TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES....................................................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF FIGURES..................................................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF MAPS........................................................................................................................................................... iii SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................1 Oil and Gas......................................................................................................................................................1 Coal .................................................................................................................................................................1 Potash and Salt ................................................................................................................................................1 Tar Sand ..........................................................................................................................................................2 Uranium-Vanadium.........................................................................................................................................2 Copper.............................................................................................................................................................2 Placer Gold......................................................................................................................................................2 Limestone........................................................................................................................................................2 Sand and Gravel ..............................................................................................................................................3 Building Stone.................................................................................................................................................3 Clay .................................................................................................................................................................3 1. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................4 1.1 Purpose and Scope......................................................................................................................................4 1.2 Lands Involved and Record Data ...............................................................................................................4 1.3 Energy Policy Conservation Act (EPCA) Report.......................................................................................5 2. DESCRIPTION OF GEOLOGY ........................................................................................................................5 2.1 Stratigraphy ................................................................................................................................................5 2.1.1 Precambrian ...........................................................................................................................................6 2.1.2 Cambrian ...............................................................................................................................................7 2.1.3 Ordovician and Silurian.........................................................................................................................7 2.1.4 Devonian................................................................................................................................................7 2.1.5 Mississippian .........................................................................................................................................7 2.1.6 Pennsylvanian........................................................................................................................................8 2.1.7 Permian................................................................................................................................................10 2.1.8 Triassic.................................................................................................................................................11 2.1.9 Jurassic.................................................................................................................................................11 Glen Canyon Group ......................................................................................................................................11 San Rafael Group ..........................................................................................................................................12 Morrison Formation ......................................................................................................................................12 2.1.10 Cretaceous............................................................................................................................................12 Burro Canyon Formation...............................................................................................................................12 Dakota Sandstone..........................................................................................................................................13 Mancos Shale ................................................................................................................................................13 2.1.11 Tertiary ................................................................................................................................................13 2.1.12 Quaternary ...........................................................................................................................................13 2.2 Structural History .....................................................................................................................................13 3. DESCRIPTION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES.....................................................................16 3.1 Leasable Minerals.....................................................................................................................................17 3.1.1 Oil and Gas ..........................................................................................................................................17 3.1.2 Coal......................................................................................................................................................19 3.1.3 Potash and Salt.....................................................................................................................................19 3.1.4 Tar Sand...............................................................................................................................................20 3.2 Locatable Minerals ...................................................................................................................................21 3.2.1 Uranium-Vanadium .............................................................................................................................21 3.2.2 Copper .................................................................................................................................................22 3.2.3 Placer Gold ..........................................................................................................................................22 3.2.4 Limestone ............................................................................................................................................22 3.3 Salable Minerals .......................................................................................................................................23 3.3.1 Sand and Gravel...................................................................................................................................23 3.3.2 Building Stone .....................................................................................................................................23 3.3.3 Clay......................................................................................................................................................23 4. MINERAL EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION........................................................24 4.1 Leasable Minerals.....................................................................................................................................24 4.1.1 Oil and Gas ..........................................................................................................................................24 Paradox Fold and Fault Belt Area .................................................................................................................24 Blanding Basin Area .....................................................................................................................................26 Monument Upwarp Area...............................................................................................................................26