The Role of Clay Mineral Composition on Silicified Coal Genesa Based on X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)

The interesting concern in this study is that in the same outcrop it was found that the first coal seam (coal seam-D) contains silicified coal and the second coal seam (coal seam-E) does not contain silicified coal and how to find out the cause. In general, the characteristics of silicified coal seam-D are in the form of lenses; the distribution extends from a few meters to several tens of meters with a thickness of three to five centimeters and some are in nodules. Environmental conditions are the main factor in the formation of silicified coal where the acidity level of coal bearing sediment seam-D which is between 3.4 (roof sediment) to 4.2 (floor sediment) is higher than coal bearing sediment seam-E which has a pH of 5.4. This condition indicates that the coal bearing sediment seam-D environment is more acidic than coal seam-E. The results of XRD analysis show that the seam-D containing silicified coal has a composition of 47.47% kaolinite, 21.27% illite, 23.73% smectite and 17.54% mixed layer, while the seam-E which does not contain silicified coal has a composition of kaolinite 35.78%, illite 17.88%, smectite 21.59% and mixed layer 24.76%. Acidic environmental conditions (pH) and silica enrichment in clay minerals (kaolinite) in the roof sediments during sedimentation, accelerated the process of deposition of colloidal silica in the wood structure of coal seams into silicified coal.

Coal Potential as Source Rock of Hydrocarbon Warukin Formation Based on Coal Macerals Composition, Central Wara, Tabalong, South Kalimantan

The interest of this research: there is oil seepage at the contact between coal seam-A and sandstone facies of Warukin Formation, so it is necessary to study where is the source rock. The correlation between HI and Tmax as result from rock eval pyrolysis shows that the shale of the Warukin Formation is immature while the correlation between HI and OI shows oil prone. The vitrinite (Ro) reflectance of Central Wara coal is between 0.48% up to 0.5% (immature), the content of the vitrinite group is 68.0 - 84.8 (% Vol.), Liptinite 3.0 - 14.0 (% Vol.) and inertinite 0.48 - 25.0 (% Vol.). The high content of liptinite mineral groups (14% Vol.) and the presence of exsudatinite maceral are as an initial indication of bitumenization of oil formation when there is a change in reflectance and fluorescence. Therefore, Central Wara coal plays an important role as the source rock of the Warukin Formation, although the maturity level is immature, the presence of exsudatinite maceral is believed to be the source of origin for producing oil, where the organic material comes from terrestrial.