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Asphalt Ridge Nw Oil Sands Deposit

Uintah County, Utah, United States
Oil Sands
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Commodities
TertiaryOil Sands
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlStratigraphic Unconformity
Materials
Ore mineralsSand
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Asphalt Ridge Member, Mesaverde Formation
StructureUinta Basin Syncline, Angular Unconformity, Normal Faulting
Tectonic settingStable Platform
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10015147
MRDS IDDB00249
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.45607, -109.63544
References
SRC.REF: RITZMA, 1973 , MAP 33COVINGTON, 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, 1964CAMPBELL, 1975 , OIL-IMPREGNATED SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 27 NO. 5 , MAY 1975SPIEKER, 1930 , BITUMINOUS SANDSTONE NEAR VERNAL, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 822 P 77 - 98