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1 The Chinese wax mine: A unique oil-impregnated rock deposit1975Chinese wax mine; oil-impregnated rock deposit; oil; mineral wax; viscous oilThe Chinese Wax mine in Daniels Canyon, Wasatch County, Utah, is a small deposit of black, viscous, waxy oil emplaced in fractured, brecciated Oquirrh Formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian) on the Strawberry Valley (or Charleston) thrust sheet where the thrust has overriden the west margin of the Uinta B...
2 Properties of Utah tar sands--Asphalt Wash area, P. R. Spring deposit1975Asphalt Wash Area; P. R. Spring tar sand deposit; tar sand zones; oil; tar sand evaluationThis Bureau of Mines report presents the analysis of three cores from the Asphalt Wash area of the P.R. Spring tar sand deposit of northeastern Utah. Two tar sand zones are indicated in the Asphalt Wash Area. Total net thickness of the tar sand ranges from 23 to 39 ft, with occurrences between 56 an...
3 Properties of Utah tar sands--South Seep Ridge area, P. R. Spring deposit1975Seep Ridge area; P. R. Spring tar sand deposit; tar sand zonesThe Bureau of Mines analyzed three cores from the south Seep Ridge area of the P. R. Spring tar sand deposit of northeastern Utah. Four tar sand zones are indicated in the area. The zones range in average thickness from 13 to 24 ft. The total net thickness of the tar sand in the three coreholes rang...
4 Heavy oil prospect NW Asphalt Ridge Uintah County, Utah1975heavy oil; heavy oil prospect; NW Asphalt Ridge; thermal recovery projectA 150 million barrel accumulation of heavy oil (14° API) underlies an 1120 acre Tom Brown, Inc. tract located six miles west of Vernal, Utah. A recently completed six-well corehole project provided the data to delineate this major accumulation. The following combination of geological and engineerin...
5 Preliminary mineral resource study of the Uintah and Ouray reservation, Utah1975mineral resources; production of oil and gas; oil shale industry development; coal resourcesDevelopment of known mineral resources on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation probably will be confined to expanded production of oil and gas by conventional methods and to extraction of modest amounts of sand and gravel. Oil shale may have some development potential provided exploration can pro...
6 State planning in Utah1975In the fall of 1967, Ken Olson was considering the approach he would take in directing Utah's state planning program. The Governor had just appointed him State Planning Coordinator, to assume responsibility for the four year old program. Ken had earlier won the respect of the Governor and the previo...
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