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San Juan Basin Seen as Rich Oil Field Prospect
A 1913 Aztec discussion argues the San Juan Basin holds vast oil deposits across Colorado New Mexico and nearby regions. Specialists cite structural traps folds and horizons from the Mancos shale to Bluff formations, with early wells and geologists deeming the field promising enough to fund a 3500 foot test well and form a local oil company.
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Aztec Discussion Club
Edward Everett Young
San Juan
J. A. Wehrer
Farmington
Wehrer
San Juan Basin
Providence
U. S. Geological Bulletin 314
California
Sacramento
Queen of Sheba
Solomon
Durango
Gallup
U. S. Geological Survey
Laramie
Lewis
Mesaverde
Mancos
United States
Fayette A. Jones
New Mexico
Noth
Wingate
Antonio
Sedillo Land Grant
Navajo Indian Reservation
Arthur Lake
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado
Ana
Hogback
Arizona Bine
Laplata Mountains
San Juan River
Fruitland
M. K. Shaler
Holmes
Laplata River
Animas
Laplata
Dakota
Montana
Fox Hills
Pierre
Hayden and
King
Benton
Hayden
Powell
Cross
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Wyoming
Texas-Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Great
Jura-Trias
Aztec
Bluff
Great Hogback
San Juan County
Arizona State Line
Bakr
Blake Arm
Pluceance Creek
White River
Canon
E. C. Abbott
Santa Fe
Frank Staplin
W. Goff Black
H. C. Harmon
Colorado Springs
P. B. McAfee
Abbott
America
Southwest
Jacob
Old
Anaia
Bethel
Iluviausu
Las