The Black Dragon Oil Impregnated Rock is a mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.94778, -110.45889
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Black Dragon Oil Impregnated Rock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Dragon Oil Impregnated Rock
Secondary: San Rafael Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael Swell
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 Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD - LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OIL - IMPREGNATED ROCK IS LOCALIZED, PRINCIPALLY IN SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONE LENSES AND CHANNELS IN LOWER HALF OF MOENKOPI FM., FROM APPROXIMATELY 37 FT. ABOVE TO 140 FT BELOW THE SINBAD MBR.
Comment (Commodity): OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONES, SILTSTONES, AND LIMESTONES
Comment (Location): SOME LAND IS ALSO OWNED BY STATE OF UTAH; SPOT LOCATION IS AT A TYPICAL OUTCROP
Comment (Workings): NO KNOWN MINING OF THIS LOCATION
References
Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, H. R. 1973, OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY MAP 33, 2 SHEETS
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, SURFACE AND SHALLOW OIL IMPREGNATED ROCKS AND SHALLOW OIL FIELDS IN THE U.S. INTERSTATE OIL COMPACT COMMISSION
Reference (Deposit): 1946 RECON A. A. BAKER, USGS BULLETIN 951, P. 111, 1946
Reference (Deposit): 1965 COMPILE BALL ASSOC., USBM MONOGRAPH 12, P. 338 - 339
Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON UTAH GEO. & MIN. SUR., MAP
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