stud

y ar

ea.


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

tVi

rgin

ia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

k

Mic

higa

n

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

010

020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

ETER

S50

Base

from

U.S

. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

ydi

gita

l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

Albe

rs E

qual

-Are

a Co

nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

cefr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea

Silu

rian

cro

ss s

ectio

n

Cam

bria

n cr

oss

sect

ion

palin

spas

tic re

stor

atio

n lin

e

Cam

bria

n to

Ord

ovic

ian

cros

s se

ctio

n w

ell

Cam

bria

n to

Ord

ovic

ian

cros

s se

ctio

n

Regi

onal

cro

ss s

ectio

n w

ell

Regi

onal

cro

ss s

ectio

n

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

E

E'

D

D'

H

H'

GA

G'

D

D'

C

C'

B

B'

A'

E

F

E'

F'

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

7 (f

acin

g pa

ge).

Inde

x m

ap o

f the

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

ce fr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea s

how

ing

the

loca

tions

of 1

0 cr

oss

sect

ions

of r

egio

nal e

xten

t thr

ough

the

subs

urfa

ce o

f the

App

alac

hian

bas

in. T

he s

ectio

ns a

re s

how

n an

d de

scrib

ed in

11

pape

rs b

y Ro

bert

T. R

yder

and

oth

ers

(this

vol

ume,

cha

p. E

). Th

e 10

cro

ss s

ectio

ns a

re

subd

ivid

ed in

to th

ree

grou

ps: (

1) re

stor

ed c

ross

sec

tions

em

phas

izing

Cam

bria

n an

d Or

dovi

cian

rock

s (5

cro

ss s

ectio

ns),

(2) r

esto

red

cros

s se

ctio

ns e

mph

asizi

ng L

ower

an

d Up

per (

part)

Silu

rian

rock

s (3

cro

ss s

ectio

ns),

and

(3) r

egio

nal g

eolo

gic

(stru

ctur

al)

cros

s se

ctio

ns il

lust

ratin

g th

e en

tire

pres

erve

d se

ctio

n of

Pal

eozo

ic ro

cks

(2 c

ross

sect

ions

). Th

e st

ratig

raph

ic u

nits

in th

e re

stor

ed c

ross

sec

tions

are

con

stru

cted

with

re

spec

t to

a ho

rizon

tal l

ithol

ogic

dat

um, w

here

as th

e st

ratig

raph

ic u

nits

in th

e ge

olog

ic

(stru

ctur

al) c

ross

sec

tions

are

con

stru

cted

with

resp

ect t

o a

sea-

leve

l dat

um. T

he

cont

rol p

oint

s fo

r the

cro

ss s

ectio

ns a

re e

xplo

rato

ry w

ells

dril

led

for o

il an

d ga

s; m

any

of th

e w

ells

reac

hed

igne

ous

and

met

amor

phic

bas

emen

t roc

ks o

f Mes

opro

tero

zoic

ag

e. C

ambr

ian-

Ordo

vici

an c

ross

sec

tions

B–Bʹ ,

C–Cʹ

, and

G–Gʹ c

onta

in p

alin

spas

tic

reco

nstru

ctio

ns s

how

ing

rest

orat

ion

to th

eir o

rigin

al g

eogr

aphi

c po

sitio

n be

fore

de

form

atio

n.


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

tVi

rgin

ia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

kM

ichi

gan

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

010

020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

ETER

S50

Base

from

U.S

. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

ydi

gita

l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

Albe

rs E

qual

-Are

a Co

nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Isog

rad

(Har

ris a

nd o

ther

s, 1

978)

Sam

ple

(Har

ris a

nd o

ther

s, 1

978)

Sam

ple

(Rep

etsk

i and

oth

ers,

this

vol

ume,

cha

p. F.

1)

Isog

rad

(Rep

etsk

i and

oth

ers,

this

vol

ume,

cha

p. F.

