Main Canyon Seep

The Main Canyon Seep is a mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 7,949 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Main Canyon Seep
Secondary: P. R. Springs Bituminous Sandstone Deposit

Commodity

Tertiary: Oil Sands

Location

State: Utah
County: Grand

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Uinta Basin
Physiographic Detail: Book Cliffs - Roan Plateau

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, BLANKET

Structure

Type: R
Description: South Flank Uinta Basin

Type: L
Description: Main Canyon Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE FROM 18 FT. BED OF OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE ALONG MEASURED SECTION IN SECTION 4 , T16S, R24E, YIELDED 29.6 GALLONS OF OIL PER TON

Materials

Ore: Sandstone

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 SEC 5 ; POINT LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE CENTER OF AREA OF TAR SEEPS IN MAIN CANYON DEPOSIT IN GRAND CO. INCLUDES PARTS OF T17S, R20 TO 22 E ; T16S., R20 TO 24 E.; T 15 1/2 S., R. 22 TO 24 E.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT COVERS APPROXIMATELY 250 SQ MILES INCLUDING AREA IN IUNTAH CO. MAXIMUM THICKNESS GIVEN FOR INDIVIDUAL BEDS. VERTICAL SECTIONS MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE SATURATED BED. CORRELATION OF SATURATED BEDS IS DIFFICULT DUE TO LENTICULAR NATURE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATE BY TOTALING TRIANGULAR AREAS FORMED WITH CORNERS AT POINTS OF KNOWN STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS. ACCURACY LIMITED BY LENTICULAR NATURE OF SATURATED BEDS. RESOURCE AMOUNT GIVEN FOR GRAND CO. SECTION OF DEPOSIT, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE 20 % OF TOTAL RESERVES OF DEPOSIT.

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 31 BY W. D. BYRD

Reference (Deposit): CASHION, W. B., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND FUEL RESOURCES OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, COLORADO AND UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 548

Reference (Deposit): COVINGTON, R. E., 1957 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 54 ., P. 225-248

Reference (Deposit): WHITTIER, W. H., AND R. C. BECKER, 1961 , GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS IN THE P. R. SPRING AREA, GRAND AND UINTAH COUNTIES,UTAH: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BYRD, W.D., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS, SOUTHEASTERN UINTA BASIN, UINTAH AND GRAND COUNTIES, UTAH; UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MASTERS THESIS

Reference (Deposit): 1970 COMPILE U.G.M.S. SPECIAL STUDIES 31

Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE U.G.M.S. REPRINT 99

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