San Juan Basin

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The San Juan Basin is a geologic structural basin in the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States, known for its rich oil, natural gas, and coalbed methane resources.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
San Juan Basin canonical 14

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic structural basin ⓘ
basinType asymmetric structural basin ⓘ
boundedBy Navajo uplift ⓘ
San Juan Mountains ⓘ
Uncompahgre uplift ⓘ
linked to: Uncompahgre Plateau

Zuni uplift ⓘ
containsField San Juan Basin coalbed methane field ⓘ
containsFormation Dakota Sandstone ⓘ
linked to: Dakota Formation

Fruitland Formation ⓘ
Mancos Shale ⓘ
Mesa Verde Group ⓘ
Nacimiento Formation ⓘ
Ojo Alamo Sandstone ⓘ
Pictured Cliffs Sandstone ⓘ
containsRockUnits Cretaceous formations ⓘ
Jurassic formations ⓘ
Paleogene formations ⓘ
Triassic formations ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
deformationStyle Laramide foreland basin ⓘ
economicImportance major energy-producing region ⓘ
extendsInto northeastern Arizona ⓘ
southeastern Utah ⓘ
formedDuring Laramide orogeny ⓘ
geologicAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
linked to: Mesozoic Era
hydrocarbonType coalbed methane ⓘ
conventional gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
knownFor coal resources ⓘ
coalbed methane resources ⓘ
natural gas resources ⓘ
oil resources ⓘ
locatedIn Four Corners region ⓘ
northwestern New Mexico ⓘ
southwestern Colorado ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
majorHydrocarbonPlay yes ⓘ
namedAfter San Juan River ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
primaryCoalBearingFormation Fruitland Formation ⓘ
resourceExtraction coal mining ⓘ
coalbed methane production ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
state Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Farmington, New Mexico → isPartOf → San Juan Basin ⓘ
subject linked to: Farmington
Pueblo I period → associatedWith → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Pagosa Springs → locatedIn → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Farmington, New Mexico → partOf → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Bloomfield, New Mexico → region → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Mount Taylor → overlooks → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Nacimiento Mountains → border → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Chaco Phenomenon → hasLocation → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Chaco Phenomenon → influencedRegion → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Aztec, New Mexico → locatedIn → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Waterflow, New Mexico → locatedIn → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Flora Vista, New Mexico → region → San Juan Basin ⓘ
Angel Peak Scenic Area → hasViewOf → San Juan Basin ⓘ