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<br />002166 . <br /> <br />Hansen also reports in the same article on uranium occurrences in <br /> <br />the Navajo sandstone. A deposit was reported near Dutch John Mountain <br /> <br />in ~~S~ sec 34, T 3 N, R 22 E, and two deposits in Sheep Creek Canyon <br /> <br />in NW~, T 2 N, R 20 E. One 4-foot (1-1/3 m)-thick deposit can be traced <br /> <br />for over 1,000 feet (305 m). Samples analyzed chemically showed 0.064 <br /> <br />percent U308. <br /> <br />Oil and Gas <br /> <br />In 1925 gas was discovered in the Ashley Valley field near Jensen <br /> <br />in Uintah County, Utah, only a few miles southwest of Dinosaur National <br /> <br />~ -; <br />.:;' <br /> <br />until abandonment in 1941. In 1948 deeper drilling resulted in oil pro- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Monument. The field produced gas from the Frontier and Morrison Formations <br /> <br />duct ion from the Weber Sandstone and the Park City Formation. This was <br /> <br />the first commercial oil production in the State of Utah. Subsequent <br /> <br />drilling has expanded the field to within a few miles of the southwestern <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />boundary of the Monument. <br /> <br />Petroleum and natural gas have been produced from the Clay Basin <br /> <br />field since 1937. The field, discovered in 1927, is located in T 3 N, <br /> <br />R 24 E, Daggett County, Utah, and produces gas and condensate from the <br /> <br />Upper Cretaceous Frontier and the Lower Cretaceous Dakota Formations. <br /> <br />According to 1974 figures from the Utah Division of Oil and Gas <br /> <br />Conservation Commission, Daggett County had 23 producing gas wells. The <br /> <br />entire county production is obtained from the Clay Basin field. Bureau <br /> <br />of Mines statistics indicate that production for 1975 in Daggett County <br /> <br />was 2,946,427 Mcf (83,384 M cu m) of gas and 5,831 barrels of condensate, <br /> <br />.13 <br /> <br />\ <br />