GregC great URL, so; OUR PREMISE: a Field that leaks: A metal that moves in the Liquid: Transport a geologist would call it as a mechanism. We have to call it what we see it as in black & white in time & space and in length - width, and deepth. The breath of the project goes to the basement and circulates. So, let my minds' eye guide you here a bit. In failures *( Chuckastatments are run on fragments that make sense) FX-Typoing I do : is fast fragment forward, non fraxctured!. I see success. In success over and above failures I see determination; in determination I see a dream, and in all dreams I see the ability to seek the elusive : ACHIEVEMENT rought by hard work we call : Labor. ( See Fisrt No carolina Supreme Court Justice John Taylor quote in my SI Personal Profile ) I have a history of both success and failures, laughts and tears! Jears and Parise, I can't be middle of the road, I DIG.
This is from Referring Post URL link.""This compilation presents brief details of the occurrences of commercial hydrocarbon reservoirs in fractured basement rocks from approximately 30 different countries. By definition, the review concentrates only on those reservoirs found in igneous, metamorphic and volcanic rocks.
The document has been assembled primarily from published literature and is therefore, to a large degree, a historical review. However, we have also incorporated responses to the sci.geo.petroleum newsgroup and endeavoured to make new information available on a regular basis. It is made available for personal interest and education only and should not be republished or distributed in any way. Data has not been cross-checked in detail against multiple references so use with care. In addition, some of the information, for example on production, will be out of date since it is based on historical sources.
Information updates, corrections and comments are welcome. Has your Company found an example that we can use in the public domain to validate these occurrences? We would appreciate the data, please help support Version 7. We know from our own work that there are several fields in various countries that are not included here because no information has been released in the public domain. We will make it available as it is released.
This document is also available to download
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Naturally Fraxctured: I spelt it the way it should be!( huh!)
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The occurrence of naturally fractured basement reservoirs has been known within the hydrocarbon industry for many years but generally regarded as non-productive, they have failed to draw the attention of the explorationist. Often passed over as 'of no economic potential', their investigation by exploratory drilling has been left to chance. Yet, they are commonly distributed in various petroliferous regions throughout the world. Currently around 370 of these fields have been identified (Smitt, 1998).As early as 1948, Eggleston (1948) carried out a comprehensive survey of oil production from fractured basement rocks in California and found that 15,000 barrels per day were being produced from such rocks. This represented about 1.5% (918,000 barrels per day) of the total California production at that time.According to Landes et al (1960), about 100 million barrels of oil had been produced by that time from various basement rock sources worldwide with initial productions being as high as 17,000 barrels per day. He goes on to suggest that with accumulation of oil in such quantity, from a source often as not found by accident, the probable reserve in fractured basement rocks is of such a magnitude that discovery by design should become the rule.Reservoirs in fractured basements, where the oil and gas in place may be held within an extensive fracture network on a variety of different scales rather than within the matrix porosity of the formation, present challenging problems to the petrophysicist and reservoir engineer. Fractured reservoirs are much more difficult and expensive to evaluate than the more conventional reservoirs (Nelson, 1982, 1985).A greater understanding of the fracture distribution within basement reservoirs may prove to be the key tool for improved exploration and production management of this hidden resource. Commercial, naturally fractured basement oil deposits have been found largely by accident, whilst lookin! g for other types of reservoir (Aguilera, 1980; Landes et al, 1960). Landes et al, (1960) postulated that basement rock oil accumulations are not freaks to be found solely by chance but are normal concentrations of hydrocarbons obeying the rules of origin, migration and entrapment. Therefore, in areas of not too deep basement, oil deposits should be sought with the same professional skill and zeal as accumulations in the overlying sediments. Landes (1959) stated that once the basement rock had been reached during drilling, it was thought that there was little or no chance for oil production. Many oil companies still stop drilling operations as soon as basement rocks are intersected. Aguilera (1995a) suggests that drilling should be continued into the basement rocks for at least 300 m, especially if the basement is overlain by an oil yielding formation. Kenney (1996) states that in the western countries, all of the oil fields that produce from crystalline basements were discovered by accident
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I have a picture or two that may be worth a thousand words.
Chucka
Image 1
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Image One of a Failed by Definition Oil Field in the Cortez Trend Gold area of Nevada, and to the South East of it over near Utah in Nevada where I have claims staked for Metal which have neen transported and have been emplaced throughtout the Granitic Fractures in a batholift of Granite that hit the surface. ( Springs/Well/Tanks are a few words for such)
Image 2 HardRock Area of Claims, note the Coeur D'Arlene Area of the Rocky Mountains under Alberta with so much in Metals and Devonian Age Oils( dare I say from the Archaen Age in some oily watery mix ?) in that region with Metals seemingly (in my opinion) triangled from Stillwater Montana to my new favorite at Winthrop Washington aka The Mazama just next near the west side of the Idaho Town famous for mines. That Washinton Mine- Mazam was explored some 30 years and then abandoned cause they didn't FIND the gold area I guess LOL, I love failures! But readied now in 2001 news releases as a world class mine, humme! Success can follow. Famous, see Nevada History in URL#3 the first Abandoned Mine makes one think, springs lik water nd oil mixed up in URL #1 seem to circluate in 30 Degree Tempature variances as we see convection is now a form of subduction in this Eon( Epoch -Age ?) of time. All from the basements to the surfaces.
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URL #3:
insidervlv.com
BTW I read elsewhere it is a MIXED DIFFERENT METAL documented in that Mtn some years ago, weird metal they called maybe why they abandoned it much like a failure now looking for success!:So, why would THEY leave it, why would things in this century be left for us all to rediscover IF FAILURES of the past were still worked on ! Humme! Failed Oil and Leaky Oil, make me think. Even Jed Clampett was shooting for that blind squirrel I heard who had just found a NUT! Up from da ground; came along ....the bubbling CRUDE!""..//
Potosi - First Abandoned Mine in Nevada
Potosi
Mining at Potosi began in 1856 by Mormon settlers. Their leader was Nathaniel V. Jones who named this area Potosi after his Wisconsin boyhood home. They goals were to obtain lead from the Nevada mountains. Called the "Mountain of Lead" they built the mining operation 30 miles southwest of the mission at Las Vegas Springs.
They recovered an approximate 9,000 pounds of Lead before abandoning the mining operations. They ceased all smelting and mining operations in 1857. Potosi was famous for many reasons, including becoming the first abandoned mine in Nevada.
Four years later, 1861, California miners reopened the mining and smelter operation, Colorado Mining Company. The reopened mining camp consisted of approximately 100 miners. Captain J. E. Stevens platted the Potosi town site approximately 700 feet below the mine.
Potosi was also known for being one of the early literary centers for the wild west. J. A. Talbott published a handwritten newspaper called "East of The Nevada; later called The Miner's Voice From The Colorado. The first issue was published February 19, 1861. In keeping with the true spirit of America, competition was only a stone throw away. Talbott had competition in the form of the strangely named "POTOSI NIX CUM ROUSCHT, which had a very short life span, only one issue.
In 1863 all mining operations ceased again. Another valiant try at reopening the mine occurred in 1870 by the Silver State Mining Company. Their reopening included building a cluster of buildings at Potosi Springs that they called Crystal City. Unfortunately this effort did not last long either. Between 1925 and 1928 productions was again running full speed ahead and Potosi produced more than $4,500,000 in lead, silver and zinc.
The Potosi mining area became important to the Salt Lake and San Pedro Railroad. (Today we call it the Union Pacific Railroad) and during World War I, Potosi was an important source of zinc.
(Nevada Historical Marker 115)
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