Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis: Mountain Home Geothermal Area Natural State Model
The Mountain Home area is characterized by high heat flow and temperature gradient. Temperature data are available from 18 boreholes with depths equal to or greater than 200 m, 5 of which have depths ranging from ~1340 m to ~3390 m (MH-1, MH-2, Bostic1, Lawrence D No.1, and Anschutz No. 1). Although there are large variations, the average temperature gradient exceeds 80 deg C/km. Recently, high-resolution gravity, ground magnetic, magnetotelluric (MT), and seismic reflection surveys have been carried out in the area in order to define key structural features responsible for promoting permeability and fluid flow. Of particular relevance is the MT survey performed in the Mountain Home area.
The included reports and papers present preliminary and final 3-D numerical models of the natural-state (i.e. pre-production state) of the Mountain Home geothermal area conditioned using the available temperature profiles from the five deep wells in addition to interpretations of MT data.
Citation Formats
Utah State University. (2015). Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis: Mountain Home Geothermal Area Natural State Model [data set]. Retrieved from https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/943.
Garg, Sabodh, Gasperikova, Erika, Shervais, John, Nielson, Dennis, Garg, Sabodh, Nielson, Dennis, and Sonnenthal, Eric. Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis: Mountain Home Geothermal Area Natural State Model. United States: N.p., 28 Jul, 2015. Web. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/943.
Garg, Sabodh, Gasperikova, Erika, Shervais, John, Nielson, Dennis, Garg, Sabodh, Nielson, Dennis, & Sonnenthal, Eric. Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis: Mountain Home Geothermal Area Natural State Model. United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/943
Garg, Sabodh, Gasperikova, Erika, Shervais, John, Nielson, Dennis, Garg, Sabodh, Nielson, Dennis, and Sonnenthal, Eric. 2015. "Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis: Mountain Home Geothermal Area Natural State Model". United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/943.
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The included reports and papers present preliminary and final 3-D numerical models of the natural-state (i.e. pre-production state) of the Mountain Home geothermal area conditioned using the available temperature profiles from the five deep wells in addition to interpretations of MT data.
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Details
Data from Jul 28, 2015
Last updated Jan 8, 2020
Submitted Jul 14, 2017
Organization
Utah State University
Contact
Sabodh Garg
858.205.5108
Authors
Keywords
Snake River Mountain Home Modeling, geothermal, energy, Snake River Plain, Mountain Home, Numerical Model, Magnetotelluric, Gravity, Play Fairway, Natural State, Thermal Modeling, Magnetotellurics, Play Fairway Analysis, SRP, MT, geophysics, geophysical, temperaure, pre-production, state, structure, resource assessment, PFA, modelling, naturalDOE Project Details
Project Name Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis of the Snake River Plain, Idaho
Project Lead Eric Hass
Project Number EE0006733