1)

EXPL

ANAT

ION

Ord

ovic

ian

cono

dont

col

or a

ltera

tion

inde

x(C

AI)

data

—Va

lues

indi

cate

rela

tive

ther

mal

mat

urity

and

rang

e fro

m 1

to 5

(lea

st to

mos

tth

erm

ally

mat

ure)

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

3

444

2.5

2

54.5

5

5

4.54

2.5

3

2

4.5

2.5

3.54

4

2

43

4.54

1.5

2.5

3.5

3.5

2.5

4

3.5

4

5

3.5

3 4.5

5

2

2.5

5

1.5

3

3

4

1.5

1.5

3.54

4.5

2 2.5

3

5

4.5

43.

5

5

1.5

2

34

5

2.5

3.5

1.5

4.5

1+

5

2

1+

1+

4.5

4.5

2.5

3

4.5

5

2

1.5

2

4

4.5

4.5

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

8 (f

acin

g pa

ge).

Inde

x m

ap o

f the

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

ce fr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea s

how

ing

cono

dont

col

or a

ltera

tion

inde

x (C

AI) s

ampl

e lo

catio

ns a

nd

inte

rpre

ted

isog

rads

for O

rdov

icia

n ro

cks;

CAI

dat

a ar

e fro

m H

arris

and

oth

ers

(197

8)

and

Repe

tski

and

oth

ers

(this

vol

ume,

cha

p. F.

1). R

epet

ski a

nd o

ther

s (th

is v

olum

e,

chap

. F.1

) pre

sent

new

CAI

isog

rad

map

s fo

r Ord

ovic

ian

and

Silu

rian

thro

ugh

Mid

dle

Devo

nian

car

bona

te ro

cks

and

map

s sh

owin

g re

flect

ance

of d

ispe

rsed

vitr

inite

in

Mid

dle

and

Uppe

r Dev

onia

n bl

ack

shal

es in

the

Alle

ghen

y Pl

atea

u st

ruct

ural

pro

vinc

e.

The

map

s sh

ow d

ata

for a

ll or

par

ts o

f Ken

tuck

y, N

ew Y

ork,

Ohi

o, P

enns

ylva

nia,

Vi

rgin

ia, a

nd W

est V

irgin

ia a

nd a

re u

sed

to in

terp

ret t

herm

al h

isto

ry a

nd a

ddre

ss

impl

icat

ions

for t

he g

eolo

gy a

nd p

etro

leum

reso

urce

pot

entia

l of t

he A

ppal

achi

an

basi

n. S

ee fi

gure

1 o

f thi

s ch

apte

r for

the

boun

dary

of t

he s

tudy

are

a. T

he n

ew C

AI

isog

rad

map

s co

mpl

emen

t, an

d in

som

e ar

eas

repl

ace,

the

map

s by

Har

ris a

nd o

ther

s (1

978)

that

sho

w C

AI is

ogra

ds fo

r Ord

ovic

ian

carb

onat

e ro

cks

and

Silu

rian

thro

ugh

Mid

dle

Devo

nian

car

bona

te ro

cks

in th

e Ap

pala

chia

n ba

sin.


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

t Virg

inia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

k

Mic

higa

n

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

010

020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

ETER

S50

Base

from

U.S

. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

ydi

gita

l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

Albe

rs E

qual

-Are

a Co

nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Out

crop

are

a of

Pen

nsyl

vani

an c

oal-

bear

ing

stra

ta

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

cefr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea

Penn

sylv

ania

n vi

trin

ite-r

efle

ctan

ce is

ogra

d—Va

lues

are

in p

erce

nt v

itrin

ite re

flect

ance

(%R o

) and

incr

ease

with

incr

ease

d th

erm

al m

atur

ity. C

onto

ur in

terv

al is

varia

ble.

Dat

a fro

m R

uppe

rt an

d ot

hers

(thi

s vo

lum

e,

chap

. F. 2

)

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

1.0

0.6

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.4 1.6

1.6

0.60.8

2.5

3.03.5 4.0 4.5

5.0

5.5

1.8

1.4

1.2

1.6

0.8

1.0

1.0

1.8

0.6 0.8

1.0

1.8

1.6

1.2

2.0

0.8

0.8

1.6

1.0

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

9 (f

acin

g pa

ge).

