Tar Sands & Oil Shale Publications

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Bulletins

Petroleum resources of the Paradox Basin, 1984, by K.M. Clem and K.W. Brown, 1984, 162 p., 4 pl $16.50 B-119

Digital geologic resources Atlas of Utah compiled by Douglas A. Sprinkel, 1 CD-ROM, 1999, B-129DF $24.95
This CD-ROM has shape files (*.shp) of Utah's resources including coal, oil and gas, oil shale, tar sands, geothermal, and minerals. Supercedes Utah Mineral Occurrence System Database open-file reports:OFR-153DF (Tooele 1x2), OFR-183DF (Delta 1x2), OFR-184DF (Richfield 1x2), and OFR-185DF (Cedar City 1x2).

Maps

Oil-impregnated rock deposits of Utah, by H.R. Ritzma, scale 1:1,000,000, two plates, 1979 $5.00/set Map 47

Active oil shale operations of the eastern Uinta Basin, (Uintah, Carbon Cos.) by H.R. Ritzma, 1980, 1:250,000 $2.50 Map 50

Special Studies

A sulfur isotopic study of Uinta Basin hydrocarbons, by R.L. Mauger, R.B. Kayser, and J.W. Gwynn, 1973, 17 p., 1 pl. $1.00 SS-41

Economic potential of the P.R. Spring oil-impregnated deposit, Uinta Basin, Utah,(Grand, Uintah Cos.) by K. Clem, 1984, 35 p. $8.25 SS-65

Reports of Investigations

RI-194 Reconnaissance study of the Black Dragon tar sand deposit T. 20-22 S., R. 12-13 E., San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah, by B.T. Tripp, 1985, 45 p. $5.20

RI-196 Economic potential of state-owned lands in the Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area, Carbon County, Utah, by Keith Clem, 1985, 29 p. $3.60

RI-201 The Hill Creek oil-impregnated sandstone deposit, (Uintah Co.) by J.W. Gwynn, 1985, 40 p. $4.70

RI-210 Overburden map and thickness determination, Sunnyside oil-impregnated sandstone deposit, Carbon and Duchesne counties, Utah, by J.W. Gwynn, 1986, 1 plate, 5 p. $4.20

RI-225 The resinite resources of selected coal seams of the Book Cliff and Wasatch Plateau coal fields of central Utah, by D.E. Tabet, B.P. Hucka, and S.N. Sommer, 19 p., Jan95 $2.60

Open-file Reports

OFR-100 Argyle Canyon-Willow Creek tar sand deposit isopach map, by Bryce Tripp, 1986 1:50,000, 1 pl. $3.00

OFR-101 Argyle Canyon-Willow Creek tar sand deposit-overburden map, (Carbon, Duchesne, Utah, Wasatch Cos.) by Bryce Tripp, 1986, 1:50,000, 1 pl. $3.00

OFR-335 Tar-sand resources of the Uinta basin, Utah: a catalog of deposits, by R.E. Blackett, 122 p., 5/96 $10.75

OFR-469 Utah oil shale database, compiled by Michael D. Vanden Berg, John R. Dyni, and David E. Tabet, CD, $24.95

OFR-503 Annotated bibliography of Utah tar sands and related information, by J. Wallace Gwynn and Francis V. Hanson, 115 p., 12/07, $14.95

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