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Coal-bed gas resources of the Rocky Mountain region

Christopher J. Schenk·V. F. Nuccio·R. M. Flores·R. C. Johnson·S. B. Roberts·T. S. Collett
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The Rocky Mountain region contains several sedimentary provinces with extensive coal deposits and significant accumulations of coal-bed gas. This summary includes coal-bed gas resources in the Powder River Basin (Wyoming and Montana), Wind River Basin (Wyoming), Southwest Wyoming (Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah), Uinta-Piceance Basin (Colorado and Utah), Raton Basin (Colorado and New Mexico), and San Juan Basin (Colorado and New Mexico). Other provinces in the Rocky Mountain region may contain significant coal-bed gas resources, but these resource estimates are not available at this time.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 35.11990857099681° to 45.75219336063106° latitude; -111.86279296875° to -104.78759765625° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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Christopher J. Schenk, V. F. Nuccio, R. M. Flores, R. C. Johnson, S. B. Roberts, T. S. Collett. 2001. Coal-bed gas resources of the Rocky Mountain region. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs11001

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