Complexity of Sunnyside tar sands may inhibit recovery

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Pace Synth. Fuels Rep.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5050480

A study of bitumen-bearing sandstones from Sunnyside, Utah by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) points out some problems which may be faced in attempting to develop this resource. Samples were studied in petrographic thin sections, with the scanning electron microscope (SEM) coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray, and with whole-rock and clay fraction X-ray powder diffractions. Bitumen saturations, geologic history, and mineralogy and diagenesis of sandstones are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 5050480
• Journal Information: Pace Synth. Fuels Rep.; (United States), Vol. 23:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
DIAGENESIS
MINERALOGY
OIL SATURATION
UTAH
BITUMENS
CARBONATE MINERALS
CLAYS
FLUCTUATIONS
GEOLOGIC HISTORY
GEOLOGIC SURVEYS
SAMPLING
SANDSTONES
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
VARIATIONS
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
COHERENT SCATTERING
DIFFRACTION
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
FEDERAL REGION VIII
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MICROSCOPY
MINERALS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ROCKS
SATURATION
SCATTERING
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SPECTROSCOPY
SURVEYS
TAR
USA
040201* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Site Geology- (-1989)