Geoscience Data Repositories in KENTUCKY

Kentucky Geological Survey
University of Kentucky
228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0107

Contact: Bart Davidson, Manager
606/257-5500
606/257-1147 (FAX)
bdavidson@kgs.mm.uky.edu 
http://www.uky.edu/kgs/home.htm 

Data Center Staff Size: 4
Type of Repository: Public - State/Local
Data Access Fee: per search, other
Catalog and Index Type: paper, digital, fiche
Data Delivery Media: paper, mail out, digital, maps, reports

Quantity of Holdings:

• well logs: 100,000
• feet of core: 22 million
• scout tickets/completion cards/drilling records: 150,000

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

• Well Logs
• (paper, digital) - Mid-Continent
• Lithology Logs
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Cores
• Mid-Continent
• Cuttings
• Mid-Continent
• Paleo Reports/Samples
• Mid-Continent
• Drilling/Completion Data
• (paper, digital) - Mid-Continent
• Scout Data/Strat Tops
• (paper, digital) - Mid-Continent
• Drill Stem & Other Test Data
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Production Data
• (paper, digital) - Mid-Continent
• Field Studies
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Reserve Studies
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Field Maps
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Base Maps
• (paper, digital) - Mid Continent
• Digital Well Spots
• (paper, digital) - Mid-Continent
• Lease Ownership Maps
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Topographic Maps
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Geologic Maps (Surface)
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Subsurface Maps
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Aerial/Satellite Imagery
• (microfiche indexes only) - Mid-Continent
• Geochemical Data
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Paleontological Collections
• (paper) - Mid-Continent
• Rock and Mineral Specimens
• Mid-Continent

The Office of Geologic Information archives approximately 150,000 oil- and gas-well records. About 30% to 40% of these contain e-logs. Most records are now computerized.
Information is also available on 39,000 water wells, 800 springs, 330 dye traces, and 18,000 water-quality analyses.

The Office of Geologic Information has access to 3,200 coal-quality analyses, 30,000 coal-thickness data points, and logs for 4,500 cores in the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field and 2,700 cores in the Western Kentucky Coal Field.

Data can be provided on diskette or magnetic tape, in addition to hard copy.

Contact: Mary Spencer, Library Manager
606/257-8359
606/257-5730 (FAX)
klimrs@ukcc.uky.edu 

Data Center Staff Size: 2 (plus 5 to 6 student assistants)
Type of Repository: Public - Federal

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

• Base Maps
• (paper) - 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, International
• Topographic Maps
• (paper) - 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, International
• Geologic Maps (Surface)
• (paper) - 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, International

Contact: Jeno Balassa, Geoprocessing Specialist
502/564-5174
502/564-6736 (FAX)
jb@nrbogw.nr.state.ky.us 
http://162.114.137.199/nrepc2/index.html 

Data Center Staff Size: 6
Type of Repository: Public - Federal, State/Local
Data Access Fee: other
Catalog and Index Type: digital
Data Retrieval: on-line
Data Delivery Media: on-line

Comments: Data free of charge when downloaded via WWW site; any tape or disk requests are subject to fee schedule. All maps are limited to Kentucky; scanned rectified 7.5-minute topographic maps are forthcoming.