Poison Spring Canyon

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088294
MRDS ID DB01565
Record type Site
Current site name Poison Spring Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.43489, 38.08916 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position NEAR MOUTH OF POISON SPRING CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stair Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dirty Devil(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 031S 013E 24,23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

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) -110.43489, 38.08916

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Flank Monument Upwarp

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 2 DEG W
    Thickness 7.32M
    Length 1287.44M
    Width 965.58M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns/Orange Cliffs

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., 1946 , GEOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER DESERT-CATARACT CANYON REGION, EMERY, WAYNE, AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 951 .

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS MAP 33

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107

  • Reserve-Resource

    RITZMA, H. R., 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 - 3 PAY ZONES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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