The Gordon Creek Gas Field is a natural gas mine located in Carbon county, Utah at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Natural Gas
Lat, Long: 39.59417, -111.08389
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Gordon Creek Gas Field MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gordon Creek Gas Field
Commodity
Primary: Natural Gas
Secondary: Carbon Dioxide
Location
State: Utah
County: Carbon
District: Wasatch Plateau Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Skelly Oil
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1948
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: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulted Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ETHAN 0.1% CO2 99.5%
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1: SKELLY NO. 1, SEC. 24,143, 7E - METHANE 0.1%
Analytical Data: BTU PER CUBIC FEET IS 56.0. SAMPLES ARE BOTH FROM SINBAD LIMESTONE. SAMPLE 1 FROM 10877 FT. AND SAMPLE 2 FROM 10760 FT. GAS FROM FERRON SANDSTONE HAS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE METHANE AND HIGHER BTU VALVE ALTHOUGH NO ANALYSIS ARE AVAILABLE.
Analytical Data: CO2 89.3%
Analytical Data: ETHANE 0.3%
Analytical Data: BTU PER CUBIC FEET IS 8.0 SAMPLE 2: SKELLY NO.2, SEC. 25,145, 7E - METHANE 2.4%
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Reserve-Resource): STOWE, C., 1972, P. 92.
Comment (Deposit): DEPTH TO BOTTOM IS TO DEEPEST PRODUCTION ZONE.
Comment (Workings): WORKING CONSIST OF WELLS DRILLED TO PRODUCE GAS, DEEPEST PENETRATION 12,290 FT.
Comment (Deposit): ANALYTICAL DATA REFERENCE: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL.94. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): STOWE CARLTON, 1972, OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION IN UTAH TO 1970. UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 94.
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, J.A., AND BACON, R.S., 1976, PENETRATION CHART OF UTAH OILAND GAS FIELDS: UGMS OIL AND GAS FIELD STUDY 14.
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