The Spring Hollow Tar Sand is a oil sands mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Oil Sands
Lat, Long: 40.29778, -109.37167
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Spring Hollow Tar Sand MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Hollow Tar Sand
Commodity
Primary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Spring Hollow Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FROM WOOD, R.E., AND RITZMA, H.R., 1972.
Analytical Data: TAR-2.6%, C-87.5%, H2-3.3%, N2-0.60%, S-.76%
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION TAKEN FROM BM 4739, EAST OF JENSEN IS TO A REPRESENTATIVE POINT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Deposit): DIP VARIES 18 TO 36 DEGREES SW
Comment (Workings): NO KNOWN WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): WOOD, R.E., AND RITZMA, H.R., 1972, ANALYSES OF OIL EXTRACTED FROM OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS IN UTAH, UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 39.
Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, H.R., 1979, OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UGMS MAP 47.
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