Mine detail: Hurricane Cliffs Tar Sand Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

37.09443, -113.29829

Resource

Primary:	Oil Sands
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Timpoweap Member Of The Moenkopi
Host type:	Carbonate
Structure:	Hurricane Fault System, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Area Of Disturbed Rocks About 2000 Feet East Of The Deposit
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Bitumen

References

MRDS	M058723
DEP	10088791
Reference	{Deposit:: BLAKEY, R.C., 1979, OIL IMPREGNATED CARBONATE ROCKS OF THE TIMPOWEAP MEMBER MOENKOPI FORMATION, HURRICANE CLIFFS AREA, UTAH AND ARIZONA: UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 6, NO. 1, P. 45-54.}{Deposit:: BASSLER, H. AND REESIDE, J.B., 1921, OIL PROSPECTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 726-C, P. 87-107.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.