Inde

x m

ap o

f the

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

ce fr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea s

how

ing

inte

rpre

ted

isog

rads

for p

erce

nt v

itrin

ite re

flect

ance

(%R o)

for P

enns

ylva

nian

coa

l bed

s. F

or v

isua

l acu

ity, t

he a

ppro

xim

atel

y 2,

800

sam

ple

loca

tions

are

not

sho

wn.

Isog

rad

valu

es ra

nge

from

0.6

%R o in

Ohi

o an

d th

e w

est

side

of t

he E

aste

rn K

entu

cky

coal

fiel

d to

5.5

%R o in

the

Sout

hern

Ant

hrac

ite fi

eld,

Sc

huyl

kill

Coun

ty, P

enns

ylva

nia

(see

figs

. 2 a

nd 5

for c

ount

y an

d co

al fi

eld

loca

tions

, re

spec

tivel

y). T

his

map

and

map

s of

Low

er, M

iddl

e, a

nd U

pper

Pen

nsyl

vani

an

coal

bed

s in

the

Appa

lach

ian

basi

n ar

e us

ed to

inte

rpre

t the

ther

mal

his

tory

and

ad

dres

s im

plic

atio

ns fo

r coa

lbed

-met

hane

pot

entia

l in

the

Appa

lach

ian

basi

n. T

he

Penn

sylv

ania

n th

erm

al m

atur

ity m

aps

com

pile

d fo

r thi

s st

udy

are

prov

ided

and

di

scus

sed

in R

uppe

rt an

d ot

hers

(thi

s vo

lum

e, c

hap.

F.2)

. The

y co

mpl

emen

t the

co

nodo

nt a

ltera

tion

inde

x (C

AI)-b

ased

ther

mal

mat

urity

map

s fo

r the

Ord

ovic

ian

and

Devo

nian

rock

s of

Har

ris a

nd o

ther

s (1

978)

and

Rep

etsk

i and

oth

ers

(this

vol

ume,

ch

ap. F

.1);

see

figur

e 8

of th

is c

hapt

er.


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

t Virg

inia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

k

Mic

higa

n

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

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35°

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43°

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Cent

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erid

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81°0

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Latit

ude

of o

rigin

37°

30’W

Wes

t Dun

kard

Bas

in (U

nfol

ded)

Ass

essm

ent U

nit

(not

ass

esse

d)

Poca

hont

as B

asin

Ass

essm

ent U

nit

Cent

ral A

ppal

achi

an S

helf

Asse

ssm

ent U

nit

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in fr

amew

ork

geol

ogy

stud

y ar

ea

Bou

ndar

y of

Bla

ck W

arri

or B

asin

Pro

vinc

e(P

rovi

nce

65 o

f Dol

ton

and

othe

rs, 1

995)

Bou

ndar

y of

Pot

tsvi

lle C

oal-

bed

Gas

TPS

(Bla

ck W

arri

or B

asin

Pro

vinc

e)

EXPL

ANAT

ION

Appa

lach

ian

Anth

raci

te a

nd S

emi-A

nthr

acite

Asse

ssm

ent U

nit (

not a

sses

sed)

East

Dun

kard

Bas

in (F

olde

d) A

sses

smen

t Uni

t

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

Bas

in P

rovi

nce

(Pro

vinc

e 67

of D

olto

n an

d ot

hers

, 199

5)

Blac

k W

arrio

r Bas

in A

sses

smen

t Uni

t(s

urfa

ce e

xten

t)

Bou

ndar

y of

Pot

tsvi

lle C

oal-

bed

Gas

TPS

(App

alac

hian

Bas

in P

rovi

nce)

Caha

ba B

asin

Ass

essm

ent U

nit

Bou

ndar

y of

Car

boni

fero

us C

oal-

bed

Gas

TPS

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

10

(faci

ng p

age)

