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Raft River Geothermal Field Well Head Brine Sample

Dec 18, 2015
81.13 kB
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Raw data and data workup of assay for real-world brine sample. Brine sample was taken at the well head.
Authors
Lanyk, T. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalbrineassayreesfield samplewater chemistry analysisrare earth elementbrine chemistybrine water chemistry

Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics

Sep 21, 2016
438.56 kB
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The work evaluates, develops and demonstrates flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials with a specific focus upon rare earth elements (REEs). The selected organic and inorganic sorbent materials (silica and MOF...
Authors
Addleman, R. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermalsorbentsnanorare earth elementsreesprecious metalsmineral recoverygreen mininginorganic sorbent removal efficiencyorganic sorbent removal efficiencycomposite thin filmree

Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of REEs, Precious Metals and Other Valuable Metals from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics

May 25, 2017
483.89 kB
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This work evaluates, develops and demonstrates flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials with a specific focus upon rare earth elements (REEs). The selected organic and inorganic sorbent materials demonstrated h...
Authors
Addleman, S. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermalsorbentsnanorare earth elementsreesprecious metalsmineral recoverygreen mininginorganic sorbent removal efficiencyorganic sorbent removal efficiencycomposite thin filmtechnoeconomicslanthanumeuropiumholmiumsilvercopperzinc

Magnetic Nanofluid Rare Earth Element Extraction Process Report, Techno Economic Analysis, and Results for Geothermal Fluids

Mar 14, 2016
1.86 MB
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This GDR submission is an interim technical report and raw data files from the first year of testing on functionalized nanoparticles for rare earth element extraction from geothermal fluids. The report contains Rare Earth Element uptake results (percent removal, mg Rare Earth Ele...
Authors
McGrail, P. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermalreemofnanofluidrare earth elementmetal organic frameworkgeothermal mineral recoveryneodymiumeuropiumyttriumdysprosiumcesiummagnetic separationmetal uptaketechno economic analysisrare earth element extractiontechno economicsilica sorbentsuptake results

Technical Report-Rare Earth Element Concentrations in Wyoming's Produced Waters

Jul 01, 2017
4.2 MB
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This study is a joint effort by the University of Wyoming (UW), the UW Engineering Department (UW-ENG), and Idaho National Laboratories (INL) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to describe rare earth element concentrations in oil and gas produced waters. In this work w...
Authors
Quillinan, S. et al University of Wyoming
geothermalenergyrare earth elementproduced watersreecoproducedresourcesgeochemicalisotope concentrationgeochemsitryoil and gastrace metalconcentrationcoalbrine study

Retrospective Analysis of Geothermal Mineral Recovery and Domestic Resource Assessment References

Oct 20, 2021
1.69 MB
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This reference database in RIS format contains all of the references that were collected as part of our retrospective analysis of geothermal mineral recovery (REE and Li) activities and domestic resource assessment. The outputs detail the chemistry and molecular processes used in ...
Authors
Dobson, P. and Stringfellow, W. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergylithiumreemineral recoveryrecoverygeothermal brinesbrinesgeochemistytechnologydomestic resourceresourcemineral

Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters with Advanced Sorbent Structures

Sep 30, 2015
1.4 MB
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The work evaluates, develops and demonstrates flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials with a specific focus upon rare earth elements (REEs). The selected organic and inorganic sorbent materials demonstrated h...
Authors
Addleman, R. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermalsorbentsnanorare earth elementsreesprecious metalsmineral recoverygreen miningsharkey hot springs water chemistryinorganic sorbent removal efficiencyorganic sorbent removal efficiencyrecovery of rare earths from sorbentssharkey hot springs aqueous chemistryrare earth elementsorbent rare earth element removal efficiencytechnical reportperformancerecyclesconcentrartion

SSGF Trace Element Concentrations

Jan 08, 2026
706.57 kB
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Presented are trace element concentrations of minerals from the Salton Sea Geothermal Field (SSGF), located in the Imperial Valley, California. With a recent increase in demand for lithium, the area is actively being studied as a source of geothermal brine for lithium extraction. ...
Authors
Kovalick, A. et al University of California Riverside
geothermaltrace elementssalton sea geothermal fieldrocksmineralhydrothermallithium valleygeothermal brineraw dataimperial countyssgfimperial valleyrare earth elementsreecritical mineralsmnznconibrine-rock reactionrock samplesbrine samplesrhyolitic domesdurmid hillsschmitt and hulenca 2-14wellschemistryfluid chemistrygeochemistrysalton sealithium extraction

