MARYLAND. Sample 199. Lignitic clay, collected at about level of high tide at Point Sable, on Magothy River about 20 miles southeast of Baltimore, in Anne Arundel County, by R. H. Wood, October 21, 1916, from Magothy formation (Upper Cretaceous), bed about 4 feet thick. Results of distillation: Oil, 2 gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 2.87 pounds to the ton. Sample 200. Lignitic clay, collected at about level of high tide at Point Sable, on Magothy River about 20 miles southeast of Baltimore, in Anne Arundel County, by R. H. Wood, October 21, 1916, from Magothy formation (Upper Cretaceous), bed about 4 feet thick. Results of distillation: Oil, 3 gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 2.91 pounds to the ton. Sample 201. Chocolate-colored clay, collected at about level of high tide at Point Sable, on Magothy River about 20 miles southeast of Baltimore, in Anne Arundel County, by R. H. Wood, October 21, 1916, from Magothy formation (Upper Cretaceous), bed about 4 feet thick. Results of distillation: Oil, none; ammonium sulphate, 0.94 pound to the ton. MISSOURI. Sample 202. Black shale, collected 11 miles north of Noel, on east side of valley, by David White, October 11, 1916, from Chattanooga shale (Devonian). Results of distillation: Oil, 2 gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 2.31 pounds to the ton. Sample 203. Black shale, collected from river bank west of Noel, by David White, October 11, 1916, from upper part of Chattanooga shale (Devonian). Results of distillation: Oil, 2 gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 2.53 pounds to the ton. ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ. Sample 204. Black shale, collected from an old prospect in Smallhorn Canyon, about 12 miles south of Dillon, Beaverhead County, by C. F. Bowen, October 2, 1916, from beds regarded as probably representing the Phosphoria formation (Permian). The following section was measured: Results of distillation: Oil, 24 gallons to the ton, specific gravity, 0.975; ammonium sulphate, 12.02 pounds to the ton. Sample 205. Brown shale, collected a quarter of a mile west of MacKay's oil well on Muddy Creek, 14 miles west of Dell, Beaverhead County, by C. F. Bowen, October 8, 1916; represents a thickness of about 3 feet in the upper half of a Tertiary bed about 85 feet thick, which appeared uniform in character throughout. Results of distillation: Oil, 8 gallons to the ton. Sample 206. Black shale, collected 5 miles east of MacKay's oil well, in the "Hidden Pasture," about 10 miles west of Dell, Beaverhead County, by C. F. Bowen, October 1 Not sampled. 9, 1916, near the base of an 80-foot bed of shale in the Phosphoria (?) formation (Permian). Results of distillation: Oil, 9 gallons to the ton. Sample 207. Black shale, collected in Warm Spring Canyon, sec. 22, T. 9 S., R. 3 W., Madison County, by D. D. Condit, September 10, 1916, from bed 1 foot 8 inches thick below phosphate bed, in Phosphoria formation (Permian). Results of distillation: Oil, 3 gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 7.85 pounds to the ton. Sample 208. Shale, collected in sec. 29, T. 22 N., R. 8 W., Teton County, by M. I. Goldman, August 31, 1916, from weathered outcrop of bed 15 to 20 feet thick, 600 feet above base of Colorado shale (Upper Cretaceous). Sample composed of pieces of shale picked at random along outcrop. Results of distillation: Oil, 1 gallon to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 2.08 pounds to the ton. Sample 209. Shale, collected in sec. 9, T. 24 N., R. 8 W., Teton County, by Eugene Stebinger, August 23, 1916, from bed 6 feet thick, 700 feet above base of Colorado shale (Upper Cretaceous). Sample consists of fragments picked up at random. Results of distillation: Oil, 1 gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 3.72 pounds to the ton. Sample 210. Shale, collected in sec. 9, T. 24 N., R. 8 W., Teton County, by Eugene Stebinger, August 23, 1916, from upper 10 feet of 25 feet at outcrop, 600 feet above base of Colorado shale (Upper Cretaceous). Sample composed of fragments of shale picked at random. Results of distillation: Oil, 2 gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 5.09 pounds to the ton. Sample 211. Shale, collected in sec. 9, T. 24 N., R. 8 W., Teton County, by Eugene Stebinger, August 23, 1916; represents lower 10 feet of a bed 25 feet thick, 600 feet above base of Colorado shale (Upper Cretaceous). Sample selected at random from material along outcrop. Results of distillation: Oil, 2 gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 3.51 pounds to the ton. Sample 212. Calcareous shale, collected in sec. 29, T. 22 N., R. 8 W., Teton County, by M. I. Goldman, August 31, 1916, from bed 3 feet thick, 600 feet above base of Colorado shale (Upper Cretaceous). Sample selected at random from outcrop. Results of distillation: Oil, trace; ammonium sulphate, 2.17 pounds to the ton. OKLAHOMA. Sample 213. Shale, collected in the NE. sec. 22, T. 19 N., R. 12 E., Tulsa County, by R. H. Wood, February, 1917, from Pennsylvanian black shale about 2 feet thick above the Checkerboard lime. Results of distillation: Oil, 2.75 (?) gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 3.11 pounds to the ton. Sample 215. Black shale, collected along road 1 mile east of Atoka, by David White, October 16, 1917, from bed 10 inches thick in Talihina chert (Ordovician). Results of distillation: Oil, 3 gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 5.60 pounds to the ton. UTAH. Sample 218. Cannel coal, collected in Cannel King mine, Kane County, in sec. 26, T. 39 S., R. 9 W., by G. B. Richardson,' in 1907; represents a bed 5 feet 6 inches thick. The sample used for distillation had been in a closed glass jar since 1907 and was therefore only slightly weathered. Results of distillation: Oil, 70 gallons to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 14.4 pounds to the ton. Sample 185. Oil shale, collected in sec. 2, T. 18 S., R. 4 E., at top of Wasatch Plateau, San Pete County, by D. E. Winchester, September, 1916, from Green River formation (Eocene). Results of distillation: Oil, 21 gallons to the ton, specific gravity 0.877; ammonium sulphate, 2.66 pounds to the ton. 1 Richardson, G. B., The Harmony, Colob, and Kanab coal fields, southern Utah: U, S. Geol. Survey Bull. 341, p. 394, 1909. Section of oil shale near head of Manti Canyon, in sec. 2, T. 18 S., R. 4 E. Sample 186. Oil shale, collected in Chris Canyon, Juab County, by D. E. Winchester, September, 1916, from Green River formation (Eocene). Results of distillation: Oil, 22 gallons to the ton, specific gravity 0.893; ammonium sulphate, 257 pounds to the ton. Section at mouth of old tunnel in Chris Canyon, southeast of Juab, Utah. Sample 219. Shale, collected along road from Raymond to Snells, on Crooked Creek, in sec. 33, T. 58 N., R. 95 W., Big Horn County, by C. J. Hares, near base of Thermopolis shale (Upper Cretaceous). Results of distillation: Oil, none; ammonium sulphate, 4.16 pounds to the ton. Sample 220. Shale, collected north of Beer Mug Ridge, near Hanna, by C. F. Bowen, October 1, 1915, from Mowry shale (Upper Cretaceous). Results of distillation: Oil, 1 gallon to the ton; ammonium sulphate, 1.4 pounds to the ton. 1 Not sampled. |