The Timpoweap Canyon Tar Sand Deposit is a oil sands mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 3,481 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: 3,481 Feet (1,061 Meters)
Commodity: Oil Sands
Lat, Long: 37.20167, -113.21583
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Timpoweap Canyon Tar Sand Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Timpoweap Canyon Tar Sand Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Virgin Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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 Mesa/Virgin River
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Hurricane Fault System, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Bellt
Type: L
Description: Small Amplitude, Northwest Striking, Broad Folds Or Swales
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Bitumen
Rocks
Name: Calcarenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Calcarenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS HOSTED BY THE UPPER HALF OF THE TIMPOWEAP MEMBER OF THE MOENKOPI FORMATION. THIS STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION IS MARKED BY HIGHLY POROUS CALCARENITE. HYDROCARBONS OCCUR AS DEAD OIL IN VUGS, SEPS, AND MINOR LIVE OIL. THE DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON SHOWS ALONG THE PEROUS UNIT IS DISCONTINUOUS AND SPUTTY. BLAKEY SUGGESTS THAT THE TAR SAND MAY BE A SURFACE MANIFESTATION OF THE VIRGIN OIL FIELD LOCATED SEVERAL MILES TO THE NORTH
Comment (Workings): NO KNOWN WORKINGS
Comment (Location): TAR SAND DEPOSIT LOCATED MOSTLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE VIRGIN RIVER IN TIMPOWEAP CANYON, 1 TO 3 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF VIRGIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Development): DESCRIBED BY BASSLER AND REESIDE IN 1921 AND BY BLAKEY IN 1979. BLAKEY PROVIDES A SKETCH MAP OF THE DEPOSIT
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. 2, P. 45 TO 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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