The P. R. Spring Oil Sand Deposit is a mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,041 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
Elevation: 7,041 Feet (2,146 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.56, -109.41556
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P. R. Spring Oil Sand Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: P. R. Spring Oil Sand Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
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: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL, LENS/IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Basin Syncline
Type: L
Description: Uncompahgre Uplift, Hill Creek Ridge Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 33 SAMPLES SHOW MAX. OF 29.6 GAL/TON IN THE AREA OF SEEP RIDGE T 16 S, R 24 E, SEC. 4 AND 5, AVERAGE POROSITY - 30.5%
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): THE OILSAND DEPOSIT INCLUDES NUMEROUS TOWNSHIPS
Comment (Deposit): 214 SQUARE MILES ARE UNDERLAIN BY OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: BYRD, 1970 , P. R. SPRING OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE.
Reference (Deposit): BYRD, 1970 , P. R. SPRING OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSIT, UINTAH AND GRAND COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES 31
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, JACK, OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, REPRINT 99
Reference (Deposit): 1951 GEOLMAP U. S. BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON CASHION AND BROWN
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP CASHION
Reference (Deposit): 1970 GEOLMAP U. G. M. S.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BYRD, 1970 , P. R. SPRING OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSIT
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