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The Energy & Minerals Program provides geologic information to government, industry, and individuals to encourage and aid in the prudent development of the state’s mineral and energy resources. These reports also inventory, document, and research Utah’s abundant mineral and energy resources and supplement the Utah Core Research Center.

Interactive Maps

Bonneville Salt Flats Storymap

A changing landscape and modern research.

Utah’s Energy Resources

Explore Utah's diverse energy portfolio.

Utah Mineral Resources

Information on Utah's metallic and industrial mineral resources. Includes mining district information.
Well in southern Sanpete County.

Non-Petroleum Well Data

Old paper data for wells drilled in Utah.
Glad You Asked - Utah Coal, Good, Bad, or Ugly

Abandoned Coal Mine Maps

For 58% of Utah's abandoned coal mines.
Mining has removed much of the Lake Bonneville deposits and some of the bedrock at Point of the Mountain. The total amount of sand, gravel, and rock removed is unknown, but according to Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining documents, roughly 25 million tons was mined just from 2009 to 2014. Photos 1993 Google Earth imagery. Google Earth imagery © 2015 Google Inc., U.S. Geological Survey.

Utah Mineral Resource Reports

Technical reports from Canadian NI.
GeoSights - Roosevelt Hot Springs Geothermal Area

Geothermal Wells & Springs

Data and locations throughout Utah.
Select photo from the PR-15-7c core.

Utah Core Research Center

Inventory of geologic samples from Utah.

Additional Resources

Energy News Core Center News Utah Core Research Center
Public Interest Articles
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TitleTopicYear
Resurging Interest in Utah’s Geothermal Energy Resources Geothermal 2025
Beneath Utah’s Surface: Harnessing Geologic Carbon Storage for a Sustainable Future Carbon Sequestration 2024
GeoSights, Anniversary Edition UGS Anniversary 2024
The Development of Field Spectroscopy for Minerals Exploration: Utah, Fieldwork, and Family Minerals 2023
Geologic Diagnostic: An “MRI” for the Earth Critical Minerals 2023
Utah Returns to Being a Net Energy Importer Energy 2023
Potential Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on Carbon Capture and Storage in Utah CO2 Sequestration 2023
Critical Minerals: Reshaping the Minerals Industry Critical Minerals 2022
Assessing Geologic Carbon Sequestration Opportunities in Utah CO2 Sequestration 2022
Coal for High Technology Coal 2022
Mining Core at the UCRC: Boosting Utah's Metal Exploration Mining 2021
Utah’s Emerging Northern Paradox Basin Unconventional Oil Play Oil and Gas 2021
The Significance of Great Salt Lake’s North Arm on Lake Salinity Great Salt Lake 2021
Massive Core Donations Spurred by Low Oil Prices Core Center 2021
Geothermal in Utah and the USA: Is a Sleeping Energy Giant Awakening? Geothermal Energy 2021
Needing a Great Resource for Teaching Your Students About Utah Fossils? Technology 2020
Covenant Oil Field in the Central Utah thrust Belt Turns 15 Years Old Oil and Gas 2020
Increased battery demand spurs interest in Utah’s metallic resources Metals 2020
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Utah’s Energy Industry Energy 2020
Why a Building Full of Rocks is so Important to Utah Core Center News 2019
New Core, New Insights into Ancient Lake Uinta Evolution and Uinta Basin Energy Resources Oil and Gas 2019
Utah Mining Districts at Your Fingertips Mining 2019
The Benefits of Oil and Gas Production to the State of Utah and Its Citizens—How Things Work! Oil and Gas 2019
What Are Those Blue Ponds Near Moab? Mining 2019
Why are Natural Resources, such as Coal, Found in Some Places but not in Others? Natural Resources 2018
Core Like Never Before – An Unprecedented 1600-foot Core from the Green River Formation in the Uinta Basin Core Center News 2018
Horizontal Drilling in Utah: Can Utah Compete with Surrounding States? Oil and Gas 2018
Oil and Gas in the Uinta Basin, Utah –What to Do With the Produced Water Oil and Gas 2018
The Unsung Hero of Energy Conservation in Utah Renewable Energy 2018
Crystal Geyser, Grand County Water 2018
Utah Gold: History, Placers, and Recreational Regulations Mining 2017 (rev.)
UCRC Receives a Treasure Trove Donation of Greater Aneth Oil Field Cores Core Center News 2017
Not All Megawatts Are Created Equal – An Examination of Electric Generation Capacity Factor Electricity 2017
A Partner in the CarbonSAFE Rocky Mountains Project CO2 Sequestration 2017
Utah Gold - Utah's Gold History Minerals 2017
Utah Gold - Utah's Gold Placers Minerals 2017
Do ants mine gold? Rocks and Minerals 2017
Utah Gold - Where can I get additional information? Minerals 2017
Utah Gold - Recreational Gold Panning and Dredging Regulations Minerals 2017
Utah Gold - Fool's Gold Minerals 2017
Cores from Central Utah’s Covenant Field – Oil-Bearing Ancient Sand Dunes Core Center News 2016
Cores from Greater Aneth Oil Field: A Trip Back in Time to Utah’s “Bahama Islands” and “Florida Keys” Core Center News 2016
Some impacts of low oil prices on Utah Oil 2016
Skyline 16 Green River Formation Core – World Class Lacustrine Teaching Tool Core Center News 2015
Development of New Markets for Uinta Basin Crude via Rail Oil 2015
Updated Map Shows Utah’s Many Oil and Gas Fields Oil and Gas 2015
Understanding Southeast Utah’s Cane Creek Oil, A Continuing Challenge Oil and Gas 2015
Frack Sand in Utah? Mining 2014
Ferron Sandstone Cores, Excellent Teaching Tools to Spark the Imagination! Core Center News 2014
Utah still supplying gilsonite to the world after 125 years of mining Mining 2014

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