Powder River Basin

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energy-producing region geologic basin

Powder River Basin is a major geologic and energy-producing region in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, best known for its vast coal, oil, and natural gas reserves.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Powder River Basin area	1
Powder River Basin region	1
Powder River structural basin	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	energy-producing region ⓘ geologic basin ⓘ
administrativeJurisdiction	State of Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders	Big Horn Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
coalQuality	low sulfur content ⓘ
coalRank	sub-bituminous ⓘ
coalSeam	Wyodak coal seam NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity	Buffalo, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ Gillette, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles City, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheridan, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCounty	Big Horn County, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ Campbell County, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ Converse County, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ Custer County, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Powder River County, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosebud County, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheridan County, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsFormation	Fort Union Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Wasatch Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsResource	coal ⓘ coalbed methane ⓘ crude oil ⓘ natural gas ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
economicImportance	major source of low-sulfur coal in the United States ⓘ
energyInfrastructure	unit train coal rail lines ⓘ
geologicAge	Cretaceous NERFINISHED ⓘ Paleocene NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicProvince	Northern Rocky Mountain coal province NERFINISHED ⓘ
hydrologicFeature	Little Powder River NERFINISHED ⓘ Powder River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tongue River NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	coal production ⓘ natural gas production ⓘ oil production ⓘ
locatedIn	Montana ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northeastern Wyoming ⓘ southeastern Montana ⓘ
majorCoalMiningMethod	surface mining ⓘ
majorIndustry	coal mining ⓘ oil and gas extraction ⓘ
namedAfter	Powder River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Northern Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountain region NERFINISHED ⓘ
resourceType	sub-bituminous coal ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Powder River Country → contains → Powder River Basin ⓘ

Teapot Rock → partOf → Powder River Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Powder River Basin region

Salt Creek oil field region → locatedIn → Powder River Basin ⓘ

Salt Creek oil field region → geologicalBasin → Powder River Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Powder River structural basin

Hulett, Wyoming → locatedIn → Powder River Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Powder River Basin area