Rare Earth Element Concentration of Wyoming Thermal Waters Update

Jun 01, 2017
1.03 MB
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Updated version of data generated from rare earth element investigation of produced waters. These data represent major, minor, trace, isotopes, and rare earth element concentrations in geologic formations and water associated with oil and gas production.
Authors
Quillinan, S. et al University of Wyoming
geothermalenergyrare earth elementsproduced waterreeoil and gasgeologic formationsgeochemistryisotopesusgin content modelngds content modelcoproduced

Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Produced Waters in WY

Jun 01, 2017
564.5 kB
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Update of rare earth element data from oil and gas reservoirs. These data include major, minor, trace and rare earth element concentration of geologic formations in Wyoming oil and gas fields.
Authors
Quillinan, S. et al University of Wyoming
geothermalenergyrock chemistrygeochemistryrare earth elementsproduced waterreeoil and gasgeologic formationsgeochemsitryisotopesusgin content modelngds content modelcore samplecoproduced

Technical Report-Rare Earth Element Data Associated with Oil and Gas Reservoir Rock

Jul 01, 2017
4.49 MB
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This work was developed to complement the geochemical assessments of produced water and geothermal water samples. Specifically, this task was designed to test the influence of reservoir rock-type and corresponding mineralogy/geochemistry on the concentrations of REE found in oil a...
Authors
McLaughlin, J. et al University of Wyoming
geothermalenergyrare earth elementproduced watersreecoproducedresourcesgeochemicalisotope concentrationgeochemistryoil and gasconcentrationgeologyrock chemistrygeologicinfluenceminerologybrine study

Column Sorption Uptake and Regeneration Study; Rare Earth Element Sorbent Uptake and Sorbent Stripping

Dec 18, 2015
101.91 kB
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Study of rare earth element (REE) uptake from geothermal brine simulant by column loading, metal recovery through stripping, and regeneration of column for re-loading. Simulated brine testing.
Authors
Lanyk, T. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalbrinecolumnregenerationreesstrippingmineral recoveryremoval efficiencyrecovery from sorbentrare earth elementloadingreload

Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities

Mar 08, 2019
11.78 MB
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The project team collected and analyzed 224 water samples and 101 matching rock samples. INL's improved method of measuring aqueous REEs allows study of samples previously thought too volume limited to measure. The study found that aqueous REEs occur at trace levels in all analyz...
Authors
Quillinan, S. et al University of Wyoming
geothermalenergyreeoil and gasgeochemistryrare earth elementsproduced watertracerecoveryresourcecommoditymineralaqueousconcentrationspatialspatially-dependentvariablechemistrysamplingcoproducedproduced fluid

Rare Earth Element Content of Thermal Fluids from Surprise Valley, California

Sep 23, 2015
830.5 kB
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Rare earth element measurements for thermal fluids from Surprise Valley, California. Samples were collected in acid washed HDPE bottles and acidified with concentrated trace element clean (Fisher Scientific) nitric acid. Samples were pre-concentrated by a factor of approximately 1...
Authors
Fowler, A. and Zierenberg, R. University of California
geothermalrare earth elementssurprise valleymineral recoveryrare earth element aqueous chemistryhot springsboiling springsreeaqueous chemistrycontent modelaqueous chemistry analysisaasg

Drill Cutting and Core Major, Trace and Rare Earth Element Analyses from Wells RN-17B and RN-30, Reykjanes, Iceland

May 01, 2015
241.14 kB
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Analytical results for x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Inductively Couple Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) measurement of major, trace and rare earth elements in drill cuttings from geothermal wells in Reykjanes, Iceland. Total Fe was analyzed as FeO, therefore is not included under...
Authors
Fowler, A. and Zierenberg, R. University of California
geothermalreedrill cuttingsrn-17brn-30rare earth elementmineral recoveryicelandgeothermal welliddpicelenadngds content modelusgin content modeltrace elementaasg geothermal datachemical analysisrock chemistrygeochemistry

Brine Stability Study

Apr 15, 2015
1.75 MB
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This is a study of the brine formulations that we were using in our testing were stable over time. The data includes charts, as well as, all of the original data from the ICP-MS runs to complete this study.
Authors
Garland, G. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalbrinestabilitysimplebrine studyreerare earth elementsnakcasodiumcalciumpotassium

Protocol for Regeneration of Ligand-Depleted Adsorption Media for Rare Earth Element Recovery from Geothermal Brine

May 24, 2016
13.67 kB
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Description of experimental protocol used to characterize the effectiveness of regenerating ligand-based adsorption media through the addition of ligands when media were previously depleted of ligands during use. Results of the effectiveness of this regeneration are also described.
Authors
Stull, D. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalligandligand regenerationadsorptionmineral recoveryrare earth elementreesimulated brineexperimental protocol

Rare Earth Element Sorption Study on sieved 50 +100 mesh fraction of Media 1 in Brine 1 with Different Starting pHs at 70C