. In

dex

map

of t

he A

ppal

achi

an b

asin

reso

urce

fram

ewor

k st

udy

area

sho

win

g th

e lo

catio

ns o

f coa

lbed

-met

hane

(CBM

) ass

essm

ent u

nits

. Dur

ing

the

2002

Nat

iona

l Oil

and

Gas

Asse

ssm

ent (

NOG

A), t

he U

.S. G

eolo

gica

l Sur

vey

defin

ed

two

asse

ssm

ent p

rovi

nces

that

enc

ompa

ssed

the

sout

hern

and

cen

tral p

arts

of t

he

Appa

lach

ian

basi

n: th

e Ap

pala

chia

n Ba

sin

Prov

ince

, whi

ch s

tretc

hes

from

New

Yor

k St

ate

to A

laba

ma,

and

the

Blac

k W

arrio

r Bas

in P

rovi

nce

in A

laba

ma

and

Mis

siss

ippi

. Fo

r ass

essm

ent o

f CBM

, the

App

alac

hian

Bas

in P

rovi

nce

was

div

ided

into

two

tota

l pe

trole

um s

yste

ms:

the

Carb

onife

rous

Coa

l-bed

Gas

Tot

al P

etro

leum

Sys

tem

(TPS

) and

th

e Po

ttsvi

lle C

oal-b

ed G

as T

PS. T

he C

arbo

nife

rous

Coa

l-bed

Gas

TPS

con

sist

s of

the

follo

win

g fiv

e as

sess

men

t uni

ts (A

Us):

(1) t

he P

ocah

onta

s Ba

sin

AU in

sou

ther

n W

est

Virg

inia

, eas

tern

Ken

tuck

y, a

nd s

outh

wes

tern

Virg

inia

; (2)

the

Cent

ral A

ppal

achi

an

Shel

f AU

in T

enne

ssee

, eas

tern

Ken

tuck

y, a

nd s

outh

ern

Wes

t Virg

inia

; (3)

the

East

Du

nkar

d (F

olde

d) A

U in

wes

tern

Pen

nsyl

vani

a an

d no

rther

n W

est V

irgin

ia; (

4) th

e W

est D

unka

rd (U

nfol

ded)

AU

in O

hio

and

adja

cent

par

ts o

f Pen

nsyl

vani

a an

d W

est

Virg

inia

; and

(5) t

he A

ppal

achi

an A

nthr

acite

and

Sem

i-Ant

hrac

ite A

U in

Pen

nsyl

vani

a an

d Vi

rgin

ia. M

ilici

(thi

s vo

lum

e, c

hap.

G.1

) dis

cuss

es g

eolo

gy a

nd C

BM p

rodu

ctio

n po

tent

ial o

f the

Car

boni

fero

us C

oal-b

ed G

as T

PS a

nd th

e as

sess

men

ts re

porte

d by

Mili

ci a

nd o

ther

s (2

003)

, Mili

ci (2

004)

, and

Mili

ci a

nd H

atch

(200

4). T

he re

sults

of

the

asse

ssm

ent o

f und

isco

vere

d oi

l and

gas

reso

urce

s of

the

Blac

k W

arrio

r Bas

in

Prov

ince

wer

e re

leas

ed b

y Ha

tch

and

othe

rs (2

003)

, Mili

ci a

nd H

atch

(200

4), a

nd H

atch

an

d Pa

wle

wic

z (20

07, w

hich

incl

udes

an

asse

ssm

ent o

f the

Pot

tsvi

lle C

oal-b

ed G

as

TPS

in th

e Bl

ack

War

rior B

asin

Pro

vinc

e).


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

t Virg

inia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

kM

ichi

gan

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

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land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

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ton,

D.C.

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43°

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81°0

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Coun

ty th

at p

rodu

ces

coal

bed

met

hane

Loca

tion

of M

ylan

Par

k st

udy

area

, Mon

onga

liaCo

unty

, Wes

t Vir

gini

a

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

cefr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea

Loca

tion

of M

eado

wfil

l Lan

dfill

stu

dy a

rea,

Har

riso

nCo

unty

, Wes

t Vir

gini

a

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

Bibb

Jeffe

rson Sh

elby

Wal

ker

Faye

tte

Clay Be

ll

Gree

ne

Tusc

aloo

sa

Somerset

Faye

tte

Pick

ens

Gree

ne

Hale

Wise

Cambria

Rale

igh

Was

hing

ton

Wes

tmor

elan

d

Lesli

e

Russ

ellTa

zew

ell

McD

owel

l

Wyo

min

g

Wet

zel

Buch

anan

Dick

enso

n

Mon

onga

lia

Harri

son

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

11

(faci

ng p

age)

