Paradox Basin

Province Code: 5021

The Paradox Basin Province is in southeastern and south-central Utah and southwestern Colorado andencompasses much of the area from latitude 37° to 40° N. and from longitude 108° to 11°W. It includes almost all of the Paradox Basin, the Uncompahgre and San Juan uplifts, the San Rafael, Circle Cliffs, and Monument uplifts, the Kaiparowits and Henry Mountains basins, and the Wasatch and Pausaugunt Plateaus. Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 560 million barrels of undiscovered oil, 12,701 billion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas, and 490 million barrels of undiscovered natural gas liquids in the Paradox Basin of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. (Read more in Fact Sheet 2012-3031)