USGS OF 66-131

Publication Details

  • Title:

    Oil yield and chemical composition of shale from northern Alaska

  • Authors:

    Tourtelot, H.A. and Tailleur, I.L.

  • Publication Date:

    1966

  • Publisher:

    U.S. Geological Survey

  • Ordering Info:

    USGS Publications Warehouse

  • Quadrangle(s):

    Wainwright, Beechey Point, Misheguk Mountain, Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandalar, Teshekpuk, Flaxman Island, Survey Pass, Ikpikpuk River, Umiat, De Long Mountains, Killik River, Chandler Lake, Noatak, Point Lay, Lookout Ridge, Howard Pass, Philip Smith Mountains, Ambler River, Wiseman, Coleen, Barrow, Meade River, Harrison Bay, Utukok River, Mount Michelson, Demarcation Point, Point Hope, Christian, Barter Island, Sagavanirktok, Table Mountain

Bibliographic Reference

Tourtelot, H.A. and Tailleur, I.L., 1966, Oil yield and chemical composition of shale from northern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 66-131, 17 p., 6 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.

Publication Products

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  • Maps & Other Oversized SheetsMaps & Other Oversized Sheets

    • Table 1 Location and description of samples of oil shale from central Brooks Range, northern Alaska (428.0 K)
    • Table 2 Fischer assays and relates data on organic matter for 11 samples of oil shale from central Brooks Range, northern Alaska and samples of the Green River and Chattannoga shale (103.0 K)
    • Table 3 Chemical composition of 12 samples of oil shale from central Brooks Range, northern Alaska, and samples of the Green River, Chattanooga, and Pierre Bearpaw shales for comparison (144.0 K)
    • Table 4 Location and description of samples of oil shale from western Brooks Range, northern Alaska (169.0 K)
    • Table 5 Fischer assays and semiquantitative spectrographic analyses of samples of oil shale from western Brooks Range, northern Alaska (97.0 K)
    • Figure 1 Locations of oil shale samples in northern Alaska, scale 1:1,000,000 (6.3 M)

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