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Asphalt Ridge Deposit

Past Producer in Uintah 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. Materials information
  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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097952
MRDS ID DB00242
Record type Site
Current site name Asphalt Ridge Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.60016, 40.43329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position POINT LOCATION: 3.3 MILES SW UINTAH H.S.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vernal NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S;005S 020E;021E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT OUTCROPS IN SEC 25 T 4 S, R 20 E AND IN SECS 30 , 31 , 32 , T 4 S, R 21 E AND IN SECS. 4 , 5 , 9 , 10 , 15 , 16 T 5 S, R 21 E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Sands Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result PERMEABILITY: 30 TO 4000 MILLIDARCYS
Result POROSITY: 26 % TO 34 %
Result OIL SATURATION: 19 % TO 72 % OF PORE SPACE
Result API GRAVITY: 8 DEG TO 14 DEG
Result VERY LOW SULFER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Asphalt Ridge Sandstone, Mesa Verde Group;Rim Rock Sandstone;Duchesne River Formation
    Rock description Asphalt Ridge Sandstone, Mesa Verde Group;Rim Rock Sandstone;Duchesne River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.60016, 40.43329
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Angular Unconformity, Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 20 DEG SW
    Thickness 91.44M
    Length 16093M
    Width 1609.3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic Unconformity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1895

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sohio, Tom Brown Drilling Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES BASED UPON 10 MILES OUTCROP ALONG STRIKE AND 1 MILE DOWNDIP FROM OUTCROP VOL. EXCEEDS 475 MILLION CU YDS AT 9 % GRADE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 29.264HA
    Length 16.76M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 500M
    Overall width 640.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT HAS SEVERAL WORKINGS ACROSS LENGTH OF OUTCROP. SURFACE PITS AT COUNTY ASPHALT SITE AND AT NORTH END OF DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CAMPBELL, 1975 , OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    COVINGTON, 1964 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE OF THE UINTA BASIN IN GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UINTA BASIN; IAPG 13TH ANN FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, 1964

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, 1975 , OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 27 NO. 5 , MAY 1975

  • Deposit

    SPIEKER, 1930 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE NEAR VERNAL, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 822 P. 77 - 98

  • Reserve-Resource

    COVINGTON, 1964 , BITUMINOUS S.S. OF THE UINTA BASIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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