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Hill Creek Oil Impregnated Sandstone Deposit

Prospect 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088039
MRDS ID DB00252
Record type Site
Current site name Hill Creek Oil Impregnated Sandstone Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.731, 39.57358 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 1/2 MILE EAST OF TOWAVE RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flat Rock Mesa(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 019E 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNDERLIES ALL OR PARTS OF T 13 S TO 15 S, R 18 E TO 21 E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result POROSITY AVERAGES 20.2%, PERMEABILITY BEFORE AND AFTER OIL EXTRACTION, AVERAGING 150 AND 325 MD. RESPECTIVELY

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) -109.731, 39.57358
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hill Creek Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS/IRREGULAR
    Thickness 24.69M
    Depth to top 12.5M
    Depth to bottom 140.21M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 1976 , JOHNSON, PROPERTIES OF UTAH TAR SANDS. LARAMIE ENERGY RESOURCE

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, MARCHANT, CUPPS, 1976 , PROPERTIES OF UTAH TAR SANDS - FLAT ROCK MESA AREA - HILL CREEK DEPOSIT; LARAMIE ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER

  • Deposit

    GWYNN, 1970 , INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS OF TARS & THEIR CORRELATIONS IN OIL - IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH. D. DISSERTATION

  • Deposit

    1973 DIREXPL UGM

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON, MARCHANT, CUPPS, 1976 , PROPERTY OF UTAH TAR SANDS - HILL CREEK DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

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