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Asphalt Ridge Nw Oil Sands Deposit

Prospect in Uintah 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015147
MRDS ID DB00249
Record type Site
Current site name Asphalt Ridge Nw Oil Sands Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.63544, 40.45607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position POINT LOCATION: 2.6 MILES WNW OF COTTONWOOD SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vernal NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 020E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Asphalt Ridge Member, Mesaverde Formation
    Rock description Asphalt Ridge Member, Mesaverde Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.63544, 40.45607
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Angular Unconformity, Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST
    Dip 07 DEG SW
    Thickness 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 175.26M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic Unconformity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sohio

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: RITZMA, 1973 , MAP 33

  • Deposit

    COVINGTON, 1964 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE OF THE UINTA BASIN IN GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UINTA BASIN: IAPG 13TH ANN FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, 1964

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, 1975 , OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 27 NO. 5 , MAY 1975

  • Deposit

    SPIEKER, 1930 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE NEAR VERNAL, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 822 P 77 - 98

  • Reserve-Resource

    RITZMA, 1973

Reporter information

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

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