. In

dex

map

of t

he A

ppal

achi

an b

asin

reso

urce

fram

ewor

k st

udy

area

sho

win

g co

untie

s pr

oduc

ing

coal

bed

met

hane

(CBM

). M

ilici

and

Pol

yak

(this

vol

ume,

cha

p. G

.2 ,

whi

ch s

uper

sede

s M

ilici

, 200

2) d

iscu

ss C

BM p

rodu

ctio

n an

d po

tent

ial i

n th

e st

udy

area

and

sug

gest

that

alth

ough

mos

t of t

he C

BM p

rodu

ctio

n

occu

rs in

the

Poca

hont

as b

asin

in V

irgin

ia a

nd th

e Bl

ack

War

rior b

asin

(see

fig.

10

of th

is c

hapt

er),

pote

ntia

l exi

sts

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

udy

area

. In

addi

tion

to th

e CB

M-

prod

ucin

g co

untie

s, th

is m

ap a

lso

show

s th

e lo

catio

ns o

f tw

o CB

M w

ells

dis

cuss

ed b

y Ru

pper

t and

oth

ers

(this

vol

ume,

cha

ps. G

.3 a

nd G

.4).


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

t Virg

inia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

kM

ichi

gan

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

Elk

Tioga

Pike

Cent

re

Bibb

Jack

son

Butle

r

Lyco

min

g

Jeffe

rson

Clea

rfiel

d

Shel

by

Blai

r

Wal

ker

Star

k

Mar

ion

Faye

tte

Scot

t

Scot

t

Clay

Pike

Scio

to

Mer

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Bell

Cullm

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inst

on

Gree

ne

Mar

ion

Mei

gs

Bedf

ord

Clin

ton

Tusc

aloo

sa

Lee

Indi

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DeKa

lb

Blou

nt

Kana

wha

Gree

nbrie

r

Lam

ar

Faye

tte

Grant

Clar

ion

Faye

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Gallia

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Cambria

Rale

igh

Boon

e

Huntingdon

Vena

ngo

Perry

Clay

Knox

Nic

hola

s

Alle

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y

WayneM

arsh

all

Was

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ton

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Fulton

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Mingo

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Clinton

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Knot

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Web

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Brax

ton

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Carte

r

Belm

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Vint

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Mas

on

Russ

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Woo

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Perry

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Pres

ton

Garre

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Rand

olph

Linco

ln

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Carro

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Mon

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Muskingum

Wirt

Fent

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Jackson

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Cum

berla

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Campbell

Hock

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John

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Bledsoe

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Buch

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Harrison

Doddridge

Grun

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Upshur

Alle

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Harri

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Tuscarawas

Lawren

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Mar

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Putnam

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Marshall

Magoffin

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n

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2.01

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No

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prod

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983–

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No

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prod

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996–

2005

Pote

ntia

l sul

fur d

ioxi

de e

mis

sion

s fr

om c

ombu

stio

nof

App

alac

hian

bas

in c

oal f

rom

199

6 to

200

5—W

eigh

ted

aver

age,

in p

ound

s of

sul

fur d

ioxi

de p

erm

illio

n Br

itish

ther

mal

uni

ts

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

12

(faci

ng p

age)

. In

dex

map

of t

he A

ppal

achi

an b

asin

reso

urce

fram

ewor

k st

udy

area

sho

win

g po

tent

ial s

ulfu

r dio

xide

em

issi

ons

from

com

bust

ion

of c

oal

deliv

ered

to p

ower

plan

ts fr

om c

oal-p

rodu

cing

cou

ntie

s fo

r the

yea

rs 1

996

thro

ugh

2005

. The

mea

sure

d su

lfur c

onte

nt o

f the

coa

l is

expr

esse

d as

pou

nds

of s

ulfu

r dio

xide

per m

illio

n Br

itish

ther

mal

uni

ts (l

bs S

O 2/MM

Btu)

. Thi

s m

ap is

one

of f

our m

aps

by

Trip

pi a

nd o

ther

s (th

is v

olum

e, c

hap.

