Alum Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.)
Data generated from the Alum Innovative Exploration Project, one of several promising geothermal properties located in the middle to upper Miocene (~11-5 Ma, or million years BP) Silver Peak-Lone Mountain metamorphic core complex (SPCC) of the Walker Lane structural belt in Esmeralda County, west-central Nevada. The geothermal system at Alum is wholly concealed; its upper reaches discovered in the late 1970s during a regional thermal-gradient drilling campaign. The prospect boasts several shallow thermal-gradient (TG) boreholes with TG >75oC/km (and as high as 440oC/km) over 200-m intervals in the depth range 0-600 m. Possibly boiling water encountered at 239 m depth in one of these boreholes returned chemical- geothermometry values in the range 150-230oC. GeothermEx (2008) has estimated the electrical- generation capacity of the current Alum leasehold at 33 megawatts for 20 years; and the corresponding value for the broader thermal anomaly extending beyond the property at 73 megawatts for the same duration.
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AB - Data generated from the Alum Innovative Exploration Project, one of several promising geothermal properties located in the middle to upper Miocene (~11-5 Ma, or million years BP) Silver Peak-Lone Mountain metamorphic core complex (SPCC) of the Walker Lane structural belt in Esmeralda County, west-central Nevada. The geothermal system at Alum is wholly concealed; its upper reaches discovered in the late 1970s during a regional thermal-gradient drilling campaign. The prospect boasts several shallow thermal-gradient (TG) boreholes with TG >75oC/km (and as high as 440oC/km) over 200-m intervals in the depth range 0-600 m. Possibly boiling water encountered at 239 m depth in one of these boreholes returned chemical- geothermometry values in the range 150-230oC. GeothermEx (2008) has estimated the electrical- generation capacity of the current Alum leasehold at 33 megawatts for 20 years; and the corresponding value for the broader thermal anomaly extending beyond the property at 73 megawatts for the same duration.
AU - Miller, Clay
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/1148793
KW - geothermal
KW - Gravity
KW - Magnetics
KW - MT
KW - Geochemistry
KW - Regional Temperature
KW - Resource Model
KW - Well Data
KW - Geology
KW - upper Miocene
KW - Silver Peak
KW - Lone Mountain
KW - Walker Lane
KW - Alum
KW - Esmeralda County
KW - Nevada
KW - Gravity Survey
KW - Grid
KW - Terrain
KW - 5km
KW - 10km
KW - Upward Continued Regional Residual
KW - Bouger
KW - Horizontal Gravity Gradient
KW - North America
KW - Imperial County
KW - Grav-Mag
KW - Magnetic
KW - 3D
KW - Profile
KW - Profiles
KW - Round 1
KW - 2009
KW - Round 2
KW - 2010
KW - magnetotellurics
KW - Inversion
KW - 30 ohm
KW - 100 ohm
KW - 300 ohm
KW - ZTEM
KW - Chemistry
KW - Geothermometry
KW - Temperature
KW - hole 56-29
KW - Historic
KW - Shallow
KW - Well Logs
KW - Modern
KW - geologic
KW - geomechanics
KW - geophysical
KW - 25-29
KW - 26-19
KW - Geology
KW - report
KW - executive summary
KW - maps
KW - sections
KW - Photos
KW - Photographs
KW - Pictures
KW - geospatial data
LA - English
DA - 2010/01/01
PY - 2010
PB - Ram Power, Inc.
T1 - Alum Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.)
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1148793
ER -
Miller, Clay. Alum Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.) . Ram Power, Inc., 1 January, 2010, Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148793.
Miller, C. (2010). Alum Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.) . [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Ram Power, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148793
Miller, Clay. Alum Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.) . Ram Power, Inc., January, 1, 2010. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148793
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title = {Alum Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.) },
author = {Miller, Clay},
abstractNote = {Data generated from the Alum Innovative Exploration Project, one of several promising geothermal properties located in the middle to upper Miocene (~11-5 Ma, or million years BP) Silver Peak-Lone Mountain metamorphic core complex (SPCC) of the Walker Lane structural belt in Esmeralda County, west-central Nevada. The geothermal system at Alum is wholly concealed; its upper reaches discovered in the late 1970s during a regional thermal-gradient drilling campaign. The prospect boasts several shallow thermal-gradient (TG) boreholes with TG >75oC/km (and as high as 440oC/km) over 200-m intervals in the depth range 0-600 m. Possibly boiling water encountered at 239 m depth in one of these boreholes returned chemical- geothermometry values in the range 150-230oC. GeothermEx (2008) has estimated the electrical- generation capacity of the current Alum leasehold at 33 megawatts for 20 years; and the corresponding value for the broader thermal anomaly extending beyond the property at 73 megawatts for the same duration.},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/269},
year = {2010},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Ram Power, Inc., https://doi.org/10.15121/1148793},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-28},
doi = {10.15121/1148793}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148793
Details
Data from Jan 1, 2010
Last updated Aug 19, 2021
Submitted Nov 20, 2013
Organization
Ram Power, Inc.
Contact
Clay Miller
775.398.3720
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, Gravity, Magnetics, MT, Geochemistry, Regional Temperature, Resource Model, Well Data, Geology, upper Miocene, Silver Peak, Lone Mountain, Walker Lane, Alum, Esmeralda County, Nevada, Gravity Survey, Grid, Terrain, 5km, 10km, Upward Continued Regional Residual, Bouger, Horizontal Gravity Gradient, North America, Imperial County, Grav-Mag, Magnetic, 3D, Profile, Profiles, Round 1, 2009, Round 2, 2010, magnetotellurics, Inversion, 30 ohm, 100 ohm, 300 ohm, ZTEM, Chemistry, Geothermometry, Temperature, hole 56-29, Historic, Shallow, Well Logs, Modern, geologic, geomechanics, geophysical, 25-29, 26-19, Geology, report, executive summary, maps, sections, Photos, Photographs, Pictures, geospatial dataDOE Project Details
Project Name Recovery Act: Alum Innovative Exploration Project
Project Lead Mike Weathers
Project Number EE0002845
