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Whiterocks Deposit

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015199
MRDS ID DB00461
Record type Site
Current site name Whiterocks Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.91906, 40.56856 (WGS84)
Elevation 2188
Relative position 2.3 MILES NE OF ELKHORN RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ice Cave Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 002N 001E 18,19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Primary

Analytical data

Result GRAVITY RANGE (API) - 4.4 - 12
Result GAL./TON: 4.5 - 31.4
Result PORE SPACE OIL SATURATED: 13 - 33
Result POROSITY: 14 - 32
Result PERMEABILITY: 10 - 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.91906, 40.56856
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Length 2413.95M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.732HA
    Overall length 175M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE LARGE PIT, A SMALL PROSPECT PIT EAST OF WHITE ROCKS RIVER, A 25 FT LONG TUNNEL, AND A CAVED ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CAMPBELL, J. A., 1975 , OIL - IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH

  • Deposit

    PRUITT, R. G., 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, P. 18 .

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, J. A., 1975 , OIL - IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY REPRINT 99

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A. I., 1963 , OIL AND GAS POSSIBILITIES OF UTAH, RE - EVALUATED: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 54 , P. 237 - 243

  • Deposit

    COVINGTON, R. E., 1964 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONES OF UINTAH COUNTY: INTERMTN. ASSOC. OF PETROL. GEOL. GUIDEBOOK TO THE 13TH ANN. FIELD CONF., P. 233 - 238

  • Reserve-Resource

    RITZMA, H. R., 173 , OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGMS MAP 33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LATERAL OR ALONG - STRIKE LIMITS ARE UNKNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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