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Overview: Colorado Plateau (Region 3)

Colorado Plateau (Region 3) Datasets

Colorado Plateau Assessment Focus Area


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Dataset Title
Downloadable Datasets
Colorado Plateau Regional
Spatial Data
Danforth Hills Spatial Data
(See Data Organization Chart)
Danforth Hills Stratigraphic Data
(See Stratigraphic Data README)
Yampa Spatial Data
(See Data Organization Chart)
Yampa Stratigraphic Data
(See Stratigraphic Data README)
Lower White River Spatial Data
(See Data Organization)
Lower White River Stratigraphic Data
(See Stratigraphic Data README)
Southern Piceance Basin Spatial Data
(See Data Organization Chart)
Southern Piceance Basin Stratigraphic Data
(See Stratigraphic Data README)
Southern Wasatch Plateau Spatial Data
(See Data Organization Chart)
Southern Wasatch Plateau Stratigraphic Data
(See Stratigraphic Data README)
Kaiparowits Plateau Spatial Data
(See Data Organization Chart)
Kaiparowits Plateau Stratigraphic Data
(See Stratigraphic Data README)
San Juan Spatial Data
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San Juan Stratigraphic Data
(See Stratigraphic Data README)

Colorado Plateau (Region 3) Publications

Colorado Plateau Assessment Focus Area

 

 

 

 

Professional Paper

Group, USGS Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment, 2000, Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, Appendix. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/

Publications by Year/Author

East, J.A., 2013, Coal fields of the conterminous United States—National Coal Resource Assessment updated version: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1205, one sheet, scale 1:5,000,000 available at
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1205/

Molnia, C.L., Roberts, L.N.R., Biewick, L.R.H., Affolter, R.H., Brownfield, M.E., Dubiel, R.F., Fassett, J.E., Hettinger, R.D., and Johnson, E.A., 2001, Federally Owned Coal, Federal Lands, and Coal Quality in the Colorado Plateau Region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-0011-01, 4 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0011-01/

Affolter, R.H., 2000, Quality Characterization of Cretaceous Coal from the Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Area, Chapter G, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. G1-G136. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_G.pdf

Biewick, L.R.H., and Mercier, T.J., 2000, The Colorado Plateau Geographic Information System (GIS)--An Introduction to the ArcView Project and Data Library, Chapter D, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. D1-D44. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_D.pdf

Brownfield, M.E., Hettinger, R.D., and Johnson, E.A., 2000, A Summary of the Stratigraphy, Coal Resources, and Coalbed Methane Potential of Northwest Colorado, Chapter I, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. I1-I25. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_I.pdf

Brownfield, M.E., Roberts, L.N.R., Johnson, E.A., and Mercier, T.J., 2000, Assessment of the Distribution and Resources of Coal in the Deserado Coal Area, Lower White River Coal Field, Northern Piceance Basin, Colorado, Chapter N, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. N1-N37. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_N.pdf

Brownfield, M.E., Roberts, L.N.R., Johnson, E.A., and Mercier, T.J., 2000, Assessment of the Distribution and Resources of Coal in the Fairfield Coal Group of the Williams Fork Formation, Danforth Hills Coal Field, Northwest Colorado, Chapter M, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. M1-M28. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_M.pdf

Dallegge, T.A., and Barker, C.E., 2000, Coalbed Methane Gas-In-Place Resource Estimates Using Sorption Isotherms and Burial History Reconstruction--An Example from Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale, Utah, Chapter L, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. L1-L26. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_L.pdf

Dubiel, R.F., 2000, Summary of geology and coal resources of the Blackhawk Formation in the southern Wastach Plateau, central Utah, Chapter K, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, K1-K26. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_K.pdf

Dubiel, R.F., Kirschbaum, M.A., Roberts, L.N.R., Mercier, T.J., and Heinrich, A., 2000, Geology and Coal Resources of the Blackhawk Formation of the Southern Wasatch Plateau, Central Utah, Chapter S, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, 125 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_S.pdf

