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Geology and geochemistry of Santa Rosa tar sands | 1987-11-02 | Santa Rosa tar sands; tar sands; heavy oil deposits; Triassic Santa Rosa Sandstone | Heavy oil deposits 11 km (7 mi) north of the town of Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico, in the Triassic Santa Rosa Sandstone, were mined during the 1930s. Renewed interest in this deposit in the late 1970s so far has not resulted in exploitation because of unfavorable economics and the encroa... |
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The asphalt and bituminous rock deposits of the United States: Part 1-Director's report and a paper on asphalt and bituminous rock deposits | 1901 | asphalt rock deposits; bitumous rock deposits; classification of hydrocarbons; bitumen; hydrocarbons | In presenting the following account of the asphalt and bituminous rock deposits of the United States, the desire has been to afford a general conception of the nature of the materials discussed, their mode of occurrence, and the stratigraphy and structure of the attendant geology. The information pr... |
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Bituminous sandstone and limestone deposits of Utah | 1963 | 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 bitumi... | |
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Gilsonite and related hydrocarbons of the Uinta Basin, Utah | 1949 | glisonite; hydrocarbons; Uinta Basin; kerogen; bitumen | Hydrocarbons are important in the present study for two reasons: ( 1) An understanding of their nature and origin may lead to a better understanding of the oil possibilities in the area. (2) From gilsonite, kerogen, and associated bituminous substances there may be fractionated many still-undiscover... |
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Gilsonite | 1961-06 | glisonite; bitumen; asphalt-based petroleum; glisonite ore | Glisonite is a black, pitch-like substance which occurs in pure form in large veins in the Tertiary sediments of the Uinta Basin. It is a homogenous petroleum substance (technically it is a predominently aromatic asphaltite) which fuses relatively easily and burns like tar. Glisonite is brittle and ... |
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