{
  "state": {
    "name": "Colorado",
    "abbreviation": "CO",
    "slug": "colorado"
  },
  "county": {
    "name": "Jackson",
    "slug": "jackson-co",
    "url": "https://www.americanroyaltybuyers.com/mineral-rights/colorado/jackson-co",
    "description": "American Royalty Buyers purchases mineral rights and royalties in Jackson County, Colorado. Located in the DJ Basin, we provide expert valuations.",
    "overview": "Jackson County, in north-central Colorado around Walden, sits in the North Park Basin — a structurally separate basin from the Denver-Julesburg play along the Front Range, despite both producing from rocks of similar age. It is a small, long-established oil area with roughly 806 wells on record and about 154 currently active, centered on the historic McCallum field area.",
    "geology": "North Park production comes from a distinctive stack: the Pierre is the most commonly listed producing interval in the county (roughly 127 wells), followed by the Niobrara (about 97 wells), with the deeper Lakota and Dakota sandstones behind them. The Niobrara here is not the same commercial play as the Niobrara in Weld County — different basin, different depth, different development history — and Jackson County interests should not be valued off DJ Basin comparisons.",
    "activity": "Activity is modest but genuinely ongoing. KP Kauffman Company operates roughly 96 of the county's active wells and Fulcrum Energy Operating about 58, with Fulcrum also holding several approved permits. The most recent spud on record is dated September 2025. This is a mature, operator-concentrated area rather than a growth play, which shapes both royalty stability and how a buyer underwrites it.",
    "keyFormations": [
      "Pierre B",
      "Niobrara (North Park)",
      "Lakota",
      "Dakota"
    ],
    "stats": [
      {
        "label": "Basin",
        "value": "North Park Basin (not the DJ)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Primary Play",
        "value": "Pierre B / Niobrara"
      },
      {
        "label": "Wells on Record",
        "value": "~806 (~154 active)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Main Operators",
        "value": "KP Kauffman, Fulcrum Energy Operating"
      }
    ],
    "faqs": [
      {
        "q": "Who buys mineral rights in Jackson County, Colorado?",
        "a": "American Royalty Buyers buys mineral and royalty interests in Jackson County directly, as a principal — no broker, no commission, and no fee to you. Jackson County is a smaller, mature North Park Basin area, so it attracts fewer buyers than the DJ Basin along the Front Range. That is worth knowing: with fewer bidders, a single unsolicited offer is less likely to reflect the market, which makes a second written valuation more valuable, not less."
      },
      {
        "q": "What formations produce in Jackson County?",
        "a": "The Pierre is the most commonly listed producing interval (roughly 127 wells on record), followed by the Niobrara (about 97), with the deeper Lakota and Dakota sandstones behind them. Note that although the Niobrara appears here, this is the North Park Basin — a separate basin from the Denver-Julesburg play — so Jackson County Niobrara wells are not comparable to Weld County Niobrara wells."
      },
      {
        "q": "Who operates the wells in Jackson County, Colorado?",
        "a": "Based on state filings, KP Kauffman Company operates roughly 96 of the county's active wells and Fulcrum Energy Operating about 58, with Fulcrum also holding several approved permits. The most recent spud on record is dated September 2025. Your royalty check may arrive under a payor name that differs from the operator name, which is common and does not change what you own."
      }
    ]
  }
}