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Main Canyon Seep

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Oil Sands
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015114
MRDS ID DB00146
Record type Site
Current site name Main Canyon Seep
Alternate or previous names P. R. Springs Bituminous Sandstone Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.28987, 39.44941 (WGS84)
Elevation 2423
Relative position 2.5 MILES SSW OF P.R. SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

P R Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Westwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 016S 024E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 SEC 5 ; POINT LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE CENTER OF AREA OF TAR SEEPS IN MAIN CANYON DEPOSIT IN GRAND CO. INCLUDES PARTS OF T17S, R20 TO 22 E ; T16S., R20 TO 24 E.; T 15 1/2 S., R. 22 TO 24 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM 18 FT. BED OF OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE ALONG MEASURED SECTION IN SECTION 4 , T16S, R24E, YIELDED 29.6 GALLONS OF OIL PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Douglas Creek Member, Green River Formation
    Rock description Douglas Creek Member, Green River Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Flank Uinta Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Main Canyon Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Strike E-W
    Dip 2-4 DEG N
    Thickness 10.67M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deltaic Facies

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE BY TOTALING TRIANGULAR AREAS FORMED WITH CORNERS AT POINTS OF KNOWN STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS. ACCURACY LIMITED BY LENTICULAR NATURE OF SATURATED BEDS. RESOURCE AMOUNT GIVEN FOR GRAND CO. SECTION OF DEPOSIT, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE 20 % OF TOTAL RESERVES OF DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 31 BY W. D. BYRD

  • Deposit

    CASHION, W. B., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND FUEL RESOURCES OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, COLORADO AND UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 548

  • Deposit

    COVINGTON, R. E., 1957 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 54 ., P. 225-248

  • Deposit

    WHITTIER, W. H., AND R. C. BECKER, 1961 , GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS IN THE P. R. SPRING AREA, GRAND AND UINTAH COUNTIES,UTAH: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BYRD, W.D., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS, SOUTHEASTERN UINTA BASIN, UINTAH AND GRAND COUNTIES, UTAH; UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MASTERS THESIS

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE U.G.M.S. SPECIAL STUDIES 31

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE U.G.M.S. REPRINT 99

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT COVERS APPROXIMATELY 250 SQ MILES INCLUDING AREA IN IUNTAH CO. MAXIMUM THICKNESS GIVEN FOR INDIVIDUAL BEDS. VERTICAL SECTIONS MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE SATURATED BED. CORRELATION OF SATURATED BEDS IS DIFFICULT DUE TO LENTICULAR NATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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