A method for estimating a fracability index of a geographic location includes determining a structural index and a mineral composition index of a geological sample extracted from a geographic location, and estimating the geographic location based on the structural index and the mineral composition index. The fracability index of the location. The texture index may be a texture-related measure, such as texture size or angularity, or a pore space-related measure, such as pore area, diameter, aspect ratio, and perimeter, or statistical data associated with these measurements. In certain embodiments, determining the mineral composition indicator includes detecting in the geological sample at least one prevalent organic proxy indicator, such as vanadium, iron, uranium, thorium, copper, sulfur, zinc, chromium, nickel, cobalt, lead, and molybdenum. Determining mineral composition indicators may also include detecting one, both, or all of the prevalent siliciclastic, carbonate, and clay.