Black Dragon Oil Impregnated Rock

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Oil Sands
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071442
MRDS ID W014837
Record type Site
Current site name Black Dragon Oil Impregnated Rock
Alternate or previous names San Rafael Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.45962, 38.94775 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 4.8 MILES SOUTH 70 DEG EAST OF THE HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spotted Wolf Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S;022S 013E 26,34,35;02,03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SOME LAND IS ALSO OWNED BY STATE OF UTAH; SPOT LOCATION IS AT A TYPICAL OUTCROP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONES, SILTSTONES, AND LIMESTONES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moenkopi Formation-Sinbad Member
    Rock description Moenkopi Formation-Sinbad Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.45962, 38.94775

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form POD - LENS
    Strike N 00 DEG E
    Dip 11 DEG E
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 8851.15M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 381M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone And Siltstone Channels And Lens

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell

Comments on the workings information

  • NO KNOWN MINING OF THIS LOCATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H. R. 1973, OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY MAP 33, 2 SHEETS

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, SURFACE AND SHALLOW OIL IMPREGNATED ROCKS AND SHALLOW OIL FIELDS IN THE U.S. INTERSTATE OIL COMPACT COMMISSION

  • Deposit

    1946 RECON A. A. BAKER, USGS BULLETIN 951, P. 111, 1946

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE BALL ASSOC., USBM MONOGRAPH 12, P. 338 - 339

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON UTAH GEO. & MIN. SUR., MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OIL - IMPREGNATED ROCK IS LOCALIZED, PRINCIPALLY IN SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONE LENSES AND CHANNELS IN LOWER HALF OF MOENKOPI FM., FROM APPROXIMATELY 37 FT. ABOVE TO 140 FT BELOW THE SINBAD MBR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Campbell, Jock A. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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