Mine detail: Hill Creek Oil Impregnated Sandstone Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.57358, -109.731

Resource

Tertiary:	Oil Sands
Ore:	Sandstone
Orebody form:	LENS/IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Douglas Creek Member/Green River Formation;Parachute Creek Member/Green River Formation
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Uinta Basin Syncline, Hill Creek Anticline
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	DB00252
DEP	10088039
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: 1976 , JOHNSON, PROPERTIES OF UTAH TAR SANDS. LARAMIE ENERGY RESOURCE}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, MARCHANT, CUPPS, 1976 , PROPERTIES OF UTAH TAR SANDS - FLAT ROCK MESA AREA - HILL CREEK DEPOSIT; LARAMIE ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER}{Deposit:: GWYNN, 1970 , INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS OF TARS & THEIR CORRELATIONS IN OIL - IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH. D. DISSERTATION}{Deposit:: 1973 DIREXPL UGM}{Reserve-Resource:: JOHNSON, MARCHANT, CUPPS, 1976 , PROPERTY OF UTAH TAR SANDS - HILL CREEK DEPOSIT}
Reporter	Mccarthy, Blair M.