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East Flank

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. 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 10088107
MRDS ID DB00611
Record type Site
Current site name East Flank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.0413, 37.84916 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position EAST FLANK OF 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)

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 034S;035S 008E;008E 05,06,07,03,04,05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • A64 ALSO 30 AND 49 , ALSO SECS. 31 , 32 - 33 S - 8 E AND SECS. 1 , 12 , 13 , 24 , 25 , 36 - 34 S - 7 E AND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Analytical data

Result 5.07 PERCENT TAR
Result SP. GR. 1.0945 , % C - 73.8
Result % H2 - 9.2
Result % N2 - 0.5
Result % S - 3.63

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) -111.0413, 37.84916
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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 NE
    Thickness 79.25M
    Length 20920.9M
    Width 6437.2M
    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 National Park

Ownership information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES RESERVES FOR THE PEAKS DEPOSITS ( 17-WAGON BOX MESA-35 ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS FILE 1144-C, SAMPLE 68 - 13B

  • 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 OVER 21 SQ. MILES; 1 - 3 PAY ZONES.
Deposit SECS. 8 , 16 - 21 , 27 - 33 - 34 S - 8 E AND SECS. 6 , 8 - 10 , 14 - 16 , 21 - 22 , 25 - 27 , 34 - 36 - 35 S - 8 E

Reporter information

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

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