Oil and gas resources, Jackson County, Missouri

The oil and gas production in Jackson County, though rather small, is nevertheless of considerable economic importance. A portion of the county has been rather thoroughly developed but the remainder has had little prospecting. In order to aid further development in the region the Missouri Geological Survey engaged in the mapping of all the known wells in the county as a basis for preparing a structural contour map of the area. In addition, a member of the Survey staff is stationed permanently in Kansas City to give assistance to the operators in the region and to collect the logs of all wells drilled. The following report is presented as a means of placing before these operators all the information available in the county and to indicate possibilities for further development. In working out the subsurface structure shown on the accompanying maps (Plates I and II) logs of some 1500 wells were used. A few of these are included in detail in the appendix of this report together with a tabulation showing the data for each well used. Each one is tabulated as to: (1) map number of well, (2) company or owner, (3) farm, (4) location, (5) surface elevation, (6) total depth, (7) depth to top of Bethany Falls limestone, (8) elevation top of Bethany Falls limestone, (9) depth to base of Lexington coal Cap Rock , (10) elevation base of Lexington coal “Cap Rock , and (11) type of well. The logs of all the wells are on file in the offices of the Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, at Rolla, Missouri. Supplementing the maps are geologic structure sections along the lines A-A, B-B, and C-C as shown on Plates I and ll. These show in detail the rather sharp arching under the more pronounced structural features and the rather gentle attitude of the beds in the broader anticlinal and synclinal areas --Introduction, page 1