Cottonwood Draw Deposit

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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096385
MRDS ID W015504
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Draw Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68324, 38.98803 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 5.7 MILES NORTH 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 021S 011E 15 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 1.5 GALS PER TON, 9.8% PORE SATURATION (OIL), 14.5% POROSITY 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) -110.68324, 38.98803

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. USBM MON. 12

  • 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.