SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D. C.  20549

Form 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Act 
of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 8, 1997

Mallon Resources Corporation
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     Colorado                   0-17267              84-1095959
(State or other              (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction                 File Number)         Identification No.)
of incorporation)

999 18th Street, Suite 1700, Denver, Colorado              80202
(address of principal executive offices)                 (zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (303) 293-2333

not applicable
(former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Item 5.  Other Events

Mallon Resources Corporation (the "Company") issued the following 
press release, dated September 8, 1997, the text of which follows:

     Mallon Resources Corporation today reported that it has completed 
a third significant natural gas well on its East Blanco Field acreage 
block in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico.  The well, the Jicarilla 
30-3-28 #1, tested in the Ojo Alamo formation at 3,150 feet at a rate 
of approximately 800 mcf per day.  Mallon has a 100% working interest 
in the well.  This well and two earlier reported wells are believed to 
be the first commercially productive Ojo Alamo wells in the San Juan 
Basin.  The new well, which is located in excess of four miles from 
the earlier wells, is producing from the same reservoir.  Based on 
these three Ojo Alamo completions, Mallon believes that a substantial 
portion of its 21,000 acre East Blanco Field acreage block may be 
productive from the Ojo Alamo.  It has identified 80 prospective 
drilling locations.

     Based on the data currently available, Mallon plans to recomplete 
10 other existing East Blanco Field wells in the Ojo Alamo formation, 
and drill at least five new wells to the Ojo Alamo.  Mallon expects 
that as its development work proceeds, additional development targets 
within its acreage block will be identified.

     Kevin Fitzgerald, President of Mallon Oil Company, said, "Our 
technical staff estimates that each of our three Ojo Alamo wells 
contains between two and three billion cubic feet of gas in place.  
Based on test data available to date, it appears that gas recoveries 
from these wells will be in the 75% to 85% range.  We are targeting 
similar levels of reserves in our recompletion and drilling targets.  
We also expect to enhance the production rates of our existing and 
future Ojo Alamo wells by the use of hydraulic fracturing and 
alternative completion techniques."

     Mallon's recompletion program is already underway, and should 
proceed at a pace of approximately three wells per month.  The final 
details of a hydraulic fracturing program are being planned, and those 
projects will begin shortly.  The new drilling will commence as soon 
as permits are approved.  Drilling and recompletion costs in this area 
are relatively low, which enhances project economics.

     George Mallon, Chairman of the Company, said, "We are very 
excited by the development potential of this Ojo Alamo play.  We 
control and operate approximately 21,000 acres in the East Blanco 
Field, with an average working interest of approximately 76%.  If our 
Ojo Alamo drilling and recompletion programs prove to be as successful 
as forecast, this new field will have a substantial impact on our gas 
production and reserves."

     Mallon also reported that in 1997 it has drilled 17 wells and 
recompleted four wells in the Delaware Basin, and drilled one well and 
recompleted six gas wells in the San Juan Basin.

     George Mallon said, "In addition to our Ojo Alamo play in the San 
Juan Basin, we are very encouraged by our first results in the 
Delaware Basin's White City Field, where we have drilled four oil 
wells this summer.  We are still testing these wells, and it appears 
that they will all be producers.  Our acreage position in this area is 
such that we plan to drill another seven or eight wells in this field 
by year end."

     Mallon Resources Corporation is a Denver, Colorado, based oil and 
gas exploration and production company operating primarily in the 
Delaware and San Juan Basins of New Mexico.  Mallon's Common Stock is 
quoted on the Nasdaq National Market tier of the Nasdaq Stock Market 
under the symbol "MLRC."


                               Signatures

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange act of 
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its 
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                               Mallon Resources Corporation



September 10, 1997            ___/s/ Roy K. Ross_______________
                               Roy K. Ross, Executive Vice President
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D. C.  20549

Form 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Act 
of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 8, 1997

Mallon Resources Corporation
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     Colorado                   0-17267              84-1095959
(State or other              (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction                 File Number)         Identification No.)
of incorporation)

999 18th Street, Suite 1700, Denver, Colorado              80202
(address of principal executive offices)                 (zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (303) 293-2333

not applicable
(former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 5.  Other Events

Mallon Resources Corporation (the "Company") issued the following 
press release, dated September 8, 1997, the text of which follows:

     Mallon Resources Corporation today reported that it has completed 
a third significant natural gas well on its East Blanco Field acreage 
block in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico.  The well, the Jicarilla 
30-3-28 #1, tested in the Ojo Alamo formation at 3,150 feet at a rate 
of approximately 800 mcf per day.  Mallon has a 100% working interest 
in the well.  This well and two earlier reported wells are believed to 
be the first commercially productive Ojo Alamo wells in the San Juan 
Basin.  The new well, which is located in excess of four miles from 
the earlier wells, is producing from the same reservoir.  Based on 
these three Ojo Alamo completions, Mallon believes that a substantial 
portion of its 21,000 acre East Blanco Field acreage block may be 
productive from the Ojo Alamo.  It has identified 80 prospective 
drilling locations.

     Based on the data currently available, Mallon plans to recomplete 
10 other existing East Blanco Field wells in the Ojo Alamo formation, 
and drill at least five new wells to the Ojo Alamo.  Mallon expects 
that as its development work proceeds, additional development targets 
within its acreage block will be identified.

     Kevin Fitzgerald, President of Mallon Oil Company, said, "Our 
technical staff estimates that each of our three Ojo Alamo wells 
contains between two and three billion cubic feet of gas in place.  
Based on test data available to date, it appears that gas recoveries 
from these wells will be in the 75% to 85% range.  We are targeting 
similar levels of reserves in our recompletion and drilling targets.  
We also expect to enhance the production rates of our existing and 
future Ojo Alamo wells by the use of hydraulic fracturing and 
alternative completion techniques."

     Mallon's recompletion program is already underway, and should 
proceed at a pace of approximately three wells per month.  The final 
details of a hydraulic fracturing program are being planned, and those 
projects will begin shortly.  The new drilling will commence as soon 
as permits are approved.  Drilling and recompletion costs in this area 
are relatively low, which enhances project economics.

     George Mallon, Chairman of the Company, said, "We are very 
excited by the development potential of this Ojo Alamo play.  We 
control and operate approximately 21,000 acres in the East Blanco 
Field, with an average working interest of approximately 76%.  If our 
Ojo Alamo drilling and recompletion programs prove to be as successful 
as forecast, this new field will have a substantial impact on our gas 
production and reserves."

     Mallon also reported that in 1997 it has drilled 17 wells and 
recompleted four wells in the Delaware Basin, and drilled one well and 
recompleted six gas wells in the San Juan Basin.

     George Mallon said, "In addition to our Ojo Alamo play in the San 
Juan Basin, we are very encouraged by our first results in the 
Delaware Basin's White City Field, where we have drilled four oil 
wells this summer.  We are still testing these wells, and it appears 
that they will all be producers.  Our acreage position in this area is 
such that we plan to drill another seven or eight wells in this field 
by year end."

     Mallon Resources Corporation is a Denver, Colorado, based oil and 
gas exploration and production company operating primarily in the 
Delaware and San Juan Basins of New Mexico.  Mallon's Common Stock is 
quoted on the Nasdaq National Market tier of the Nasdaq Stock Market 
under the symbol "MLRC."

                               Signatures

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange act of 
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its 
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                               Mallon Resources Corporation

September 10, 1997            ___/s/ Roy K. Ross_______________
                               Roy K. Ross, Executive Vice President