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Gould Ranch Tar Sand Deposit

Occurrence in Washington 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042262
MRDS ID M058722
Record type Site
Current site name Gould Ranch Tar Sand Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.25968, 37.15304 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 12,000 FEET S 40 E OF HURRICANE, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 013W 12 E2 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Bitumen

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Timpoweap Member Of The Moenkopi
    Rock description Timpoweap Member Of The Moenkopi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.25968, 37.15304
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Occurs In A North Striking Structural Swale 1/4 Km Wide And 2-3 M In Amplitude

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 670.56M
    Width 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Timpoweap Member Of The Moenkopi Formation

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTH-SOUTH SWALE HAS SEVERAL EAST-WEST SECONDARY SUNLES SUPERIMPOSED ON IT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hurricane Cliffs Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO KNOWN WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • DESCRIBED BY BASSLER AND REESIDE IN 1921. FURTHER DESCRIBED AND MAPPED BY BLAKEY IN 1979. NO KNOWN ATTEMPTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLAKEY, R.C., 1979, OIL IMPREGNATED CARBONATE ROCKS OF THE TIMPOWEAP MEMBER MOENKOPI FORMATION, HURRICANE CLIFFS AREA, UTAH AND ARIZONA: UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 6, NO. 1, P. 45-54.

  • Deposit

    BASSLER, H., AND REESIDE, J.B., 1921, OIL PROSPECTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 726-C, P. 87-107.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A SMALL STRUCTURAL SWALE. HYDROCARBONS OCCUR IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE TIMPOWEAP MEMBER OF THE MOENKOPI FORMATION, BEING LOCALIZED BY THE HIGHLY POROUS CALCARENITE AT THIS STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION. MUCH OF THE HYDROCARBON SHOW CONSISTS OF LIVE OIL. OIL BLEEDS OUT OF VUGS AND STAINS THE SURFACE OF THE ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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