West Flank

Occurrence in Garfield 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. Alteration
  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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015303
MRDS ID DB00681
Record type Site
Current site name West Flank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09824, 37.78027 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position SOUTHWEST FLANK CIRCLE CLIFFS

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)

Escalante(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034S;035S 006E;007E 24,25,35,14,13,12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • A64 ALSO 30 ; ALSO SECTION 36 - 34 S - 6 E AND SECTIONS 1 - 11 AND 15 , 16 , 20 - 28 - 35 S - 7 E ALSO SECTIONS 32 - 36 - 35 S - 7 E AND SECTIONS 29 - 32 - 35 S - 8 E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Analytical data

Result 6.44 PERCENT TAR, SP. GR. 1.1748 , % C - 68
Result % H2 - 7.9
Result % N2 - 0.5
Result % S - 3.58

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Moenkopi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09824, 37.78027

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Thickness 94.49M
    Length 12874.4M
    Width 8046.5M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Circle Cliffs

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management And State Of Utah

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS FILE 1144C, SAMPLE 68 - 12B

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 TO 2 PAY ZONES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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