56 | Frac Sand Insider May 2015 www.rockproducts.com
Geology
Craton, The geology of North America, v. D-2: Boulder, Colora-
do, Geological Society of America, p. 25–52.
Snyder, Jesse, 2013, Suppliers aim to cope with the logistical chal-
lenges of the frack sand market: Alberta Oil Magazine, http://
www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2013/10/grains-of-frack-sand
(accessed 04-08-14).
Steele, B.A., 1987, Depositional environments of the White Rim
Sandstone Member of the Permian Cutler Formation, Canyon-
lands National Park, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1592,
20 p.
Steinbock, Lee, 2014, Proppant usage will continue to rise: The
Freedonia Group, Inc., http://upstreampumping.com/article/
upstream-market/jun-2014/proppant-usage-will-continue-rise ,
07-28-14.
Stikine Gold, 2014, Frac sand mining and processing for northeast-
ern British Columbia shale gas, http://www.stikinegold.com/i/
pdf/CorporatePresentation.pdf (accessed 01-29-14).
Suter, Max, Bergstrom, R.E., Smith, H.F., Emrich, G.H., Walton,
W.C., and Larson, T.E., 1959, Preliminary report on ground-water
resources of the Chicago region, Illinois: Illinois State Water Survey
and State Geological Survey Cooperative Report 1, 89 p.
Suhm, R.W., and Ethington, R.L., 1975, Stratigraphy and cono-
donts of Simpson Group (Middle Ordovician), Beach and Baylor
Mountains, west Texas: American Association of Petroleum Ge-
ologists Bulletin, v. 59, p. 1126-1135.
Sweet, P.C., 1986, Virginia's industrial silica resources: Virginia Min-
erals, v. 32, no. 1, p. 1–9.
Syverson, K.M., and Colgan, P.M., 2004, The Quaternary of Wis-
consin—A review of stratigraphy and glaciation history, in Ehlers,
J., and Gibbard, P.L., eds., Quaternary glaciations—Extent and
chronology, Part II, North America, Developments in Quaterna-
ry science, 2: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier B.V., p.
295–310.
Syverson, K.M., Clayton, Lee, Attig, J.W., and Mickelson, D.M.,
eds., 2011, Lexicon of Pleistocene stratigraphic units of Wis-
consin: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Tech-
nical Report 1, 180 p.
Texas Frac Sands, 2014, Brady, Texas, area frac sand—Product
specifcations, http://texasfracsands.com/id1.html (accessed
03-13-14).
The Wall Street Journal, 2014, Rainmaker Mining Corp. announces
acquisition of Peace River frac sand property, Alberta, http://
online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140205-908391.html (04-08-
14).
Thomas, D.A., 1992, Lithostratigraphy, petrology, diagenesis, and
environments of deposition of the Upper Cambrian Jordan
Sandstone (M.S. thesis): Duluth, Minnesota, University of Min-
nesota, 206 p.
U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2011, North American
shale plays, as of May 2011 http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/rpd/
northamer_gas.pdf (accessed 02-10-14).
U.S. Silica, 2014a, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, http://www.us-
silica.com/locations/berkeley-springs-wv (accessed 06-04-14).
U.S. Silica, 2014b, Mill Creek, Oklahoma, http://www.ussilica.com/
locations/mill-creek-ok (accessed 06-04-14).
U.S. Silica, 2014c, Rockwood, Michigan, http://www.ussilica.com/
locations/rockwood-mi (accessed 06-04-14).
Virta, R.L., 2014, Clay and shale: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals
Yearbook 2012, p. 18.11-18.23.
Visocky, A.P., Sherrill, M.G., and Cartwright, Keros, 1985, Geology,
hydrology, and water quality of the Cambrian and Ordovician
systems in northern Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey and
Illinois State Water Survey Cooperative Groundwater Report 10,
136 p.
Walcott, C.D., 1896, The Cambrian rocks of Pennsylvania: U.S.
Geological Survey Bulletin 134, 43 p.
Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Geologic Names Committee remarks in
Wilmarth, M.G., Lexicon of geologic names of the United States
(including Alaska), U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 896,
prts. 1-2, p. 1-2396.
Winfree, K.E., 1983, Depositional environments of the St. Peter
Sandstone of the upper Midwest: Madison, University of Wis-
consin, Master's degree thesis, 114 p.
Wolfe, M.E., 2013, Fracture sand in Ohio: Ohio Department of Nat-
ural Resources, Division of Geological Survey GeoFacts 27, 2
p.
Wright, W.F., 1965, Petroleum geology of the Simpson Group, west
Texas and southeast New Mexico: Tulsa Geological Society Di-
gest, v. 33, p. 62-73.
Young, H.L., 1992, Hydrogeology of the Cambrian-Ordovician
aquifer system in the northern Midwest, United States, with a
section on ground-water quality by D.I. Siegel: U.S. Geological
Survey Professional Paper 1405-B, 99 p.
Zdunczyk, Mark, 2007, The facts of frac: Industrial Minerals Journal,
no. 1, p. 58–61.
Zdunczyk, Mark, 2014, Hydraulic fracturing sand (frac sand): Mining
Engineering, v. 66, no. 7, p. 53–55.
Zdunczyk, M.J., 1992, Short Mountain Silica—A new producer in
Tennessee: Mining Engineering, v. 7.0, p. 3.