Characteristics of parametamorphic rock reservoirs in Pingxi area, Qaidam Basin, NW China
Zhiyuan XIA,Zhanguo LIU,Senming LI,Yongshu ZHANG,Bo WANG,Mingzhi TIAN,Jin WU,Kaizhen ZOU
Table 1 Mineral contents from X-ray diffraction analysis of parametamorphic rocks in Pingxi area.
Well name Lithology Formation Depth/
m
Mineral types and contents/% Total amount of clay minerals/%
Quartz Potash Feldspar Soda Feldspar Calcite Dolomite Barite Pyrite Cubi-
cite
Anhy-
drite
Pyro-
xene
Side-
rite
Dp172 Slate Silurian 4 405.0 37.4 1.2 1.8 10.0 2.1 47.5
4 414.0 28.0 0.6 1.5 15.5 2.2 8.4 8.0 35.5
4 450.0 31.4 2.5 7.9 2.9 7.8 2.6 6.6 38.3
4 490.0 31.5 0.2 2.2 5.6 2.3 5.8 1.5 5.8 8.9 36.2
Crystalline limestone Ordovician 4 520.0 12.9 0.7 56.5 9.2 2.6 0.6 3.8 13.7
4 536.0 14.0 45.9 4.3 1.6 2.0 11.1 21.1
4 603.2 14.2 0.7 66.5 1.2 1.0 0.7 15.8
4 700.0 18.0 3.0 52.6 3.5 22.9
4 710.0 20.6 0.4 3.3 50.2 2.3 2.0 1.4 1.0 1.9 16.9
4 720.0 23.6 0.5 5.6 53.6 1.9 14.8
Calc-
schist
Ordovician 4 590.0 20.4 0.5 1.2 37.5 2.4 2.3 0.9 0.7 34.1
4 600.9 39.7 0.8 19.5 2.1 9.1 28.8
4 601.0 26.5 2.0 11.6 29.1 17.9 12.9
4 730.0 28.0 6.5 32.5 2.6 3.5 2.0 1.1 4.1 19.7
4 740.0 22.1 4.9 32.2 2.8 1.1 36.9
4 750.0 23.9 3.3 32.7 2.3 2.1 1.1 34.6