EXHIBIT 23.1


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in  Registration  Statement  No.
333-105974 on Form S-8 of Gasco Energy, Inc. of our report dated March 25, 2004,
(which report  expresses  and  unqualified  opinion and includes an  explanatory
paragraph  for the adoption of Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No.
143,  "Accounting for Asset  Retirement  Obligations")  appearing in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Gasco Energy, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2003.


/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
Denver, Colorado
March 25, 2004