White Canyon Flat

The White Canyon Flat is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: White Canyon Flat

Commodity

Tertiary: Oil Sands

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Circle Cliffs

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

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management And State Of Utah

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: Circle Cliffs

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp

Alterations

Not available

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 - 3.54
Analytical Data: %N2 - 0.9
Analytical Data: %H2 - 9.0
Analytical Data: %C - 67.7
Analytical Data: SP. GR. 1.140
Analytical Data: 5 PERCENT TAR

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): A64 30

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: HAS BEEN DRILLED

Comment (Deposit): 1 PAY ZONE

References

Reference (Deposit): 1975 OILMAP UGMS BULL. 107

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RITZMA, 1973

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UGMS FILE 1144-C, SAMPLE 68-3A

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 .

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

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