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Uintaite (Gilsonite) Deposits of Utah, The by George Homans Eldridge
Uintaite (Gilsonite) Deposits of Utah, The by George Homans Eldridge
This is an extract from from the Seventeenth Annual Report 1895-96?
The Uintaite (Gilsonite) Deposits of Utah
George Homans Eldridge
Maps are drawn by Julius Bien NY who died in 1909, this may be from 1896
Pages 909-949
Map 8 x 11
Map 23 x 18 5/8
Contents
Prefatory 915
General considerations concerning uintaite 916
Classification of hydrocarbons and allied substances 916
Chemical relations between hydrocarbons 918
Resemblances and differences between the asphaltites. 919
Analysis of uintaite 919
Geology of the Uinta Basin ...... 920
Topographical features 920
The formations 922
Description - 922
Interrelations 924
Areal distribution 925
Structure 927
Distribution of nintaite and allied hydrocarbons in the Utah field- ... 929
The veins 929
Appearance of uintaite in the vein 929
Localities of the veins .... 931
The Duchesne vein 931
The Culmer and Seaboldt veins 932
The Bonanza and Cowboy group 934
The Black Dragon vein 936
Conditions of impregnation 938
The comparative occurrence of related hydrocarbons 936
Estimated tonnage of the uintaite fields of Utah 943
Exploitation of the veins 945
Commercial considerations 946
Transportation routes 946
Uses of gilsonite in commerce 947
ACCOMPANYING TABLES.
I. Classification of natural hydrocarbons 916
II. Classification, or grouping, of natural and artificial bituminous com-
pounds 917
III. Resemblances and differences between the asphaltites, with asphaltum
added for comparison 919
IV. Formations of the Uinta Basin 922
V. Tonnage contents of gilsonite veins for a depth of 1,000 feet, but of
varying widths and lengths 943
VI. Summary of tonnage contents of uintaite veins 945
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PLATE LIX. Geology of the Uinta Basin, Utah-ColoradoIn pocket
LX. The White River uintaite (gilsonite) region, Utah-Colorado934
FIG. 26. Sketch of region about Fort Duchesne, Utah 930
27. Diagram showing the several features of the Duchesne vein in place 931
28. Cross section, Duchesne vein 932
29. Cross section, Culmer vein 933
30. Cross section, Black Dragon vein, Evacuation Creek; upper prospect. 936
31. Terminal cross section at outcrop of Black Dragon vein, Evacuation
Creek 937
32. Cross section of a uintaite-filled sandstone having appearance of dike 938
33. Section of grahamite vein, in the Huasteca, Mexico 940
913
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