P. R. Spring Oil Sand Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015148
MRDS ID DB00253
Record type Site
Current site name P. R. Spring Oil Sand Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.41627, 39.55997 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Relative position 0.7 MILES DOWN CANYON FROM PINE SPRING IN PINE SPRING CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Spring Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seep Ridge(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022E 014S 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE OILSAND DEPOSIT INCLUDES NUMEROUS TOWNSHIPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 33 SAMPLES SHOW MAX. OF 29.6 GAL/TON IN THE AREA OF SEEP RIDGE T 16 S, R 24 E, SEC. 4 AND 5, AVERAGE POROSITY - 30.5%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Douglas Creek Member/Green River Formation;Parachute Creek Member/Green River Formation
    Rock description Douglas Creek Mbr/Green River Formation;Parachute Creek Mbr/Green River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.41627, 39.55997

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Uncompahgre Uplift, Hill Creek Ridge Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL, LENS/IRREGULAR
    Dip 4 DEG N
    Thickness 10.67M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer U. S. Bureau Of Mines

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: BYRD, 1970 , P. R. SPRING OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE.

  • Deposit

    BYRD, 1970 , P. R. SPRING OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSIT, UINTAH AND GRAND COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES 31

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, JACK, OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, REPRINT 99

  • Deposit

    1951 GEOLMAP U. S. BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON CASHION AND BROWN

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP CASHION

  • Deposit

    1970 GEOLMAP U. G. M. S.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BYRD, 1970 , P. R. SPRING OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSIT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 214 SQUARE MILES ARE UNDERLAIN BY OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.