The Mexican Hat Oil Impregnated Rock is a mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 4,121 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: 4,121 Feet (1,256 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.1525, -109.86972
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Mexican Hat Oil Impregnated Rock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mexican Hat Oil Impregnated Rock
Commodity
Tertiary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Mexican Hat Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Monument Upwarp
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Monument Upwarp
Type: L
Description: Mexican Hat Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limestone
Comments
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): GREGORY, H. E., 1909, THE SAN JUAN OIL FIELD, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL. 431, PP 11-25
Reference (Deposit): MISER, H. D., 1924, GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF SAN JUAN CANYON AND ADJACENT COUNTRY, UTAH; USGS BULL 751-D
Reference (Deposit): WENGERD, S. A., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE MEXICAN HAT OIL FIELD, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH: FOUR CORNERS GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 1955, PP. 150 - 163.
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON GREGORY USGS BULL 431, P. 21
Reference (Deposit): 1924 RECON MISER USGS BULL 751-D
Reference (Deposit): 1955 COMPILE WENGERD FOUR CORNERS GEOL. SOC GUIDEBOOK P. 152
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE RITZMA - UGMS MAP 33
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RITZMA, H. R., 1973, OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UGMS MAP #33.
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