Luminescence images of the Patrick Draw geosat petroleum test site, Wyoming

In collaboration with the Geosat committee remote sensing test site program, luminescence images were acquired of parts of the Patrick Draw-Brady oil and gas test site in Wyoming. The Fraunhofer line discriminator was operated at 486.1 nanometer, 589.0 nanometer, and 656.3 nanometer Fraunhofer lines. Most of the luminescence highs occur in the transition zone between the Wasatch and Fort Union Formations and are probably caused by outcrops of coal and gypsum. Geochemical and mineral data, which were available for a limited number of the image areas, and luminescence data of the test site were correlated. The elements at Patrick Draw-Brady showing the highest correlation with luminescence were phosphorus, boron, beryllium, barium, vanadium and nickel.