Mine detail: Main Canyon Seep

Previously called 'P. R. Springs Bituminous Sandstone Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.44941, -109.28987

Resource

Tertiary: Oil Sands
Ore: Sandstone
Orebody form: TABULAR, BLANKET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Douglas Creek Member, Green River Formation
Host type:Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:South Flank Uinta Basin, Main Canyon Anticline
Tectonic:Stable Platform

References

MRDSDB00146
DEP10015114
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 31 BY W. D. BYRD}{Deposit:: CASHION, W. B., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND FUEL RESOURCES OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, COLORADO AND UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 548}{Deposit:: COVINGTON, R. E., 1957 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 54 ., P. 225-248}{Deposit:: WHITTIER, W. H., AND R. C. BECKER, 1961 , GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS IN THE P. R. SPRING AREA, GRAND AND UINTAH COUNTIES,UTAH: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: BYRD, W.D., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS, SOUTHEASTERN UINTA BASIN, UINTAH AND GRAND COUNTIES, UTAH; UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MASTERS THESIS}{Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE U.G.M.S. SPECIAL STUDIES 31}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE U.G.M.S. REPRINT 99}
ReporterMc Carthy, Blair M.