Oil-impregnated sandstone deposits of Utah. Progress report

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1969 · Interstate Oil Compact Comm. Com. Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7155281

Ritzma, H R

The Uinta Basin is almost completely outlined by a circle of deposits large and small. On the S. flank of the Uinta Basin are 2 giant deposits. P.R. Spring and Sunnyside with the smaller Hill Creek deposit between them. Aligned east-west across the center of the basin are a number of minor deposits. The oil-impregnated sandstone deposits of the N. flank of the Uinta Basin are all migrated deposits. Oil has apparently originated at considerable depth, perhaps as much as 2 or 3 miles, in the oil-rich Green River Formation and has migrated along fault planes, fractures, and unconformities reaching the surface in an impressive array of oil seeps and oil-impregnated outcrops. In the central southeast area of Utah, deposits of oil-impregnated sandstone occur in Jurassic and older rocks, with the greatest number and bulk of reserves occuring in rocks of Triassic and Permian age. The giant reserves of the Tar Sand Triangle straddle the White Rim Sandstone-Moenkopi Formation contact. The deposits of Circle Cliffs are all in Triassic rocks.

• Research Organization: Utah Geol. and Mineral Survey
• OSTI ID: 7155281
• Journal Information: Interstate Oil Compact Comm. Com. Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Interstate Oil Compact Comm. Com. Bull.; (United States) Vol. 11:2; ISSN IOCBA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GEOLOGIC HISTORY
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