Oil Shale and Tar Sands PEIS Maps

Maps for the Oil Shale and Tar Sands Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS).

Click the images below to view maps related to the Oil Shale and Tar Sands Draft PEIS. Most maps are also available in high-resolution Adobe Acrobat PDF versions.

Note: Several of the following maps, including oil shale and tar sands resource areas and alternatives boundaries maps from the Draft PEIS, are also available in KML format, for interactive viewing with Google Earth or ArcGIS Explorer "virtual globe" software.

Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resource Maps

Location of the Green River Formation Oil Shale and Its Main Basins	Oil Shale and Tar Sands Deposits in the Three-State Area High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (1.0 MB)
Oil Shale Deposits in the Three-State Area High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (1.26 MB)	Utah Oil Shale and Tar Sands Deposits High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (962 KB)
Geology of Mahogany Oil Shale Zone, Uinta Basin, Utah	Stratigraphic Cross Section of the Piceance Basin in Colorado
Most Geologically Prospective Oil Shale Resources within the Green River Formation Basins in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (201 KB)	Green River Formation Basins in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming; the Most Geologically Prospective Oil Shale Resources; the Areas Where the Overburden above the Oil Shale Resources Is Less Than or Equal to 500 ft; and Locations of the Six RD&D Projects High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (183 KB)
Special Tar Sand Areas in Utah High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (171 KB)	Distribution of BLM-, USFS-, and NPS-Administered Lands with Respect to Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (204 KB)

Oil Shale Draft PEIS Alternatives Maps

Locations of the Six RD&D Tracts and Associated Preference Right Lease Areas High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (113 KB)
Lands Proposed To Be Available under Alternative B for Application for Leasing for Commercial Oil Shale Development within the Most Geologically Prospective Areas in Colorado High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (140 KB)	Lands Proposed To Be Available under Alternative C for Application for Leasing for Commercial Oil Shale Development within the Most Geologically Prospective Areas in Colorado High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (103 KB)
Lands Proposed To Be Available under Alternative B for Application for Leasing for Commercial Oil Shale Development within the Most Geologically Prospective Areas in Utah High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (113 KB)	Lands Proposed To Be Available under Alternative C for Application for Leasing for Commercial Oil Shale Development within the Most Geologically Prospective Areas in Utah High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (103 KB)
Lands Proposed To Be Available under Alternative B for Application for Leasing for Commercial Oil Shale Development within the Most Geologically Prospective Areas in Wyoming High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (136 KB)	Lands Proposed To Be Available under Alternative C for Application for Leasing for Commercial Oil Shale Development within the Most Geologically Prospective Areas in Wyoming High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (126 KB)

Tar Sands Draft PEIS Alternatives Maps

Lands Proposed To Be Available under Alternative B for Application for Leasing for Commercial Tar Sands Development within the STSAs in Utah High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (156 KB)

Lands Proposed To Be Available under Alternative C for Application for Leasing for Commercial Tar Sands Development within the STSAs in Utah High-Resolution Adobe Acrobat version (159 KB)

Interactive Map of Alternatives Boundaries in KML Format

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