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Fig. 5-43. Oil fields and gas fields of the Overthurst Belt, Wyoming-Utah.

than 5% of the total area. These regions are statistically anomalous, suggesting the
occurrence of above-average seepage in these areas. Note the association of these
anomalous areas with the Whitney Canyon-Carter Creek, Ryckman Creek and Clear
Creek fields and with the surface trace of the major thrust faults. If this information had
been available prior to the discovery of these fields, exploration could have been
concentrated in the currently-productive region, saving costs. In addition, the general
type of production and trend of composition would have been correctly predicted.