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Digital Stratigraphic and Structural Grids of the Cretaceous Lewis Shale in the Eastern Part of the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming and Colorado

Dates

Publication Date
Time Period
2023

Citation

Hearon, J.S., 2023, Digital Stratigraphic and Structural Grids of the Cretaceous Lewis Shale in the Eastern Part of the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming and Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey data release https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NAFL9H.

Summary

This data release contains data associated with the Lewis Shale-Fox Hills Sandstone-Lance Formation depositional system (also referred to as the Lewis Shale system) in the eastern part of the Southwestern Wyoming Province of Wyoming and Colorado. Specifically, the data cover the Great Divide, Washakie, and Sand Wash Basins, the Wamsutter and Cherokee arches, and the Rock Springs Uplift. The Lewis Shale is underlain by the Almond Formation, overlain by the Fox Hills Sandstone, and interfingers with both formations on a regional scale. The Lewis Shale is divided into a lower, informal member, a middle, formal Dad Sandstone Member, and an upper, informal member. At the top of the lower Lewis member, there is a maximum flooding surface [...]

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Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jane S Hearon
Originator :
Jane S Hearon
Metadata Contact :
Jane S Hearon
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Central Energy Resources Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Energy and Minerals

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Lewis_Type_Log.jpg
“Type log image of the Lewis Shale and associated strata”
thumbnail 182.8 KB image/jpeg
Lewis_Shale_Data_Summary.csv 544 Bytes text/csv

Purpose

These data and interpretations were collected to support a geologic assessment of the Lewis Shale as part of a broader, multi-year project to assess the various petroleum systems of the Southwestern Wyoming Province (USGS Province 37). These data are useful for regional-scale geologic interpretations of subsurface structure, stratigraphic architecture, and stratigraphic evolution during deposition of the Lewis Shale and associated strata.

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