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Volume: 45 (1961)

Issue: 11. (November)

First Page: 1870

Last Page: 1883

Title: Compositional Logging of Air-Drilled Wells

Author(s): W. F. Hooper (2), J. W. Earley (2)

Abstract:

The mineralogical compositions of representative samples of air-drilled cuttings taken at 10-foot intervals from two wells in the Punxsutawney-Driftwood gas field of central Pennsylvania have been determined by routine methods of X-ray analysis. Distinct mineralogical zones were found to correspond closely with formations and formational contacts. Although the wells are 18 miles apart, correlations can be made. Compositional logs of air-drilled holes are easily obtained and can be used for interpreting subsurface geology in the same fashion as conventional electric logs. In addition, the presence, absence, and relative abundance of minerals yield information on the geological history of the area.

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