Basin & Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy

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This data package includes exploration material from the Basin & Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy [in Hidden Systems] project (BRIDGE). BRIDGE was funded by the Department of Energy?s Geothermal Technologies Program and is part of a broader initiative to advance the exploration of hidden geothermal resources in the Basin & Range Province of the western U.S. The BRIDGE data package is the product of a collaboration led by Sandia National Laboratories with partners from Geologica Geothermal Group, Inc., the U.S. Navy Geothermal Program Office, and consultants Steven Sewell (Australis Geoscience Ltd) and William Cumming (Cumming Geoscience). The project?s areas of interest (AOIs) are based off priority areas of interest in the southwestern portion of the Nevada Play Fairway map, distribution across tectonic provinces, accessibility, and the project team?s extensive experience in the region. AOIs cover about a dozen basins that include unexplored prospects, partially explored prospects, and some developed analogue resources that provide validation cases. Many unexplored and partially explored prospects are on U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) land, though adjacent lands are included as well.

Data modalities include a helicopter-borne time-domain electromagnetic survey, magnetotellurics, 2-meter temperature measurements, ground-based gravity and legacy aeromagnetic surveys, geochemistry, geologic mapping, LiDAR analysis, 3D models, and associated geospatial data, and a bibliography of existing data and references utilized in prospect characterization and conceptual modeling.
This submission assumes the user is familiar with the geophysical methods and common, industry-choice file formats. Key files are in CSV, Geosoft, and Geotools formats. Please refer to READMEs for dataset-specific information. Where applicable, acquisition data and inversion models for a particular prospect or area of interest are organized separately.

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Sandia National Laboratories. (2022). Basin & Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy [data set]. Retrieved from https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1682.
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Schwering, Paul, Hinz, Nicholas, Winn, Carmen, Milton, Alex, Lopeman, Janice, Takuya, Saito, Cumming, William, Sewell, Steven, Sabin, Andrew, Zimmerman, Jade, Blake, Kelly, Bedrosian, Paul, Downs, Christine, Siler, Drew, Folsom, Matthew, Kraal, Kurt, and Matson, Gabe. Basin & Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy. United States: N.p., 03 Jan, 2022. Web. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1682.
Schwering, Paul, Hinz, Nicholas, Winn, Carmen, Milton, Alex, Lopeman, Janice, Takuya, Saito, Cumming, William, Sewell, Steven, Sabin, Andrew, Zimmerman, Jade, Blake, Kelly, Bedrosian, Paul, Downs, Christine, Siler, Drew, Folsom, Matthew, Kraal, Kurt, & Matson, Gabe. Basin & Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy. United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1682
Schwering, Paul, Hinz, Nicholas, Winn, Carmen, Milton, Alex, Lopeman, Janice, Takuya, Saito, Cumming, William, Sewell, Steven, Sabin, Andrew, Zimmerman, Jade, Blake, Kelly, Bedrosian, Paul, Downs, Christine, Siler, Drew, Folsom, Matthew, Kraal, Kurt, and Matson, Gabe. 2022. "Basin & Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy". United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1682.
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Data modalities include a helicopter-borne time-domain electromagnetic survey, magnetotellurics, 2-meter temperature measurements, ground-based gravity and legacy aeromagnetic surveys, geochemistry, geologic mapping, LiDAR analysis, 3D models, and associated geospatial data, and a bibliography of existing data and references utilized in prospect characterization and conceptual modeling.
This submission assumes the user is familiar with the geophysical methods and common, industry-choice file formats. Key files are in CSV, Geosoft, and Geotools formats. Please refer to READMEs for dataset-specific information. Where applicable, acquisition data and inversion models for a particular prospect or area of interest are organized separately.}, doi = {}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1682}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2022}, month = {01}}

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Data from Jan 3, 2022

Last updated Oct 29, 2024

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Organization

Sandia National Laboratories

Contact

Christine Downs

505.549.0003

Authors

Paul Schwering

Sandia National Laboratories

Nicholas Hinz

Geologica Geothermal Group Inc.

Carmen Winn

Geologica Geothermal Group Inc.

Alex Milton

Geologica Geothermal Group Inc.

Janice Lopeman

Geologica Geothermal Group Inc.

Saito Takuya

Geologica Geothermal Group Inc.

William Cumming

Cumming Geoscience

Steven Sewell

Sewell Geothermal Ltd.

Andrew Sabin

United States Navy Geothermal Program Office

Jade Zimmerman

United States Navy Geothermal Program Office

Kelly Blake

United States Navy Geothermal Program Office

Paul Bedrosian

United States Geological Survey

Christine Downs

Sandia National Laboratories

Drew Siler

Geologica Geothermal Group Inc.

Matthew Folsom

United States Navy Geothermal Program Office

Kurt Kraal

Sandia National Laboratories

Gabe Matson

Geologica Geothermal Group Inc.

DOE Project Details

Project Name Basin & Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy

Project Lead Mike Weathers

Project Number 38658

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