Akin Dome (New)

Location

T6S, R4E, Franklin County (I, J-6)

References

None

Description

The Akin Dome is named for the structure that provides the trap in the Akin West Oil Field near the village of Akin. The Akin Dome is oval, about 2 miles (3 km) north to south, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east to west, as mapped on the Beech Creek ("Barlow") Limestone (ISGS open files). Closure on the Beech creek is approxmately 30 feet (9 m). Regional dip in the vicinity of the Akin Dome is eastward toward the center of the Fairfield Basin. Production in the Akin West Field is from Mississippian rocks; the deepest penetration to date is Devonian. The isolated occurrence of this dome suggests that it is a product of compaction or draping across a sub-Devonian feature.