Bonanza, Utah
Encyclopedia
Bonanza is a census-designated place
in southeastern Uintah County
, in eastern Utah
, United States. The name refers to a rich mineral strike.
Near the community is a coal fired power plant owned by Deseret Power Electric Cooperative
. Bonanza is also in the area of the Colorado Plateau
where oil drilling and extraction takes place from oil shale
and other fossil fuel
deposits. According to the 2010 Census, there is one person residing at this location.
, a natural asphalt
substance.
.
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
in southeastern Uintah County
Uintah County, Utah
This page deals with the Utah County. For the Wyoming County, see Uinta County, Wyoming.Uintah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 25,224 and by 2009 was estimated at 31,536. It was named for the Ute Indians, the tribe that lives in the basin. Its...
, in eastern Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, United States. The name refers to a rich mineral strike.
Near the community is a coal fired power plant owned by Deseret Power Electric Cooperative
Deseret Power Electric Cooperative
Deseret Power Electric Cooperative is a generation and transmission power company that serves member cooperatives and municipality customers. The power company owns the Bonanza Power Plant near Bonanza, Utah, and owns high voltage transmission lines to deliver the power to its customer base. ...
. Bonanza is also in the area of the Colorado Plateau
Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau, also called the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. The province covers an area of 337,000 km2 within western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico,...
where oil drilling and extraction takes place from oil shale
Oil shale
Oil shale, an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock, contains significant amounts of kerogen from which liquid hydrocarbons called shale oil can be produced...
and other fossil fuel
Fossil fuel
Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years...
deposits. According to the 2010 Census, there is one person residing at this location.
History
Bonanza was established in 1888. The basis for establishing the community was a discovery of GilsoniteGilsonite
Gilsonite is the registered trademark for a form of natural asphalt found only in the Uintah Basin of Utah; the non-trademarked mineral name is uintaite or uintahite. It is mined in underground shafts and resembles shiny black obsidian...
, a natural asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
substance.
Geography
Bonanza is 212 miles southeast of Salt Lake City and is located on State Route 45Utah State Route 45
State Route 45 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. It runs from Dragon Road south of Bonanza in Uintah County north to US-40 in Naples, south of Vernal. The route spans south–north....
.