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The Mississippian in Kansas: An Update

The Mississippian in Kansas: An Update. Rex Buchanan, Interim Director K. David Newell, Ph.D. Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas. Mississippian rocks, Cherokee County. (www2.nau.edu/rcb7/namM345.jpg). Kansas Rock Column and hydrocarbon pay zones.

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The Mississippian in Kansas: An Update

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  1. The Mississippian in Kansas: An Update Rex Buchanan, Interim Director K. David Newell, Ph.D. Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas

  2. Mississippian rocks, Cherokee County

  3. (www2.nau.edu/rcb7/namM345.jpg)

  4. Kansas Rock Columnand hydrocarbon pay zones

  5. Top of MSSP is at 3658 Weathered chert (with weathering rinds – light around dark interiors) Can be seen in chert clasts

  6. Cherty limestones are very typical of the MSSP

  7. This may be the type of dark, non-porous organic-rich limestone that will produce oil, if hydrofractured

  8. Mississippian Pay Zone MineralogyBerexco Wellington KGS #1-32 3670.6’ Silicified filled pore space • Plain light (10x zoom); • Pore space filled by blue epoxy • Fine grained dolomite with silica cement, minor pore space • Silicified sponge spicule • Most of pore spaces filled with chert Silicified sponge spicule TS provided by Datta & Barker, KSU

  9. Water Usage

  10. Mississippian-related Web sites

  11. Recent Rule Changes • Landspreading/KCC, KDHE • Frack fluid disclosure/KCC

  12. The Mississippian in Kansas: An Update Rex Buchanan, Interim Director rex@kgs.ku.edu K. David Newell, Ph.D. Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas

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