The Hurricane Cliffs Tar Sand Deposit is a oil sands mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Oil Sands
Lat, Long: 37.09444, -113.29750
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Hurricane Cliffs Tar Sand Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hurricane Cliffs Tar Sand Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Hurricane Cliffs 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
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: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Hurricane Cliffs
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Hurricane Fault System, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type: L
Description: Area Of Disturbed Rocks About 2000 Feet East Of The Deposit
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Bitumen
Rocks
Name: Carbonate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Carbonate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT LOCATED NEAR THE TOP OF THE HURRICANE CLIFFS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Development): DESCRIBED BY BASSLER AND REESIDE, 1921, AND WAS DESCRIBED AND MAPPED BY BLAKEY IN 1979.
Comment (Deposit): HYDROCARBONS OCCUR MOSTLY WITHIN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE TIMPOWEAP MEMBER. HYDROCARBONS OCCUR IN VUGS ASSOCIATED WITH PISOLITES AND OTHER PROBABLE ALGAL STRUCTURES. MOST OF THE HYDROCARBON MATERIAL APPEARS TO BE A TARRY FORM. THE SIZE OF STAINED AREAS AND INTENSITY OF STAINING INDICATES THAT THE DEPOSIT IS VERY SMALL IN SIZE.
Comment (Workings): NO KNOWN WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): BLAKEY, R.C., 1979, OIL IMPREGNATED CARBONATE ROCKS OF THE TIMPOWEAP MEMBER MOENKOPI FORMATION, HURRICANE CLIFFS AREA, UTAH AND ARIZONA: UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 6, NO. 1, P. 45-54.
Reference (Deposit): BASSLER, H. AND REESIDE, J.B., 1921, OIL PROSPECTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 726-C, P. 87-107.
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