page_title: Piceance Basin
hierarchical_section_title: Piceance Basin
caption_attribution_description: English: Uinta Piceance Basins geologic map
context_page_description: The Piceance Basin is a geologic structural basin in northwestern Colorado, in the United States. It includes geologic formations from Cambrian to Holocene in age, but the thickest section is made up of rocks from the Cretaceous Period. The basin contains reserves of coal, natural gas, and oil shale. The name likely derives from the Shoshoni word /piasonittsi/ meaning “tall grass”.
context_section_description: The Piceance Basin is a geologic structural basin in northwestern Colorado, in the United States.  It includes geologic formations from Cambrian to Holocene in age, but the thickest section is made up of rocks from the Cretaceous Period.  The basin contains reserves of coal, natural gas, and oil shale. The name likely derives from the Shoshoni word /piasonittsi/ meaning “tall grass” (/pia-/ ‘big’ and /soni-/ ‘grass’).
caption: Uinta and Piceance Basins geologic map
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