Description |
The significant bituminous sandstone and bituminous Limestone deposits of Utah are located within, or on the edges of, the Uinta Basin. They are all located within the boundaries of Carbon, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties. The Sunnyside deposits in Carbon County contain the greatest reserves of bituminous sandstone in the United States. The sandstone averages 8 to 10% bitumen by weight, (Holmes, 19 56), totaling more than 1,600, 000, 000 cubic yards of bitumen. The second largest deposit in Utah is the Asphalt Ridge bituminous sandstone area in Uintah County, Utah. Reserves for this area have been estimated at more than 1 billion barrels, although this figure is probably high. The asphaltic sandstones of the Peor Springs area and the Whiterocks Canyon area are described. The Asphalt Ridge, Sunnyside, Peor Springs, and Whiterocks Canyon area deposits contain more than 90% of the asphalt reserves in the State of Utah. There are many other small, relatively insignificant deposits of no commercial value, but of geologic interest: Among those discussed are the asphaltic sandstones in the Deep Creek area , the Chapita Wells area, the Raven Ridge deposits , the John Starr Flat accumulation, the Lake Fork-Yellowstone River area, the North Tabiona area, the South Myton area, the "argulite" deposits in Argyle Creek, the asphaltic limestone deposits in Indian Canyon-Lake Canyon, and the asphaltic sandstones in the Dragon-Asphalt Wash area. |
Bibliographic Citation |
Covington, R. E. (1963). Arthur L. Crawford, ed., Oil and gas possibilities of Utah, re-evaluated: Bulletin, 54, paper 23, 225-247. |