Mine detail: Timpoweap Canyon Tar Sand Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

37.20165, -113.21662

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:	Calcarenite
Structure:	Hurricane Fault System, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Bellt, Small Amplitude, Northwest Striking, Broad Folds Or Swales
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Bitumen

References

MRDS	M058734
DEP	10088796
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. 2, P. 45 TO 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.