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.
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AB - 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.
AU - Garg, Sabodh
A2 - Gasperikova, Erika
A3 - Shervais, John
A4 - Nielson, Dennis
A5 - Garg, Sabodh
A6 - Nielson, Dennis
A7 - Sonnenthal, Eric
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - Snake River Mountain Home Modeling
KW - geothermal
KW - energy
KW - Snake River Plain
KW - Mountain Home
KW - Numerical Model
KW - Magnetotelluric
KW - Gravity
KW - Play Fairway
KW - Natural State
KW - Thermal Modeling
KW - Magnetotellurics
KW - Play Fairway Analysis
KW - SRP
KW - MT
KW - geophysics
KW - geophysical
KW - temperaure
KW - pre-production
KW - state
KW - structure
KW - resource assessment
KW - PFA
KW - modelling
KW - natural
LA - English
DA - 2015/07/28
PY - 2015
PB - Utah State University
T1 - Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis: Mountain Home Geothermal Area Natural State Model
UR - https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/943
ER -
Garg, Sabodh, et al. Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis: Mountain Home Geothermal Area Natural State Model. Utah State University, 28 July, 2015, Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/943.
Garg, S., Gasperikova, E., Shervais, J., Nielson, D., Garg, S., Nielson, D., & Sonnenthal, E. (2015). Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis: Mountain Home Geothermal Area Natural State Model. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Utah State University. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/943
Garg, Sabodh, Erika Gasperikova, John Shervais, Dennis Nielson, Sabodh Garg, Dennis Nielson, and Eric Sonnenthal. Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis: Mountain Home Geothermal Area Natural State Model. Utah State University, July, 28, 2015. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/943
@misc{GDR_Dataset_943,
title = {Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis: Mountain Home Geothermal Area Natural State Model},
author = {Garg, Sabodh and Gasperikova, Erika and Shervais, John and Nielson, Dennis and Garg, Sabodh and Nielson, Dennis and Sonnenthal, Eric},
abstractNote = {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.
},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/943},
year = {2015},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Utah State University, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/943},
note = {Accessed: 2025-07-03}
}
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
