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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TY - DATA AB - 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. AU - Faulds, James A2 - Hinz, Nick A3 - dePolo, Craig A4 - Hammond, William A5 - Kreemer, Corne A6 - Shevenell, Lisa A7 - Coolbaugh, Mark A8 - Queen, John A9 - Siler, Drew A10 - Visser, Charles A11 - Wannamaker, Phil DB - Geothermal Data Repository DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - KW - geothermal KW - Nevada KW - Play Fairway KW - Report KW - Appendices KW - Great Basin KW - NBMG KW - NVPFA KW - Carson Sink KW - Steptoe Valley KW - geophysics KW - geophysical KW - geology KW - geologic KW - LiDAR KW - geochemical KW - gravity KW - seismic reflection KW - MT KW - magnetotellurics KW - geodetic KW - geodesy KW - shallow temperature KW - soil gas KW - slip and dilation tendancy KW - 3D modeling KW - thermal modeling KW - exploration KW - resource assessment KW - resource potential KW - investigation KW - survey KW - preliminary KW - site assessment KW - favorability KW - NV Great Basin LA - English DA - 2015/10/28 PY - 2015 PB - Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology T1 - Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports & Appendices UR - https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/756 ER -
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Faulds, James, et al. Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports & Appendices . Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 28 October, 2015, Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/756.
Faulds, J., Hinz, N., dePolo, C., Hammond, W., Kreemer, C., Shevenell, L., Coolbaugh, M., Queen, J., Siler, D., Visser, C., & Wannamaker, P. (2015). Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports & Appendices . [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/756
Faulds, James, Nick Hinz, Craig dePolo, William Hammond, Corne Kreemer, Lisa Shevenell, Mark Coolbaugh, John Queen, Drew Siler, Charles Visser, and Phil Wannamaker. Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports & Appendices . Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, October, 28, 2015. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/756
@misc{GDR_Dataset_756, title = {Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports \& Appendices }, author = {Faulds, James and Hinz, Nick and dePolo, Craig and Hammond, William and Kreemer, Corne and Shevenell, Lisa and Coolbaugh, Mark and Queen, John and Siler, Drew and Visser, Charles and Wannamaker, Phil}, abstractNote = {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. }, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/756}, year = {2015}, howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/756}, note = {Accessed: 2025-05-07} }

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Data from Oct 28, 2015

Last updated Oct 11, 2019

Submitted Apr 5, 2016

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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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