The Hill Creek Oil Impregnated Sandstone Deposit is a mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.57361, -109.73028
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Hill Creek Oil Impregnated Sandstone Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hill Creek Oil Impregnated Sandstone Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Prospect
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
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS/IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Basin Syncline
Type: L
Description: Hill Creek Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: POROSITY AVERAGES 20.2%, PERMEABILITY BEFORE AND AFTER OIL EXTRACTION, AVERAGING 150 AND 325 MD. RESPECTIVELY
Materials
Ore: Sandstone
Comments
Comment (Location): UNDERLIES ALL OR PARTS OF T 13 S TO 15 S, R 18 E TO 21 E
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: 1976 , JOHNSON, PROPERTIES OF UTAH TAR SANDS. LARAMIE ENERGY RESOURCE
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, MARCHANT, CUPPS, 1976 , PROPERTIES OF UTAH TAR SANDS - FLAT ROCK MESA AREA - HILL CREEK DEPOSIT; LARAMIE ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER
Reference (Deposit): GWYNN, 1970 , INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS OF TARS & THEIR CORRELATIONS IN OIL - IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH. D. DISSERTATION
Reference (Deposit): 1973 DIREXPL UGM
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JOHNSON, MARCHANT, CUPPS, 1976 , PROPERTY OF UTAH TAR SANDS - HILL CREEK DEPOSIT
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