The Santa Rosa Tar Sands is a oil sands mine located in Guadalupe county, New Mexico.
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Santa Rosa Tar Sands MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Santa Rosa Tar Sands
Commodity
Primary: Oil Sands
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Guadalupe
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1930
Year Last Production: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Pecos Valley
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRATA-BOUND
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): FLOODED BY LOS ESTERES RESERVOIR (SANTA ROSA LAKE).
Comment (Production): PLANS WERE MADE IN THE LATE 1970'S BY SOLV-EX CORP. TO MINE TAR SANDS AND TO RECOVER OIL FROM THEM WITH A SOLVENT EXTRACTION PROCESS. THE PLANS WERE ABANDONED IN 1983 DUE TO ECONOMICS.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS A HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION THAT HAS MIGRATED TO THE SURFACE THROUGH PERMEABLE AND POROUS STRATA AND ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES.
Comment (Deposit): NOW FLOODED BY SANTA ROSA LAKE. FUTURE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS COULD REVIVE COMMERCIAL INTEREST.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROADHEAD, R. F., AND KING, W. E., 1988, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 119, 51P. BUDDING, A. J., 1980, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY, V. 2, NO. 1, P. 4-5
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