Aden Anticline (New)

Location

T2 and 3S, R7E, Hamilton and Wayne Counties (I-7)

References

None

Description

The Aden structure is a prominent anticline that was listed by Treworgy (1981) as a "significant unnamed structure." It is newly named for the small village of Aden and the Aden Consolidated Oil Field, which is developed within structural traps on the anticline.

The Aden Anticline lies almost in line with the Clay City Anticline to the north. The axis trends north-northeast and is about 8 miles (13 km) long. Three separate areas of closure are mapped on the Beech Creek ("Barlow") Limestone (ISGS open files). Maximum closure is about 30 feet (9 m); the axis plunges toward the south. Closure of more than 60 feet (18 m) is indicated in Section 16, T3S, R7E, on top of the Kamak Member of the Ste. Genevieve Limestone (R. Howard, ISGS, unpublished mapping).