The Asphalt Ridge Deposit is a oil sands mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Oil Sands
Lat, Long: 40.43333, -109.59944
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Asphalt Ridge Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Asphalt Ridge Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Oil Sands
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sohio, Tom Brown Drilling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Basin Syncline
Type: L
Description: Angular Unconformity, Normal Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VERY LOW SULFER
Analytical Data: API GRAVITY: 8 DEG TO 14 DEG
Analytical Data: OIL SATURATION: 19 % TO 72 % OF PORE SPACE
Analytical Data: POROSITY: 26 % TO 34 %
Analytical Data: PERMEABILITY: 30 TO 4000 MILLIDARCYS
Materials
Ore: Sandstone
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT HAS SEVERAL WORKINGS ACROSS LENGTH OF OUTCROP. SURFACE PITS AT COUNTY ASPHALT SITE AND AT NORTH END OF DEPOSIT.
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT OUTCROPS IN SEC 25 T 4 S, R 20 E AND IN SECS 30 , 31 , 32 , T 4 S, R 21 E AND IN SECS. 4 , 5 , 9 , 10 , 15 , 16 T 5 S, R 21 E
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES BASED UPON 10 MILES OUTCROP ALONG STRIKE AND 1 MILE DOWNDIP FROM OUTCROP VOL. EXCEEDS 475 MILLION CU YDS AT 9 % GRADE
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CAMPBELL, 1975 , OIL IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): COVINGTON, 1964 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE OF THE UINTA BASIN IN GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UINTA BASIN; IAPG 13TH ANN FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, 1964
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, 1975 , OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 27 NO. 5 , MAY 1975
Reference (Deposit): SPIEKER, 1930 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE NEAR VERNAL, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 822 P. 77 - 98
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COVINGTON, 1964 , BITUMINOUS S.S. OF THE UINTA BASIN
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