Geoscience Data Repositories in MONTANA

Northern Rockies Geologic Data Center

10 North 27th Street
P.O. Box 362
Billings, MT 59103

Contact: Rita Frasure, Manager
406/255-0322

Data Center Staff Size: 1
Type of Repository: Public - other, membership
Data Access Fee: per search, membership dues, day use
Catalog and Index Type: paper, fiche, film
Data Delivery Media: paper, mail out

Quantity of Holdings:

well logs: 10,000
scout tickets/completion cards: 70,000

Center Services Provided: staff research

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Well Logs

(paper, film, microfiche) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Lithology Logs

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Drilling/Completion Data

(paper, film, microfiche) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Scout Data/Strat Tops

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Drill Stem and Other Test Data

(paper, film, microfiche) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Production Data
(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains
Base Maps

Comments:
The Center specializes in historic data. It also has a special collection of strat logs, the Northwest Geological Service.

Rocky Mountain College

Department of Geology
1511 Poly Drive
Billings, MT 59102

Contact: Dr. Gary G. Thompson
406/657-1108
406/657-1085 (FAX)
ggthomps@rocky.edu

Type of Repository: Academic
Quantity of Holdings:

well logs: 5,000
feet of core: 100
scout tickets/completion cards: 2,000

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Well Logs

(film, microfiche) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Cores

Rockies-Northern Plains

Cuttings

Rockies-Northern Plains

Drilling/Completion Data

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Geology Department

University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812

Contact: Dr. Steven D. Sheriff, Chair
406/243-2341
406/243-4028 (FAX)
gl-sds@selway.umt.edu
http://www.cs.umt.edu/geology

Type of Repository: Academic

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Field Studies

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains

Paleontological Collections

(paper) - Rockies-Northern Plains