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Wickiup Deposit

Occurrence 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089279
MRDS ID W015505
Record type Site
Current site name Wickiup Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71518, 38.89247 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position 1.8 MILES SW OF THE WICKIUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Wickiup(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 022S 011E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 20; POINT LOCATION IS A TYPICAL OUTCROP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONES AND SILTSTONE

Analytical data

Result 1.3 GALS PER TON, 10.0% PORE SATURATION (OIL), 12.8% POROSITY
Result FROM SELECT SAMPLE AT POINT LOCATION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Moenkopi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.71518, 38.89247
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form POD - LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lenses And Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO KNOWN MINING OF THIS DEPOSIT

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

    1946 RECON A.A. BAKER, USGS BULL 951

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE BALL ASS.

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE BALL ASS. USBM

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY MAP 33

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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