Sunnyside Bituminous Sandstones

The Sunnyside Bituminous Sandstones is a oil sands mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 8,848 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sunnyside Bituminous Sandstones

Commodity

Primary: Oil Sands

Location

State: Utah
County: Emery

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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Crosby Tar Sand

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
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: Uinta Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Deltaic Depositional Environment

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BITUMEN CONTENT 8.97% BY WEIGHT (AVERAGE OF 24 SAMPLES).
Analytical Data: PERMENALSLICTY 154 TO 677 MD.
Analytical Data: POROSITY 28.5%

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): OUTCROP APPARENTLY TRENDS ALONG PACK TRAIK EXTENDING NORTHWEST FROM BRUIN POINT INTO SECTIONS 03, 10 AND 33 OF T14S R14E AND SECTIONS 29 AND 32 T13S R14E. UTM IS TAKEN AT BRIAN POINT MINES AT HEADWATERS OF RANGE CREEK.

Comment (Deposit): DEPTH FIGURES VARY AND DEPTHS ARE BASED ON DRILL HOLE DATA IN SEC 4 T14S R14E.

Comment (Workings): TWO QUARRIES; ONE PIT IS APPROX. 400 X 400 FEET, THE OTHER IS 300 X 300 FT. OVERALL AREA IS AN ESTIMATE.

References

Reference (Deposit): BALL ASSOCIATES, 1965, SURFACE AND SHALLOW OIL - IMPREGNATED ROCKS AND SHALLOW OIL FIELDS IN THE U.S.: USBM MONGRAPH 12 P. 335 - 6

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: RITZMA, 1973; ALSO HOLMES AND OTHERS, 1948

Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, H. R., 1973, OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGMS MAP 33, 2 SHEETS.

Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, J. A., 1975, OIL - IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: MINING ENGINEERING V. 27, NO. 5, MAY, P. 47-53 (UGMS REPRINT 99).

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, C. N., ET AL, 1948, GEOLOGY OF THE BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS NEAR SUNNYSIDE, CARBON COUNTY, UTAH: USGS OIL AND GAS INVESTIGATION PRELIMINARY MAP 86

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