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Tabiona Tar Sand Deposit

Occurrence in Duchesne 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042095
MRDS ID M058361
Record type Site
Current site name Tabiona Tar Sand Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.67519, 40.38995 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 9,550 N 50 W OF TONIGUT SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farm Creek Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duchesne(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 001S 007W 16 SW OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Currant Creek;Duchesne River
    Rock description Currant Creek;Duchesne River

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.67519, 40.38995
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syneline (North Limb)

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • NO KNOWN WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1979, OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGMS MAP 47.

  • Deposit

    HUDDLE, J.W., ET. AL., 1951, GEOL. OF THE MOON LAKE AREA, DUCHESNE CO., UTAH: USGS OIL AND GAS INVESTIGATIONS MAP OM-115.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RITZMA, H.R., 1979.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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