The Raven Ridge Oil Impregnated Sandstone is a mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,951 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: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.2175, -109.11861
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Raven Ridge Oil Impregnated Sandstone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Raven Ridge Oil Impregnated Sandstone
Commodity
Tertiary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
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: Uinta Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SCATTERED PODS/IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Basin Syndine
Type: L
Description: Raven Ridge Hogbacks
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 13 SAMPLES SHOW A RANGE FROM 2.2 GAL/TON TO 19.6 GAL/TON WITH A MEAN VALUE OF 11.4 G/TON, SD = 5.1
Materials
Ore: Sandstone
Comments
Comment (Location): ALSO T 7 S, R 25 E, SECS. 17 ; 8 ; 7 ; 5 ; 6 ; T 7 S, R 24 E, SEC. 1 ; T 6 S, R 25 E, SEC. 32 ; T 6 S, R 24 E, SECS: 36 ; 35 ; 26 .
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: QUIGLEY, OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONES OF RAVEN RIDGE - PRELIMINARY REPORT
Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, H. R., 1973 , OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY MAP 33 .
Reference (Deposit): QUIGLEY, S., 1972 , OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONES OF RAVEN RIDGE, VERNAL, UTAH: UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY REPORT
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RITZMA, H. R., 1973 , OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH.
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