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Muley Twist

Occurrence in Garfield 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015278
MRDS ID DB00641
Record type Site
Current site name Muley Twist

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.00491, 37.79166 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF RAINY DAY URANIUM MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wagon Box Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 008E 10 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 5 PERCENT TAR, SP. GR. 1.057 , %C-72.4
Result %H2-8.6
Result %N2-0.6
Result %S-3.82

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member/Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Mbr/Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.00491, 37.79166
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Waterpocket Fold Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG NE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Up-Dip Termination Of Sandstone Lens

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Circle Cliffs

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS FILE 1144-C, MAY, 1969 , SAMPLE 68-1A

  • Deposit

    DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS MAP 33

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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