Mine detail: Raven Ridge Oil Impregnated Sandstone

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Location

Lat / long:

40.21746, -109.11931

Resource

Tertiary:	Oil Sands
Ore:	Sandstone
Orebody form:	SCATTERED PODS/IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Wasatch Formation;Douglas Creek Member/Green River Formation;Parachute Creek Member/Green River Formation;Evacuation Creek Member/Green River Formation
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Uinta Basin Syndine, Raven Ridge Hogbacks
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	DB00343
DEP	10015168
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: QUIGLEY, OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONES OF RAVEN RIDGE - PRELIMINARY REPORT}{Deposit:: RITZMA, H. R., 1973 , OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY MAP 33 .}{Deposit:: QUIGLEY, S., 1972 , OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONES OF RAVEN RIDGE, VERNAL, UTAH: UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY REPORT}{Reserve-Resource:: RITZMA, H. R., 1973 , OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH.}
Reporter	Mccarthy, Blair M.