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Spring Hollow Tar Sand

Occurrence 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. 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 10042253
MRDS ID M058696
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Hollow Tar Sand

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.37238, 40.29774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 28,000 FT S 20 W OF JENSEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jensen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 023E 18 SW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM BM 4739, EAST OF JENSEN IS TO A REPRESENTATIVE POINT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Primary

Analytical data

Result TAR-2.6%, C-87.5%, H2-3.3%, N2-0.60%, S-.76%
Result FROM WOOD, R.E., AND RITZMA, H.R., 1972.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Duchesre River
    Rock description Duchesre River
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.37238, 40.29774
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 27 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Hollow Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO KNOWN WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOOD, R.E., AND RITZMA, H.R., 1972, ANALYSES OF OIL EXTRACTED FROM OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS IN UTAH, UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 39.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIP VARIES 18 TO 36 DEGREES SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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