SSGF Mineral Major Elements and Lithium Concentration
Presented are major element and lithium 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 now being studied as a source of geothermal brine for lithium extraction. This study was performed to help quantify lithium storage in the SSGF brine and surrounding minerals. Rocks and brines sampled in this study are from surface rhyolitic domes on the South Eastern shore of the Salton Sea, the sedimentary and evaporitic rocks in the Durmid Hills, rhyolitic drill clippings previously studied by Schmitt & Hulen, commercial drill wells, and CA State 2-14 well.
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AB - Presented are major element and lithium 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 now being studied as a source of geothermal brine for lithium extraction. This study was performed to help quantify lithium storage in the SSGF brine and surrounding minerals. Rocks and brines sampled in this study are from surface rhyolitic domes on the South Eastern shore of the Salton Sea, the sedimentary and evaporitic rocks in the Durmid Hills, rhyolitic drill clippings previously studied by Schmitt & Hulen, commercial drill wells, and CA State 2-14 well.
AU - Humphreys, J
A2 - Brounce, Maryjo
A3 - McKibben, Michael A.
A4 - Dobson, Patrick
A5 - Planavsky, Noah
A6 - Kalderon-Asael, Boriana
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/2008491
KW - geothermal
KW - Lithium
KW - Mineral
KW - rocks
KW - Salton Sea Geothermal Field
KW - brine
KW - Lithium isotoptes
KW - chlorite
KW - geology
KW - geochemistry
KW - hydrothermal
KW - isotope quantification
KW - extraction
KW - salton Sea
KW - Lithium Valley
KW - geothermal brine
KW - imperial county
KW - raw data
LA - English
DA - 2023/05/01
PY - 2023
PB - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
T1 - SSGF Mineral Major Elements and Lithium Concentration
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/2008491
ER -
Humphreys, J, et al. SSGF Mineral Major Elements and Lithium Concentration. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 May, 2023, Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/2008491.
Humphreys, J., Brounce, M., McKibben, M., Dobson, P., Planavsky, N., & Kalderon-Asael, B. (2023). SSGF Mineral Major Elements and Lithium Concentration. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.15121/2008491
Humphreys, J, Maryjo Brounce, Michael A. McKibben, Patrick Dobson, Noah Planavsky, and Boriana Kalderon-Asael. SSGF Mineral Major Elements and Lithium Concentration. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, May, 1, 2023. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/2008491
@misc{GDR_Dataset_1515,
title = {SSGF Mineral Major Elements and Lithium Concentration},
author = {Humphreys, J and Brounce, Maryjo and McKibben, Michael A. and Dobson, Patrick and Planavsky, Noah and Kalderon-Asael, Boriana},
abstractNote = {Presented are major element and lithium 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 now being studied as a source of geothermal brine for lithium extraction. This study was performed to help quantify lithium storage in the SSGF brine and surrounding minerals. Rocks and brines sampled in this study are from surface rhyolitic domes on the South Eastern shore of the Salton Sea, the sedimentary and evaporitic rocks in the Durmid Hills, rhyolitic drill clippings previously studied by Schmitt \& Hulen, commercial drill wells, and CA State 2-14 well.},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1515},
year = {2023},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, https://doi.org/10.15121/2008491},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-10},
doi = {10.15121/2008491}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/2008491
Details
Data from May 1, 2023
Last updated May 31, 2024
Submitted Jun 28, 2023
Organization
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Contact
Jen Humphreys
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, Lithium, Mineral, rocks, Salton Sea Geothermal Field, brine, Lithium isotoptes, chlorite, geology, geochemistry, hydrothermal, isotope quantification, extraction, salton Sea, Lithium Valley, geothermal brine, imperial county, raw dataDOE Project Details
Project Name Improved Quantification Of Li Resources For Lithium Valley
Project Lead Alexandra Prisjatschew
Project Number FY23 AOP 3.2.2.1
