BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 

 Vol. 3, pp. 187-216, pl. 6 April 15, 1892 



THE MANNINGTON OIL FIELD AND THE HISTORY OF ITS 



DEVELOPMENT. 



BY I. C. WHITE. 



Read be/on the Society December 29, 1891.) 

 CONTEXTS. 



Page. 



The Field is; 



Location and general Features 187 



Si mrce of the Hydrocarbons 188 



The Stratigraphy L89 



The Mount Morris Section L89 



The Mannington Section 190 



The Fail-view Section ]<>1 



General Features 192 



Development of the "Anticlinal Theory'' 1<;:; 



Application of the "Anticlinal Theory " 197 



The * >rigin of Petroleum 202 



Appendix 204 



The "Anticlinal Theory " of natural Gas 204 



The Criticisms of the "Anticlinal Theory " of natural Gas 215 



The Field. 



Location and general Failures. — The Mannington oil field is situated in 

 Marion county, West Virginia, on the main line of the Baltimore and 

 Ohio railway. It is an extension of the Mount Morris (Pennsylvania) 

 field, which begins just north of the West Virginia slate lino and trends 

 in a belt of varying width southwestward, across Marion and Monongalia 

 counties to the edge of Harrison county. Dolls run, Pedlars run, Jakes 

 run, Fairview and Mods run are centers of development along the belt, 

 which as now defined is from half a mile to three miles wide and about 

 •".o miles long. 



The cross section on the accompanying map folate 6) shows thai the 

 oil bell in question is found on the western slope of the Indiana anticline, 

 and is from 1") to -! ! ' miles distant from the great axis of Chestnut ridge. 

 The dip is northwestward, and varies from 150 feel per mile al Mount 

 Morris to 50 feel at Mannington. The belt is thrown westward in southern 



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