USGS scientist Sarah Hawkins, lead scientist for the Mancos Shale assessment, examining a core drilled by the USGS Core Research Center. This core provided valuable data for the assessment. Image credit: Joshua Hicks, USGS.
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USGS scientist Sarah Hawkins, lead scientist for the Mancos Shale assessment, examining a core drilled by the USGS Core Research Center. This core provided valuable data for the assessment. Image credit: Joshua Hicks, USGS.
The USGS Core Research Center collaborated with the USGS Energy Resources Program to drill a core from the Mancos Shale to aid in the oil and gas assessment. Image Credit: Joshua Hicks, USGS.
The USGS Core Research Center collaborated with the USGS Energy Resources Program to drill a core from the Mancos Shale to aid in the oil and gas assessment. Image Credit: Joshua Hicks, USGS.
Coal project personnel visiting Trapper Mine in northwest Colorado in June, 2016.
Coal project personnel visiting Trapper Mine in northwest Colorado in June, 2016.
Layered deposit of unconsolidated heavy mineral sands along the shores of Folly Beach, South Carolina.
Layered deposit of unconsolidated heavy mineral sands along the shores of Folly Beach, South Carolina.
Intensely altered propylitic rocks (red and yellow) in the Red Mountain mining district, overprinting the regional, propylitically altered igneous rocks (grayish-green), peaks at top of image. View to west.
Intensely altered propylitic rocks (red and yellow) in the Red Mountain mining district, overprinting the regional, propylitically altered igneous rocks (grayish-green), peaks at top of image. View to west.
Sample of eudialyte (pink) within layered vein consisting of quartz, albite, and sodic amphibole, Dora Bay, Alaska. Size of sample is 11 by 9 cm. Sample of coarse-grained, tabular bastnäsite within matrix of ferruginous dolomite, Birthday Claim, Mountain Pass, California. Photographs by Philip Verplanck, U.S. Geological Survey. SIR 2010-5070-J
Sample of eudialyte (pink) within layered vein consisting of quartz, albite, and sodic amphibole, Dora Bay, Alaska. Size of sample is 11 by 9 cm. Sample of coarse-grained, tabular bastnäsite within matrix of ferruginous dolomite, Birthday Claim, Mountain Pass, California. Photographs by Philip Verplanck, U.S. Geological Survey. SIR 2010-5070-J
Geologist doing field work in Alaska
Geologist doing field work in Alaska
from usgs files
from usgs files
Panoramic photo of Silverton, Colorado, with Sultan Mountain in the distance. Silverton is the town most directly affected by the Gold King mine blowout.
Panoramic photo of Silverton, Colorado, with Sultan Mountain in the distance. Silverton is the town most directly affected by the Gold King mine blowout.
Numerous distinct methane streams emanating from the seafloor at an upper slope (< 500 m water depth) cold seep site offshore Virginia. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, 2013 Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition.
Numerous distinct methane streams emanating from the seafloor at an upper slope (< 500 m water depth) cold seep site offshore Virginia. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, 2013 Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition.
A water impoundment at a natural gas drilling site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.
A water impoundment at a natural gas drilling site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.
A typical drill pad in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.
A typical drill pad in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.
A drill rig at a well site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.
A drill rig at a well site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.
Fine-grained silica sand is mixed with chemicals and water before being pumped into rock formations to prevent the newly created artificial fractures from closing after hydraulic fracturing is completed.
Fine-grained silica sand is mixed with chemicals and water before being pumped into rock formations to prevent the newly created artificial fractures from closing after hydraulic fracturing is completed.
Well heads hooked up in preparation for a hydraulic fracturing operation at a drill pad in the Fayetteville Shale gas play of Arkansas.
Well heads hooked up in preparation for a hydraulic fracturing operation at a drill pad in the Fayetteville Shale gas play of Arkansas.
Unused and spent perforating gun used in oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The pipe on the bottom left, shows holes created by the explosive charges mounted inside the pipe.
Unused and spent perforating gun used in oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The pipe on the bottom left, shows holes created by the explosive charges mounted inside the pipe.
Steel pipe used in a well in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.
Steel pipe used in a well in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.
A water impoundment at a drill pad in the Fayetteville Shale gas play of Arkansas.
A water impoundment at a drill pad in the Fayetteville Shale gas play of Arkansas.
A drill rig at a well site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.
A drill rig at a well site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.
A flare stack to burn excess natural gas at a natural gas drill site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of western Pennsylvania.
A flare stack to burn excess natural gas at a natural gas drill site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of western Pennsylvania.
A drill rig in the Fayetteville Shale gas play of Arkansas.
A drill rig in the Fayetteville Shale gas play of Arkansas.