The Canyon Sand formation
Footprint and mineral-owner context for the Canyon Sand, drawn from the same state oil and gas commission well records behind our county pages. Every figure on this page is an estimate subject to verification of your specific interest.
Last updated June 2026.
What is the Canyon Sand?
The Canyon Sand is a producing formation named across 11 counties in Texas, in the Permian Basin, with 23,195 active wells on record across those counties.
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The Canyon Sand shows up in state oil and gas commission well records as a producing formation or pool in 11 of the counties and parishes we cover, across the Permian Basin. Every county where it produces sits in the same basin, though well counts and operators differ county to county. Across those counties, state records show 23,195 active wells producing, with the heaviest activity in Crockett County, Sutton County, Mitchell County. This page is built from the same public well-record data as our county pages, not a USGS geologic assessment, so it does not carry a play-wide resource estimate the way our larger flagship formation pages do.
Counties in the Canyon Sand play
These are the counties and parishes we cover where state commission records show the Canyon Sand producing. Each links to that county's own Canyon Sand well count and operators, not just the general county page.
What the Canyon Sand means for your minerals
A resource estimate for a play is not the value of your acreage. Your mineral and royalty interest is valued on the income your wells actually pay, roughly 36 to 72 times your average monthly royalty check, the same as 3 to 6 times your annual royalty. Where you land in that band depends on your wells decline, the operator, your royalty rate, and any undeveloped drilling upside. For the full method and a free on-screen estimate, see what are my mineral rights worth.
The Canyon Sand is part of the Permian Basin. For the basin-wide value bands and the counties we buy in, see the Permian Basin page.
Canyon Sand questions
- Which counties does the Canyon Sand produce in?
- State commission well records show the Canyon Sand producing in 11 counties we cover: Coke County, Crockett County, Fisher County, Irion County, Mitchell County, Nolan County, Schleicher County, Scurry County, Stonewall County, Sutton County, Tom Green County. See each county's page for the full local well and operator picture.
- How many wells produce from the Canyon Sand?
- Across the counties we cover, state oil and gas commission records show about 23,195 active wells tied to the Canyon Sand. That figure is a sum across counties from public well records, not a measure of any one owner's interest.
- What is a Canyon Sand mineral interest worth?
- A Canyon Sand interest is valued the same way as any producing interest: roughly 36 to 72 times your average monthly royalty check. Where you land in that range depends on your wells' decline, the operator, your royalty rate, and any undeveloped drilling upside. This is an estimate, not an offer.
Sources
- Texas Railroad Commission, Well Distribution by County (official producing oil and gas well counts)
- FracFocus national chemical disclosure registry, operators of record by county (public bulk data)
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