The East Flank is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,879 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: 5,879 Feet (1,792 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.84917, -111.04056
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East Flank MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: East Flank
Commodity
Tertiary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Circle Cliffs
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management; Nps; State Of Utah
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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: % S - 3.63
Analytical Data: % N2 - 0.5
Analytical Data: % H2 - 9.2
Analytical Data: SP. GR. 1.0945 , % C - 73.8
Analytical Data: 5.07 PERCENT TAR
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): A64 ALSO 30 AND 49 , ALSO SECS. 31 , 32 - 33 S - 8 E AND SECS. 1 , 12 , 13 , 24 , 25 , 36 - 34 S - 7 E AND
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INCLUDES RESERVES FOR THE PEAKS DEPOSITS ( 17-WAGON BOX MESA-35 ).
Comment (Deposit): OVER 21 SQ. MILES; 1 - 3 PAY ZONES.
Comment (Deposit): SECS. 8 , 16 - 21 , 27 - 33 - 34 S - 8 E AND SECS. 6 , 8 - 10 , 14 - 16 , 21 - 22 , 25 - 27 , 34 - 36 - 35 S - 8 E
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS MAP 33
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UGMS FILE 1144-C, SAMPLE 68 - 13B
Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .
Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, H. R., 1973 , OIL-IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY MAP 33 .
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