Stone Corral Structure as Indicator of Pennsylvanian Structure in Central and Western Kansas

Abstract

Structure maps on the Stone Corral formation of Permian age and on the Lansing group of Pennsylvanian age for 10 oil fields in central and western Kansas are compared. All the fields are relatively recent discoveries and are located in different structural provinces. The study shows that the structure on the Stone Corral reflects the Pennsylvanian structure with reasonable accuracy in 9 of the 10 fields. The lack of agreement in the Sunny Slope field may be due to lack of control.