| Deposit ID | 10015303 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00681 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | West Flank |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.09824, 37.78027 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1859 |
| Relative position | SOUTHWEST FLANK CIRCLE CLIFFS |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Garfield |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 034S;035S | 006E;007E | 24,25,35,14,13,12 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Oil Sands | Tertiary |
| Result | 6.44 PERCENT TAR, SP. GR. 1.1748 , % C - 68 |
|---|---|
| Result | % H2 - 7.9 |
| Result | % N2 - 0.5 |
| Result | % S - 3.58 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Moenkopi Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Moenkopi Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.09824, 37.78027 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp |
| 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 |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Circle Cliffs |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Bureau Of Land Management And State Of Utah |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00681 |
SRC.REF: UGMS FILE 1144C, SAMPLE 68 - 12B
DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .
RITZMA, H. R., 1973 , OIL-IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY MAP 33 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229
1973 RECON UGMS MAP 33
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 1 TO 2 PAY ZONES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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