The Chapita Wells Oil Impregnated Rock Deposit is a mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 4,941 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: 4,941 Feet (1,506 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.02278, -109.39917
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Chapita Wells Oil Impregnated Rock Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chapita Wells Oil Impregnated Rock Deposit
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: M
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: IRREGULAR, SCATTERED PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Basin Syncline
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS SCATTERED OUTCROPS OF OIL IMPREGNATED ROCKS.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RITZMA, H. R., 1973 , OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH
Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, HOWARD R, 1973 , OIL IMPREGNATED ROCK DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY MAP 33
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