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Bennetts Seep

Occurrence in Kane 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094737
MRDS ID DB00940
Record type Site
Current site name Bennetts Seep

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -110.80057, 37.30242 (WGS84)
Elevation 1018
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Rincon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Navajo Mountain(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

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 040S 010E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION NOT CERTAIN, AREA SUBMERGED BY LAKE POWELL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

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

Centroid (1) -110.80057, 37.30242
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Glen Canyon Recreation Area

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-78 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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