Outcrop reservoir analogs: Mississippian Redwall Limestone, Grand Canyon.

The Mississippian Leadville Limestone Exploration Play, Utah and Colorado:
Exploration Techniques and Studies for Independents

Reports || Deliverables || Presentations || Images

Reports (pdf)

• Abstracts, Public & Technical
• Statement of Work
• Technical Progress Reports:
  • 10/01/03 - 03/31/04 (7MB)
  • 04/01/04 - 09/30/04 (10MB)
  • 10/01/04 - 03/31/05 (16MB)
  • 04/01/05 - 09/30/05 (6MB)
  • 10/01/05 - 03/31/06 (6MB)
  • 04/01/06 - 09/30/06 (10MB)
  • 10/01/06 - 03/31/07 (9MB)
  • 04/01/07 - 09/30/07 (7MB)
  • 10/01/07 - 03/31/08 (2MB)

Deliverables (pdf)

Deliverable 1-1 - Core Descriptions, Core Photographs, and Core Analysis: Libson Field, San Juan County, Utah

Deliverable 1-2 - Geophysical Well Logs Tied to Core Descriptions: Libson Field, San Juan County, Utah

Deliverable 1-3A - Catalog of Leadville Porosity Types and Diagenesis: Libson Field, San Juan County, Utah

Deliverable 1-3B - Scanning Electron Microscopy, Epifluorescence, Cathodoluminescence, Fluid Inclusions, and Isotopic Studies: Libson Field, San Juan County, Utah

Deliverable 1-4 - Field Maps and Cross Sections: Libson Field, San Juan County, Utah

Poster Presentations (pdf)

The Use of Epifluorescence Techniques to Determine Potential Oil-Prone Areas in the Mississippian Leadville Limestone, Northern Paradox Basin, Utah

David E. Eby, Eby Petrography & Consulting, Inc., Denver, CO, Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr., and Craig D. Morgan, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT
Presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Rocky Mountain Section meeting in Denver, CO, July 2008.

• Poster (4MB)

Dolomitization of the Mississippian Leadville Reservoir at Lisbon Field, Paradox Basin, Utah

David E. Eby, Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr., Craig D. Morgan, Kevin McClure, John D. Humphrey, Joseph N. Moore, Louis H. Taylor, and Virginia H. Weyland
Presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention in Calgary, Canada, June 20, 2005.

• Poster 1A (1MB)
• Poster 1B (1.5MB)
• Poster 2A (2MB)
• Poster 2B (2MB)
• Poster 3A (1MB)
• Poster 3B (1MB)

Dolomitization of the Mississippian Leadville Reservoir at Lisbon Field, Paradox Basin, Utah

David E. Eby, Eby Petrography & Consulting, Inc., Littleton, CO,
Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr., Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT,
John D. Humphrey, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO,
and Louis Taylor, Standard Geological Services, Inc., Littleton, CO
Poster presented to Hydrothermal Dolomite Symposium, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Golden, CO, November 2004.

• Panel #1 (4MB)
• Panel #2 (6MB)

Click on images to enlarge:

Typical Leadville core, Lisbon field, San Juan Co., Utah	Block diagram: Leadville trapping mechanisms*	Paradox Basin stratigraphic section**	Leadville Limestone type log

Case-Study Field: Lisbon, San Juan Co., Utah

Structure contour***	Schematic cross section***

* modified from Petroleum Frontiers, 1984
** modified from Hintze, 1993
*** modified from Clark, 1978

August 20, 2008