Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Cuttings X-Ray Diffraction Data
X-ray diffraction (XRD) results from cuttings samples collected during drilling of Utah FORGE well 16B(78)-32. The dataset includes XRD data for 77 samples taken between 3,120 and 10,977 feet measured depth (from the Kelly Bushing, 31 feet above ground level), with sampling intervals primarily at 100-foot spacing. Mineral abundances are reported in weight percent, rounded to the nearest whole number. Entries marked "tr" (trace) indicate a mineral presence below one weight percent, detection only in the clay-sized fraction, or identification in low abundance through petrographic analysis.
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AB - X-ray diffraction (XRD) results from cuttings samples collected during drilling of Utah FORGE well 16B(78)-32. The dataset includes XRD data for 77 samples taken between 3,120 and 10,977 feet measured depth (from the Kelly Bushing, 31 feet above ground level), with sampling intervals primarily at 100-foot spacing. Mineral abundances are reported in weight percent, rounded to the nearest whole number. Entries marked "tr" (trace) indicate a mineral presence below one weight percent, detection only in the clay-sized fraction, or identification in low abundance through petrographic analysis.
AU - Jones, Clay
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - geothermal
KW - energy
KW - Utah FORGE
KW - well 16B
KW - well 16B78-32
KW - XRD
KW - X-ray
KW - X-ray diffraction
KW - mineralogy
KW - minerals
KW - petrography
KW - well cuttings analysis
KW - mineral abundance
KW - trace minerals
KW - weight percent
KW - subsurface geology
KW - geology
KW - rock cuttings
KW - measured depth
KW - Kelly Bushing
KW - processed data
KW - EGS
LA - English
DA - 2025/04/20
PY - 2025
PB - Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
T1 - Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Cuttings X-Ray Diffraction Data
UR - https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1731
ER -
Jones, Clay. Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Cuttings X-Ray Diffraction Data. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, 20 April, 2025, Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1731.
Jones, C. (2025). Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Cuttings X-Ray Diffraction Data. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1731
Jones, Clay. Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Cuttings X-Ray Diffraction Data. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, April, 20, 2025. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1731
@misc{GDR_Dataset_1731,
title = {Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Cuttings X-Ray Diffraction Data},
author = {Jones, Clay},
abstractNote = {X-ray diffraction (XRD) results from cuttings samples collected during drilling of Utah FORGE well 16B(78)-32. The dataset includes XRD data for 77 samples taken between 3,120 and 10,977 feet measured depth (from the Kelly Bushing, 31 feet above ground level), with sampling intervals primarily at 100-foot spacing. Mineral abundances are reported in weight percent, rounded to the nearest whole number. Entries marked "tr" (trace) indicate a mineral presence below one weight percent, detection only in the clay-sized fraction, or identification in low abundance through petrographic analysis.},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1731},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1731},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-30}
}
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Data from Apr 20, 2025
Last updated Apr 21, 2025
Submitted Apr 20, 2025
Organization
Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
Contact
Clay Jones
801.585.7971
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, energy, Utah FORGE, well 16B, well 16B78-32, XRD, X-ray, X-ray diffraction, mineralogy, minerals, petrography, well cuttings analysis, mineral abundance, trace minerals, weight percent, subsurface geology, geology, rock cuttings, measured depth, Kelly Bushing, processed data, EGSDOE Project Details
Project Name Utah FORGE
Project Lead Lauren Boyd
Project Number EE0007080
