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Nahcolite Resources in the Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, Northwestern Colorado

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3011/

Resource assessment of nahcolite, a mineral with a variety of industrial uses, which occurs with oil shale and is affected by the processes used to recover hydrocarbons from the rock.

by Brownfield, Michael E.; Johnson, Ronald C.; Self, Jesse G.; and Mercier, Tracey J.
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3011
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Economic geology, Mining and quarrying, Natural resource assessment, Nonmetallic mineral resources, Sedimentary rocks, Mineral deposit areas
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