Geoscience Data Repositories in COLORADO

Colorado Geological Survey

1313 Sherman Street, Room 715
Denver, CO 80203

Contact: James Cappa, Chief, Minerals and Mineral Fuels
303/866-2611
303/866-2461 (FAX)
jim.cappa@state.co.us

Type of Repository: Public - State/Local
Catalog and Index Type: paper
Data Delivery Media: paper
Quantity of Holdings:

well logs: 600
scout tickets/completion cards: 4,000

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Well Logs

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Scout Data/Strat Tops

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Rock and Mineral Specimens

Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Thin Sections

Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Denver Earth Resources Library

730 17th Street
Denver, CO 80202
E. Kay Waller, Manager
303/825-5614
303/825-1838 (FAX)

Data Center Staff Size: 1 full-time, 5 part-time
Type of Repository: Public, Private - Membership
Data Access Fee: per search, membership dues, hourly/day rate
Data Delivery Media: paper

Quantity of Holdings:

well logs: 2.5 million
scout tickets/completion cards: 1.5 million

Center Services Provided: staff research

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Well Logs

(paper, film, microfiche) - Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Pacific Onshore, Alaska

Lithology Logs

(paper) - Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains

Drilling/Completion Data

(paper, digital, film, microfiche) - Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Pacific Onshore

Scout Data/Strat Tops

(paper, film, microfiche) - Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Pacific Onshore

Drill Stem and Other Test Data

(film, microfiche) - Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Pacific Onshore

Production Data

(paper, digital) - Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains

Base Maps

(paper) - Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains

Lease Ownership Maps

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Topographic Maps

(paper) - Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains

Geologic Maps (Surface)

(paper) - Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains

Aerial/Satellite Imagery

(film) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Comments:
The Denver Earth Resources Library is a non-profit Colorado Corporation, and it is supported through membership fees, hourly/day rate fees, research fees, print charges, private contributions, and foundation gifts and grants. The Library is ten years old and continues to expand its geographic and geologic coverage and improve its services each year. The Library is primarily a self-service study and data-gathering center, but the staff will pull data and do geo-tech-type work for clients.

Petroleum Information

P.O. Box 2612
Denver, CO 80202

Contact: Steve Trammel, Product Marketing Manager
800/OIL-DATA (800/645-3282)
303/595-7506 (FAX)
steve_trammel@piics.com
http://www.oil-data.com/

Data Center Staff Size: 15
Type of Repository: Private - Commercial
Data Access Fee: per search
Catalog and Index Type: paper, digital, CD-ROM, fiche
Data Retrieval: on-line
Data Delivery Media: paper, CD-ROM, on-line, mail out (e-mail)
Quantity of Holdings:

scout tickets/completion cards: 2.75 million

Center Services Provided: staff research, data packages, bibliographic searches, active and historical well and production data, downstream data, seismic data.

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Seismic Refraction

(paper, digital, film) - Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

2-D Seismic Reflection

Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

3-D Seismic Reflection

Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

Drilling/Completion Data

(paper, digital, microfiche) - Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

Scout Data/Strat Tops

(paper, digital, microfiche) - Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

Drill Stem & Other Test Data

(paper, digital, microfiche) - Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

Production Data

(paper, digital, microfiche) - Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

Field Studies

(paper, digital, microfiche) - Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

Base Maps

(paper, digital, film, microfiche) - Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

Digital Well Spots

(paper, digital) - Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

Geologic Maps (Surface)

Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Pacific Onshore, Pacific Offshore, Alaska

Core Research Center

U.S. Geological Survey
Building 810, Denver Federal Center (street)
Mail Stop 975, Denver Federal Center (mail)
Lakewood, CO 80225-0046

Contact: Tom Michalski, Curator
303/202-4851
303/202-4856 (FAX)
tmichalski@sedproc.cr.usgs.gov
http://www.usgs.gov/

Data Center Staff Size: 3
Type of Repository: Public - Federal
Data Access Fee: none at present
Catalog and Index Type: paper, digital
Data Delivery Media: paper, mail out, FAX, phone

Quantity of Holdings:

feet of core: 1.4 million
scout tickets/completion cards: complete set for Rocky Mountains
boxes of cuttings (samples): 125,000
drilling: 250 million feet
thin sections: 15,000

Center Services Provided: core/sample services, petrography (data on file for public use), core analysis, thin section, geochemistry (data on file)

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Well Logs

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Lithology Logs

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Cores

Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range, Alaska, International

Cuttings

Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Paleo Reports/Samples

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Drilling/Completion Data

(paper, microfiche) - Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Scout Data/Strat Tops

(paper, microfiche) - Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Drill Stem and Other Test Data

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Geochemical Data

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Paleontological Collections

Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Rock and Mineral Specimens

Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Thin Sections

Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Core Photos

(paper, film) - Rockies-Northern Plains, Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range

Comments:
The Core Research Center is the largest public repository in the Rocky Mountain region and it is the most heavily utilized public core and sample repository in the U.S.

Field Records Library

U.S. Geological Survey
Denver Federal Center
MS 914
Box 25046
Denver, CO 80225-0046

Contact: Carol A. Edwards, Head, Field Records Library
303/236-1005
303/236-0015 (FAX)
cedwards@usgs.gov

Data Center Staff Size: 1
Type of Repository: Public - Federal
Data Access Fee: None
Catalog and Index Type: paper: in-house on-line computer catalog
Data Delivery Media: paper, mail out
Center Services Provided: staff research, limited number of photocopies provided free

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Well Logs

(paper)

Lithology Logs

(paper)

Paleo Reports/Samples

(paper)

Reserve Studies

(paper)

Geologic Maps (Surface)

(paper)

Subsurface Maps

(paper)

Aerial/Satellite Imagery

(paper)

Geochemical Data

(paper)

Thin Sections

(paper)

Geologic Notes

(paper)

Comments:
The USGS Field Records Library is an archival collection of materials generated by Survey scientists during project work. Most of the collection dates from after the establishment of the USGS in 1879, although the collection includes earlier materials from the exploration surveys of the 1870s. The archives are organized by project, and are catalogued under the author or field-party chief, with additional indexing by geographic location, subjects, coauthors, or project assistants, and related USGS publications. Materials in the collection include, but are not limited to, geologic field notes, field sketches, field maps, compilation maps, plane-table sheets, aerial photos (many with geologic annotations), analysis reports, stratigraphic logs, columns, and cross-sections, drafts of published as well as unpublished reports and maps, and project-related correspondence. The Field Records Library is open to the public and visitors are welcome. Requests can also be made by letter, telephone, or e-mail. Most materials relate to the project work done in the contiguous United States. For material relating to Alaska, contact the USGS, Mineral Resource Surveys-Alaska Section, 4200 University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4667; telephone (907) 786-7007.

Oil-Link

7346 South Elm Court
Littleton, CO 80122

Contact: Kris A. Erlewine, President
303/220-7867
303/220-7868 (FAX)
kae@oillink.com
http://www.oillink.com/

Type of Repository: Private
Catalog and Index Type: digital
Data Retrieval: on-line

Comments:
Oil-Link is a worldwide platform for petroleum information, opportunities, products and services, employment, events, discussion, and resource locators.