Sep 29, 2015
265.11 kB
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This is a continuation of the rare earth element sorption study for shaker bath tests on 2g media #1 in 150mL brine #1 with different starting pH's at 70C. In a previous submission we reported data for shaker bath tests for brine #1 with starting pH's of 3.5, 4.5 and 5.5. In this ...
Authors
Garland, G. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalmedia 1brine 1elevated temperaturesorption studyshaker bath testgeothermal mineral recoverymedia #1brine #1shaker bath testsphreerare earth elements

REE Sorption Study of Seived 50 +100 Mesh Fraction of Media 1 in Brine 1 at Different Concentrations of REE at 70C

Jun 29, 2015
269.69 kB
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This dataset shows the sorption capacities of smaller grain size (-50 +100 mesh) of media #1 in brine #1 at different starting concentrations of REE's at elevated temperature of 70C. The experimental conditions are 2g of 50 +100 mesh media #1 to 150mL of REE solution at concentrat...
Authors
Garland, G. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalmedia 1brine 1elevated temperature 70c-50 100 seivedph 5.5shakertablemedia #1brine #1-50 +100 seived70csorptionshaker tableshaker testshaker bathsequestrationreerare earth elementsrecoveryextractionmineral recoverybrinebrine studychemistryaqueous chemistryseive

Sorption Capacity of Europium for Media 1 and Media 2 from Solution at Ambient Temperature

Mar 16, 2015
227.03 kB
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This dataset shows the capacity for Europium of media #1 and media #2 in a shakertable experiment. The experimental conditions were 150mL of 500ppm Eu solution, 2g of media, pH of 3.2, at ambient temperature.
Authors
Garland, G. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalshakertablemedia 1media 2500ppm europiumph 3.2ambient temperaturemedia #2media #1mediashaker tableshaker testsorptioneucapacityeuropiumshaker bathchemistryaqueous chemistryreerare earth elementsrecoverybrinebrine studymineral recovery

Repetitive Regeneration of Media #1 in a Dynamic Column Extraction using Brine #1

Oct 14, 2015
235.97 kB
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This data is from a regeneration study from a dynamic column extraction experiment where we ran a solution of REE's through a column of media #1 then stripped the REE's off the media using 2M HNO3 solution. We then re-equilibrated the media and repeated the process of running a RE...
Authors
Garland, G. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalmedia 1brine 1regeneration studydynamic column extractiongeothermal mineral recoverymedia #1brine #1brine studyreerare earth elements

Chemistry of the thermal water samples of the Camas Prairie area in Idaho, USA

Sep 30, 2020
831.5 kB
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This dataset includes chemistry of geothermal water samples of the Camas Prairie area in Idaho. The samples included in this dataset were collected over the period of 2016-2019. Collection/analysis of new water samples and compilation of existing water chemistry database were cond...
Authors
Neupane, G. et al Idaho National Laboratory
snake river plaincamas prairieidahothermal watersplay fairwaypfasrpblindresourcecharacterizationisotope analysischemistrywater sampleswatergeochemistryisotopegroundwater chemistrygroundwaterhydrologyrare earth elements

Repetitive Regeneration of Media 1 after REE Sorption from Brine 1 at 70C

Jul 23, 2015
261.02 kB
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This dataset shows the ability of media #1 to be loaded with REE's, stripped of the REE's sequestered, regenerated, and reused over many cycles.
Authors
Garland, G. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalmedia 1brine 1regenerationelevated temperaturemedia #1brine #1shakertablereerare earth elementrecoveryextractionchemistryaqueous chemistrysequestrationsorptionbrinebrine studyreusablemineral recovery

Experimental Parameters Affecting Stripping of Rare Earth Elements from Loaded Sorptive Media in Simulated Geothermal Brines

May 24, 2016
247.65 kB
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Experimental results from several studies exploring the impact of pH and acid volume on the stripping of rare earth elements (REEs) loaded onto ligand-based media via an active column. The REEs in this experiment were loaded onto the media through exposure to a simulated geother...
Authors
Stull, D. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalmediarare earth elementsmedia strippingphreemineral recoveryadsorptioncolumnelutionexperimentsimulated brinerare earth elementbrine study

Improved Rare Earth Element Sorption from Simulated Geothermal Brines: Effect of Gassed versus Degassed Brines

May 24, 2016
167.85 kB
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A study exploring sorption and stripping characteristics of sorption media when simulated geothermal brines are degassed or not degassed. Experiments were done at 70degC. The brines used in this study were formulated by Tusaar. The two brines used/simulated are labeled 1M and 1C...
Authors
Stull, D. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalmediarare earth elementsmedia sorptiondegassed brinemineral recoverysimulated brinereegasseddegassedstrip-elutionelutionsorption studypacked column
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