Mine detail: Asphalt Ridge Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.43329, -109.60016

Resource

Primary: Oil Sands
Ore: Sandstone
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1895

Geology

Host rock:Asphalt Ridge Sandstone, Mesa Verde Group;Rim Rock Sandstone;Duchesne River Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Uinta Basin Syncline, Angular Unconformity, Normal Faulting
Tectonic:Stable Platform

References

MRDSDB00242
DEP10097952
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CAMPBELL, 1975 , OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH.}{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}{Reserve-Resource:: COVINGTON, 1964 , BITUMINOUS S.S. OF THE UINTA BASIN}
ReporterMc Carthy, Blair M.