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Raven Ridge Oil Impregnated Sandstone

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015168
MRDS ID DB00343
Record type Site
Current site name Raven Ridge Oil Impregnated Sandstone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.11931, 40.21746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Relative position 3.5 MILES WEST OF THE COLORADO BORDER AND 1.5 MILES EAST OF DEADMAN BENCH DIVIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dinosaur(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)

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 007S 025E 35,36,27,22,21,16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO T 7 S, R 25 E, SECS. 17 ; 8 ; 7 ; 5 ; 6 ; T 7 S, R 24 E, SEC. 1 ; T 6 S, R 25 E, SEC. 32 ; T 6 S, R 24 E, SECS: 36 ; 35 ; 26 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result 13 SAMPLES SHOW A RANGE FROM 2.2 GAL/TON TO 19.6 GAL/TON WITH A MEAN VALUE OF 11.4 G/TON, SD = 5.1

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 Wasatch Formation;Douglas Creek Member/Green River Formation;Parachute Creek Member/Green River Formation;Evacuation Creek Member/Green River Formation
    Rock description Wasatch Formation;Douglas Creek Mbr/Green River Formation;Parachute Creek Mbr/Green River Formation;Evacuation Creek Mbr/Green River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.11931, 40.21746
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syndine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Raven Ridge Hogbacks

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED PODS/IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 30 DEG
    Length 40232.5M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: QUIGLEY, OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONES OF RAVEN RIDGE - PRELIMINARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H. R., 1973 , OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY MAP 33 .

  • Deposit

    QUIGLEY, S., 1972 , OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONES OF RAVEN RIDGE, VERNAL, UTAH: UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY REPORT

  • Reserve-Resource

    RITZMA, H. R., 1973 , OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH.

Reporter information

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

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