The Asphalt Ridge Nw Oil Sands Deposit is a mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,919 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.45611, -109.63472
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Asphalt Ridge Nw Oil Sands Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Asphalt Ridge Nw Oil Sands Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Owner Name: Sohio
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Basin Syncline
Type: L
Description: Angular Unconformity, Normal Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sand
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 23
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: RITZMA, 1973 , MAP 33
Reference (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
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, 1975 , OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 27 NO. 5 , MAY 1975
Reference (Deposit): SPIEKER, 1930 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE NEAR VERNAL, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 822 P 77 - 98
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RITZMA, 1973
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