Eastern Green River Basin
The Eastern Green River Basin is a dessert basin located in the western part of the United States on the western side of the Rocky Mountains. It covers parts of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado and is estimated to hold 1.30 to 2.0 trillion barrels of oil from oil shale deposits.
The basins were formed during the Late Cretaceous to Early Eocene Laramide orogeny, while there is an intermittent Cambrian through present day sedimentation in the basin. The Eocene rocks are filled with different energy minerals such as shale, coal, and uranium. Other minerals that could be found in the basin include, trona, zerolites, clay, placer gold, and phosphate. An excess amount of fossil fauna and flora can also be found in this basin. These rocks make up many
The basins were formed during the Late Cretaceous to Early Eocene Laramide orogeny, while there is an intermittent Cambrian through present day sedimentation in the basin. The Eocene rocks are filled with different energy minerals such as shale, coal, and uranium. Other minerals that could be found in the basin include, trona, zerolites, clay, placer gold, and phosphate. An excess amount of fossil fauna and flora can also be found in this basin. These rocks make up many