G.5

) upd

atin

g m

aps

by A

ttana

si a

nd M

ilici

(199

8),

whi

ch s

how

ed a

vera

ge s

ulfu

r con

tent

by

coun

ty o

f coa

l del

iver

ed to

pow

erpl

ants

for

the

year

s 19

83 th

roug

h 19

95.


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l dat

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,000

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a Co

nic

proj

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anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

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and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Loca

tion

of S

iluri

an o

il an

d ga

s w

ell d

escr

ibed

by B

urru

ss a

nd R

yder

(thi

s vo

lum

e, c

hap.

G.7

)

Loca

tion

of S

iluri

an o

il an

d ga

s w

ell d

escr

ibed

by B

urru

ss a

nd R

yder

(thi

s vo

lum

e, c

hap.

G.6

)

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

cefr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

t Virg

inia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

k

Mic

higa

n

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

13

(faci

ng p

age)

. In

dex

map

of t

he A

ppal

achi

an b

asin

reso

urce

fram

ewor

k st

udy

area

sho

win

g th

e lo

catio

ns o

f wel

ls in

Gea

uga

and

Trum

bull

Coun

ties,

Ohi

o, a

nd

Mer

cer a

nd B

utle

r Cou

ntie

s, P

enns

ylva

nia,

whe

re o

il an

d ga

s w

ere

sam

pled

in L

ower

Si

luria

n re

serv

oirs

. Bur

russ

and

Ryd

er (t

his

volu

me,

cha

p. G

.6) d

iscu

ss th

e or

igin

and

sour

ces

of 1

2 ga

s sa

mpl

es a

nd 1

1 oi

l sam

ples

from

14

wel

ls. I

n a

com

pani

on p

aper

, Bu

rrus

s an

d Ry

der (

this

vol

ume,

cha

p. G

.7) e

xam

ine

the

orig

in a

nd s

ourc

es o

f 10

oil a

nd

3 ga

s sa

mpl

es fr

om 1

0 ad

ditio

nal w

ells

in T

rum

bull

Coun

ty, O

hio.

See

figu

re 2

of t

his

chap

ter f

or c

ount

y na

mes

.


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020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

ETER

S50

Base

from

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. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

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gita

l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

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rs E

qual

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nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Loca

tion

of o

il an

d (o

r) g

as w

ell i

n th

e Ro

me

trou

gh

Bou

ndar

y of

Con

asau

ga-R

ome/

Cona

saug

aTo

tal P

etro

leum

Sys

tem

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

cefr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

t Virg

inia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

k

Mic

higa

n

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

14

(faci

ng p

age)

. In

dex

map

of t

he A

ppal

achi

an b

asin

reso

urce

fram

ewor

k st

udy

area

sho

win

g th

e lo

catio

ns o

f the

Con

asau

ga-R

ome/

Cona

saug

a To

tal P

etro

leum

Sy

stem

and

of s

elec

ted

wel

ls in

the

Rom

e tro

ugh

that

had

oil

and

gas

prod

uctio

n an

d sh

ows.

Ryd

er a

nd o

ther

s (th

is v

olum

e, c

hap.

G.8

) pro

vide

evi

denc

e co

nfirm

ing

a ne

w

petro

leum

sys

tem

in th

e Ro

me

troug

h of

Ken

tuck

y an

d W

est V

irgin

ia. T

he s

ourc

e ro

ck

is th

e Ca

mbr

ian

Cona

saug

a Gr

oup,

and

rese

rvoi

rs a

re in

the

Cam

bria

n Ro

me

Form

atio

n an

d Co

nasa

uga

Grou

p. S

trata

of t

he C

onas

auga

Gro

up o

ccur

as

far s

outh

as

Alab

ama

but w

ere

not i

nclu

ded

in th

is to

tal p

etro

leum

sys

tem

.


