﻿STRUCTURE 
  AND 
  CONDITIONS 
  AFFECTING 
  PRESENCE 
  OF 
  OIL. 
  87 
  

  

  SOLOMON 
  HILLS 
  AND 
  AREA 
  NORTH 
  OF 
  LOS 
  OLIVOS. 
  

  

  GENERAL 
  FEATURES. 
  

  

  Three 
  anticlines 
  dominate 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  Solomon 
  Hills. 
  

   These 
  are, 
  in 
  order 
  from 
  west 
  to 
  east, 
  the 
  Mount 
  Solomon 
  anti- 
  

   cline 
  (first 
  worked 
  out 
  and 
  named 
  by 
  W. 
  W. 
  Orcutt), 
  the 
  Gato 
  Ridge 
  

   anticline, 
  and 
  the 
  La 
  Zaca 
  Creek-Lisque 
  Creek 
  anticline. 
  In 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  these 
  there 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  minor 
  anticlines 
  associ- 
  

   ated 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  named, 
  and 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  north 
  of 
  that 
  on 
  Gato 
  

   Ridge. 
  

  

  MOUNT 
  SOLOMON 
  AND 
  ASSOCIATED 
  ANTICLINES. 
  

  

  Structure. 
  — 
  The 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  northwest 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Mount 
  Solo- 
  

   mon 
  and 
  associated 
  anticlines 
  are 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  contour 
  map 
  (PL 
  X, 
  

   p. 
  92). 
  Whether 
  or 
  not 
  the 
  anticline 
  extending 
  through 
  the 
  Santa 
  

   Maria 
  Oil 
  and 
  Gas 
  and 
  the 
  Escolle 
  properties 
  should 
  be 
  considered 
  

   the 
  true 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  Mount 
  Solomon 
  anticline, 
  or 
  whether 
  the 
  

   Hartnell 
  anticline 
  should 
  be 
  so 
  considered, 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  decide 
  

   with 
  the 
  data 
  at 
  present 
  available. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  writers' 
  opinion 
  that 
  

   the 
  Mount 
  Solomon 
  and 
  Hartnell 
  anticlines 
  are 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   set 
  of 
  forces 
  and 
  should 
  therefore 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  one 
  fold, 
  but 
  that 
  

   the 
  evidence 
  offered 
  by 
  the 
  data 
  used 
  in 
  compiling 
  the 
  map 
  favored 
  

   the 
  relations 
  shown 
  on 
  PL 
  X. 
  The 
  mapping 
  of 
  the 
  Pinal, 
  Hobbs, 
  and 
  

   Newlove 
  anticlines 
  is 
  based 
  almost 
  entirely 
  on 
  evidence 
  furnished 
  

   by 
  the 
  drill, 
  although 
  certain 
  superficial 
  evidence 
  strengthens 
  the 
  

   theory 
  of 
  their 
  presence. 
  

  

  The 
  southeastern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Mount 
  Solomon 
  anticline 
  gradu- 
  

   ally 
  fades 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  southern 
  flank 
  of 
  the 
  Gato 
  Ridge 
  anticlinej 
  

   losing 
  its 
  individuality 
  toward 
  the 
  southeast 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Mount 
  Solo- 
  

   mon 
  ridge. 
  The 
  northeastern 
  flank 
  of 
  the 
  anticline 
  is 
  much 
  the 
  

   steeper, 
  dipping 
  from 
  20° 
  to 
  38° 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Mount 
  Solomon, 
  

   and 
  gradually 
  flattening 
  out 
  from 
  that 
  locality 
  southeastward. 
  

  

  The 
  Western 
  Union 
  anticline 
  is 
  a 
  well-developed 
  flexure 
  with 
  

   steep 
  northern 
  flank 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  group 
  of 
  Western 
  

   Union 
  wells, 
  but 
  its 
  identity 
  becomes 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  obscure 
  as 
  it 
  

   fades 
  into 
  the 
  southwestern 
  flank 
  of 
  the 
  Gato 
  Ridge 
  anticline 
  in 
  a 
  

   similar 
  manner 
  to 
  the 
  Mount 
  Solomon 
  anticline, 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  

   latter' 
  s 
  southeast 
  end. 
  

  

  The 
  relations 
  existing 
  between 
  the 
  Mount 
  Solomon 
  and 
  Schu- 
  

   mann 
  anticlines 
  are 
  vague, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  certain 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  

   in 
  alignment 
  and 
  therefore 
  can 
  not 
  possibly 
  be 
  one 
  continuous 
  feature. 
  

   If 
  the 
  Hartnell 
  and 
  Mount 
  Solomon 
  anticlines 
  are 
  considered 
  as 
  one, 
  

   the 
  relations 
  which 
  exist 
  between 
  this 
  united 
  anticline 
  and 
  the 
  Schu- 
  

   mann 
  anticline 
  are 
  exactly 
  analogous 
  to 
  those 
  which 
  exist 
  between 
  

   the 
  Mount 
  Solomon 
  and 
  Gato 
  Ridge 
  and 
  the 
  Gato 
  Ridge 
  and 
  La 
  

  

  