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Hatch Canyon

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096895
MRDS ID DB01798
Record type Site
Current site name Hatch Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.25069, 38.03693 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position JUST EAST OF HATCH CANYON - FIDDLER COVE CANYON CONFLUENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Church Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 032S 014E 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HATCH CANYON IS PART OF LARGER TAR SAND TRIANGLE DEPOSIT, IN THIS QUADRANGLE TO L110

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 Cedar Mesa Sandstone;White Rim Sandstone;Moenkopi Formation;Monitor Butte Member/Chinle Formation
    Rock description Cedar Mesa Sandstone;White Rim Sandstone;Moenkopi Formation;Monitor Butte Mbr/Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.25069, 38.03693
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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 91.44M
    Length 24139.5M
    Width 12069.75M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FOR ENTIRE TAR SAND TRIANGLE

Comments on development

  • PARTS OF T 30 S, R 15 E, T 31 S, R 14 E AND R 15 E, T 32 S, R 14 E AND 15 E

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: RITZMA, 1973

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS MAP 33

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS BULL 107

  • Reserve-Resource

    RITZMA, H. R., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY MAP 33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE IN QUADRANGLE ONLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Unknown Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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