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<br />'I <br /> <br />resources in the region, they have limited values for recreation, <br /> <br /> <br />space heating, and other minor uses. As mentioned in the "Mineral <br /> <br /> <br />Resources" section, uranium is another important energy source <br /> <br /> <br />found in the region. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Fossil Fuels. Most of the fossii fuel resources are concentrated in <br />the western half of the region. The Uinta coal region, which <br />overlaps the lower part of the study area, contains the largest <br />deposits of any of Colorado's eight coal regions. 1 Coal fields in <br />this region occur on moderately-to-steeply-dipping flanks of the <br />Piceance basin, a southeastward extension of Utah's Uinta basin. <br /> <br />Much of the region is not favorable for oil and gas occurence due <br />to a lack of potential source rocks. Broad areas are underlain by <br />igneous rock, or by Precambrian rocks at or near the surface. <br />The remaining sedimentary areas of the region have not yet been <br />fully explored. Only Delta, Mesa, and Montrose Counties are <br />known to have oil or gas resources. There were 34 producing wells <br />in Mesa County and none in Delta or Montrose Counties at the close <br />of 1976. Total accumulative production to date for Mesa County is <br />16,646 barrels of oil and 61.4 million cubic feet (1.74) million cubic <br />meters) of natural gas. <br /> <br />Electric Power Sources. Facilities for producing electric power in <br />the region are depicted in figure 2-3. Except for a few small <br />plants built by electric utilities as single-purpose power projects, <br />hydroelectric power resources in the region have been developed <br />mainly by the Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Curecanti <br /> <br />1. Hornbaker, A. L. and Holt, Richard D. 1972 Summary of Coal <br />Resources in Colorado, Special Publication No.3, Colorado <br />Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, 1973, p. 14. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />12 <br />