Mine detail: Asphalt Ridge Nw Oil Sands Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.45607, -109.63544

Resource

Tertiary: Oil Sands
Ore: Sand
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Asphalt Ridge Member, Mesaverde Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Uinta Basin Syncline, Angular Unconformity, Normal Faulting
Tectonic:Stable Platform

References

MRDSDB00249
DEP10015147
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: RITZMA, 1973 , MAP 33}{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}
ReporterMc Carthy, Blair M.