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The Fruitland is underlain by the Pictured Cliffs Sandstone , and overlain by the more recent Kirtland Formation . The sequence of rocks represents the final filling of the Cretaceous seaway. The underlying Pictured Cliffs is a marginal marine sandstone, deposited in an environment similar to offshore barrier islands of the southeast United States . As the seaway retreated, the Pictured Cliffs was covered by the Fruitland Formation, which was deposited in near-shore swampy lowlands. The Fruitland Formation contains beds of Bituminous Coal that are mined in places along the outcrop. Since the 1980s, the coal beds of the Fruitland Formation have yielded large quantities of Coalbed Methane . The productive area for Coalbed Methane straddles the Colorado - New Mexico state line, and is one of the most productive areas for coalbed methane in the United States . |
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