Fassett, J.E., 2000, Geology and coal resources of the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado, Chapter Q, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. Q1-Q131. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_Q.pdf

Group, USGS Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment, 2000, Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, Appendix. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/

Hettinger, R.D., 2000, A Summary of the Coal Distribution and Geology in the Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah, Chapter J, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. J1-J17. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_J.pdf

Hettinger, R.D., Roberts, L.N.R., and Gognat, T.A., 2000, Investigations of the Distribution and Resources of Coal in the Southern Part of the Piceance Basin, Colorado, Chapter O, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. O1-O101. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_O.pdf

Hettinger, R.D., Roberts, L.N.R., Biewick, L.R.H., and Kirschbaum, M.A., 2000, Geologic Overview and Resource Assessment of Coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, Southern Utah, Chapter T, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. T1-T69. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_T.pdf

Johnson, E.A., Roberts, L.N.R., Brownfield, M.E., and Mercier, T.J., 2000, Geology and Resource Assessment of the Middle and Upper Coal Groups in the Yampa Coal Field, Northwestern Colorado, Chapter P, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. P1-P81. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_P.pdf

Kirschbaum, M.A., 2000, Executive Summary: Geologic Assessment of coal in the Colorado Plateau, Chapter ES, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. ES1-ES-5. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Exec_Summary.pdf

Kirschbaum, M.A., 2000, Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau, Introduction, Chapter A, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic assessment of coal in the Colorado Plateau; Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, A1-A34. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_A.pdf

Kirschbaum, M.A., and Biewick, L.R.H., 2000, A Summary of the Coal Deposits in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, Chapter B, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, B1-B99. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_B.pdf

Molnia, C.L., Roberts, L.N.R., Biewick, L.R.H., and Osmonson, L.M., 2000, Federally Owned Coal and Federal Lands in the Colorado Plateau Region, Chapter E, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. E1-E23. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_E.pdf

Nations, J.D., Swift, R.L., and Haven, H.W., Jr., 2000, Summary of Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Coal Distribution, Black Mesa Basin, Arizona, Chapter H, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. H1-H31 [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_H.pdf

Roberts, L.N.R., Brownfield, M.E., Hettinger, R.D., and Johnson, E.A., 2000, Methodology for Calculating Coal Resources for the Colorado Plateau, U.S. Geological Survey National Coal Assessment, Chapter C, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. C1-C34. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_C.pdf

Rohrbacher, T.J., Molnia, C.L., Osmonson, L.M., Carter, M.D., Eakins, W., Hoffman, G.K., Tabet, D.E., Schultz, J.E., Scott, D.C., Teeters, D.D., Jones, G.E., Quick, J.C., Hucka, B.P., and Hanson, J.A., 2000, Coal Availability, Recoverability and Economic Evaluations of Coal Resources in the Colorado Plateau, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, Chapter F, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. F1-F64. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_F.pdf

Tabet, D.E., 2000, Coal resources of the Henry Mountains Coal Field, Utah, Chapter R, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. R1-R25. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_R.pdf

Biewick, L.R.H., and Green, G.A., 1999, Land and mineral ownership coverage for the Uinta Basin, Wasatch Plateau and surrounding areas, northeastern Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-553-B.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0553-b/

Biewick, L.R.H., Mercier, T.J., Levitt, P., Deikman, D., and Vlahos, B., 1999, Land and Federal mineral ownership coverage for northwestern Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-553-A, 26 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0553-a/

Molnia, C.L., Roberts, L.N.R., Brownfield, M.E., Dubiel, R.F., Fassett, J.E., Hettinger, R.D., and Johnson, E.A., 1999, Federally Owned Coal and Federal Lands in the Colorado Plateau Region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-145-99, 4 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0145-99/index.html

Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., 1999, Calculations of coal resources using ARC/INFO and Earth Vision; Methodology for the National Coal Resource Assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-5, 7 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0005/

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