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Asphaltite (also
known as uintahite, asphaltum,
gilsonite or oil sands) is a
naturally occurring soluble solid hydrocarbon, a form of
asphalt (or bitumen)...
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extreme eastern edge of Utah,
United States.
Founded in
about 1888 as a
Gilsonite mining camp,
Dragon boomed in the
first decade of the 20th
century as...
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track to
carry a
mixture of
crushed gilsonite ore and
water from Bonanza, Utah, to Loma. The
American Gilsonite Company owned the
slurry line and built...
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North of the
ghost town
Dragon and the
Black Dragon Gilsonite mine. The present-day
center of
Gilsonite mining, Bonanza, is
about 20
miles (32 km) to the...
- in Utah and
Colorado in the
United States. It was
constructed to
carry Gilsonite which provided most of its
operating revenues; but it
operated as a common...
- was adjusted). It has
remained in its
present configuration since 1919.
Gilsonite was
discovered in 1888 at Bonanza, in
central Uintah County. This mineral...
- petroleum,
natural gas, phosphate, and
uintaite (more
commonly known as
gilsonite). This has led to the
establishment of
branch offices of
companies such...
- all
solid bitumens are pyrobitumens, in that some
solid bitumens (e.g.,
gilsonite) are
soluble in
common organic solvents,
including CS 2, dichloromethane...
- fine-grained sandstone, and
minor conglomerate and
tuffaceous beds. Much of the
gilsonite comes from this
member in the
southern part of the
Uinta Basin. Member...
- pigment. The
asphalt used in the Ford
formulations was
specified to be
Gilsonite. This has long been used in
formulations of
paint for use on ironware...
