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Sunnyside Bituminous Sandstones

Past Producer in Emery 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073180
MRDS ID W019048
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyside Bituminous Sandstones

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.35491, 39.63329 (WGS84)
Elevation 2697

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bruin Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 14S 14E 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • OUTCROP APPARENTLY TRENDS ALONG PACK TRAIK EXTENDING NORTHWEST FROM BRUIN POINT INTO SECTIONS 03, 10 AND 33 OF T14S R14E AND SECTIONS 29 AND 32 T13S R14E. UTM IS TAKEN AT BRIAN POINT MINES AT HEADWATERS OF RANGE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Primary

Analytical data

Result POROSITY 28.5%
Result PERMENALSLICTY 154 TO 677 MD.
Result BITUMEN CONTENT 8.97% BY WEIGHT (AVERAGE OF 24 SAMPLES).

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.35491, 39.63329
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deltaic Depositional Environment

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 6 DEG NE
    Thickness 274.32M
    Length 18989.74M
    Width 13357.19M
    Depth to top 121.92M
    Depth to bottom 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology And Regional Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crosby Tar Sand

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1948
    Total resources 728000000bbls
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Oil Sands Oil_Sa 9 wt-pct Petroleum (Oil) Major 1948

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.862HA
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO QUARRIES; ONE PIT IS APPROX. 400 X 400 FEET, THE OTHER IS 300 X 300 FT. OVERALL AREA IS AN ESTIMATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: RITZMA, 1973; ALSO HOLMES AND OTHERS, 1948

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, J. A., 1975, OIL - IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: MINING ENGINEERING V. 27, NO. 5, MAY, P. 47-53 (UGMS REPRINT 99).

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, C. N., ET AL, 1948, GEOLOGY OF THE BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS NEAR SUNNYSIDE, CARBON COUNTY, UTAH: USGS OIL AND GAS INVESTIGATION PRELIMINARY MAP 86

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H. R., 1973, OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGMS MAP 33, 2 SHEETS.

  • Deposit

    BALL ASSOCIATES, 1965, SURFACE AND SHALLOW OIL - IMPREGNATED ROCKS AND SHALLOW OIL FIELDS IN THE U.S.: USBM MONGRAPH 12 P. 335 - 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH FIGURES VARY AND DEPTHS ARE BASED ON DRILL HOLE DATA IN SEC 4 T14S R14E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Campbell, Jock A. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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