010

020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

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. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

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l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

Albe

rs E

qual

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a Co

nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

cefr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea

Loca

tion

of S

iluri

an to

tal o

rgan

ic c

arbo

n sa

mpl

e

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

tVi

rgin

ia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

k

Mic

higa

n

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

15

(faci

ng p

age)

. In

dex

map

of t

he A

ppal

achi

an b

asin

reso

urce

fram

ewor

k st

udy

area

sho

win

g th

e lo

catio

ns o

f sam

ples

from

Silu

rian

rese

rvoi

rs in

Ken

tuck

y,

New

Yor

k, O

hio,

Pen

nsyl

vani

a, a

nd W

est V

irgin

ia; t

he s

ampl

es w

ere

anal

yzed

for

tota

l org

anic

car

bon.

Ryd

er a

nd o

ther

s (th

is v

olum

e, c

hap.

G.1

1) e

valu

ate

the

sour

ce

rock

pot

entia

l of S

iluria

n st

rata

by

usin

g ne

w to

tal o

rgan

ic c

arbo

n an

d py

roly

sis

data

; th

ey c

oncl

ude

that

onl

y th

e Sa

lina

Grou

p an

d th

e co

rrel

ativ

e W

ills

Cree

k Fo

rmat

ion

and

Tono

low

ay L

imes

tone

hav

e th

e po

tent

ial f

or g

ener

atin

g si

gnifi

cant

am

ount

s of

hy

droc

arbo

ns.


Illin

ois

Ohio

Geor

gia

Alab

ama

Virg

inia

Indi

ana

Mis

siss

ippi

Kent

ucky

Tenn

esse

e

Penn

sylv

ania

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a

Wes

t Virg

inia

Wis

cons

in

New

Yor

kM

ichi

gan

Verm

ont

New

Jers

ey

New

Ham

pshi

re

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Conn

ectic

ut

Dela

war

e

Rhod

eIs

land

Mar

ylan

d

Was

hing

ton,

D.C.

010

020

0 M

ILES

50

010

020

030

0 KI

LOM

ETER

S50

Base

from

U.S

. Geo

logi

cal S

urve

ydi

gita

l dat

a, 2

001,

1:7

,250

,000

Albe

rs E

qual

-Are

a Co

nic

proj

ectio

nSt

anda

rd p

aral

lels

35°

00’N

and

43°

00’N

Cent

ral m

erid

ian

81°0

0’W

Bou

ndar

y of

App

alac

hian

bas

in re

sour

cefr

amew

ork

stud

y ar

ea

App

roxi

mat

e lo

catio

n of

Ros

e H

ill o

il fie

ld

App

roxi

mat

e lo

catio

n of

Sw

an C

reek

oil

field

App

roxi

mat

e lo

catio

n of

Ben

Hur

oil

field

EXPL

ANAT

ION

LAK

E O

NTA

RIO

LAKE

ERI

E

LAKE MICHIGAN

ATLA

NTI

C O

CEA

N

LAK

E H

URO

N

90°

40°

35°

85°

80°

75°

70°


gure

16

(faci

ng p

age)

. In

dex

map

of t

he A

ppal

achi

an b

asin

reso

urce

fram

ewor

k st

udy

area

sho

win

g th

e ap

prox

imat

e lo

catio

ns o

f the

Ben

Hur

and

Ros

e Hi

ll oi

l fie

lds,

Le

e Co

unty

, Virg

inia

, and

the

Swan

Cre

ek o

il fie

ld, H

anco

ck a

nd C

laib

orne

Cou

ntie

s,

Tenn

esse

e. S

ee fi

gure

2 o

f thi

s ch

apte

r for

cou

nty

nam

es. D

enne

n an

d ot

hers

(thi

s

volu

me,

cha

p. G

.12)

dis

cuss

the

mol

ecul

ar a

nd is

otop

ic c

ompo

sitio

n of

oil

and

gas

in

17 w

ells

from

the

Cam

bria

n-Or

dovi

cian

Kno

x Gr

oup

and

the

Mid

dle

Ordo

vici

an S

tone

s Ri

ver a

nd T

rent

on G

roup

s in

the

Cum

berla

nd o

verth

rust

she

et.

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