Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports & Appendices

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This project focused on defining geothermal play fairways and development of a detailed geothermal potential map of a large transect across the Great Basin region (96,000 km2), with the primary objective of facilitating discovery of commercial-grade, blind geothermal fields (i.e. systems with no surface hot springs or fumaroles) and thereby accelerating geothermal development in this promising region. Data included in this submission consists of: structural settings (target areas, recency of faulting, slip and dilation potential, slip rates, quality), regional-scale strain rates, earthquake density and magnitude, gravity data, temperature at 3 km depth, permeability models, favorability models, degree of exploration and exploration opportunities, data from springs and wells, transmission lines and wilderness areas, and published maps and theses for the Nevada Play Fairway area.

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Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. (2015). Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports & Appendices [data set]. Retrieved from https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/756.
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Faulds, James, Hinz, Nick, dePolo, Craig, Hammond, William, Kreemer, Corne, Shevenell, Lisa, Coolbaugh, Mark, Queen, John, Siler, Drew, Visser, Charles, and Wannamaker, Phil. Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports & Appendices . United States: N.p., 28 Oct, 2015. Web. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/756.
Faulds, James, Hinz, Nick, dePolo, Craig, Hammond, William, Kreemer, Corne, Shevenell, Lisa, Coolbaugh, Mark, Queen, John, Siler, Drew, Visser, Charles, & Wannamaker, Phil. Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports & Appendices . United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/756
Faulds, James, Hinz, Nick, dePolo, Craig, Hammond, William, Kreemer, Corne, Shevenell, Lisa, Coolbaugh, Mark, Queen, John, Siler, Drew, Visser, Charles, and Wannamaker, Phil. 2015. "Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports & Appendices ". United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/756.
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Data from Oct 28, 2015

Last updated Oct 11, 2019

Submitted Apr 5, 2016

Organization

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Contact

James Faulds

775.682.8751

Authors

James Faulds

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Nick Hinz

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Craig dePolo

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

William Hammond

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Corne Kreemer

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Lisa Shevenell

ATLAS Geosciences Inc

Mark Coolbaugh

ATLAS Geosciences Inc

John Queen

Hi-Q Geophysical Inc.

Drew Siler

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Charles Visser

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Phil Wannamaker

University of Utah

DOE Project Details

Project Name Discovering Blind Geothermal Systems in the Great Basin Region: An Integrated Geologic and Geophysical Approach for Establishing Geothermal Play Fairways

Project Lead Holly Thomas

Project Number EE0006731

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