Collection includes rock cuttings (drill cuttings) from Michigan oil, gas, mineral and water wells collected by the Michigan Geological Survey and archived at the Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Michigan. Cuttings representative of 13,440 Michigan oil, gas and mineral wells, archived in individual envelopes and/or vials in cardboard boxes.
Summary
Collection includes rock cuttings (drill cuttings) from Michigan oil, gas, mineral and water wells collected by the Michigan Geological Survey and archived at the Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Michigan. Cuttings representative of 13,440 Michigan oil, gas and mineral wells, archived in individual envelopes and/or vials in cardboard boxes.
Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5241 USA
Phone (269) 387-8633
Fax (269) 387-8669
Purpose
Preservation and access to valuable and unique subsurface geological samples that are the source of raw data essential for use by the public, geoscience students, scientific researchers, and industry and governmental agencies to acquire data toward natural resource identification, management, protection and development.
This collection record was derived from a survey of State Geological Survey organizations conducted under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program.