Nevada

Nevada Geothermal Power Plants

Basic Information
Author: 
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Description: 
This spreadsheet is a compilation of Geothermal Power Plants, compiled by the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, published as a Web feature service for the National Geothermal Data System. The document contains 5 worksheets, including information about the template, notes related to revisions of the template, Resource provider information, the data, a field list (data mapping view) and a worksheet with vocabularies for use in populating the spreadsheet (data valid terms). Data from 27 power plants are included.
Publication Date: 
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Resource Language: 
English
Resource Distribution Contact
Organization Name: 
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Street Address: 
UNR, MS 178
City: 
Reno
State/Province: 
Nevada
Postal Code: 
89557
Country: 
USA
Phone: 
775-784-6691
Fax: 
775-784-1709
Email: 
nbmg@unr.edu
Geographic Extent
North bounding latitude: 
42.3144
South bounding latitude: 
34.2578
West bounding longitude: 
-120.707
East bounding longitude: 
-113.5

Nevada Well Header Data

Basic Information
Author: 
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Author: 
Jordan T. Hastings
Description: 
This Well Header data set contains basic information describing well boreholes in Nevada associated with thermal properties. Each well header has a separate record (rows) for each well bore. The data set contains 871 records.
Publication Date: 
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Resource Language: 
English
Resource Distribution Contact
Organization Name: 
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Person Name: 
Jordan T. Hastings
Street Address: 
Mail Stop 178 University of Nevada
City: 
Reno
State/Province: 
Nevada
Postal Code: 
89557
Country: 
USA
Phone: 
775-784-6691
Fax: 
775-784-1709
Email: 
hastings@unr.edu
Geographic Extent
North bounding latitude: 
42.3176
South bounding latitude: 
34.2977
West bounding longitude: 
-120.852
East bounding longitude: 
-113.337

Tracer Testing at the Desert Peak EGS Project

Basic Information
Author: 
Rose, P.
Author: 
Leecaster, K.
Author: 
Drakos, P.
Author: 
Robertson-Tait, A.
Description: 
As part of the Desert Peak EGS project, tracer testing was conducted involving two existing injection wells at the Desert Peak geothermal field. The tracer data showed very strong returns from both injectors to one of the production wells, with much lower returns to the remaining producers. The tracer-swept pore volume was estimated using a first-moment analysis of the return-curve data.
Publication Date: 
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Resource Language: 
English
Intelectual Originator Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Resource Information
Resource Distribution Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Geographic Extent
North bounding latitude: 
39.8321
South bounding latitude: 
39.6801
West bounding longitude: 
-119.062
East bounding longitude: 
-118.825

Progress on the Desert Peak East EGS Project

Basic Information
Author: 
Robertson-Tait, A.
Author: 
Johnson, S.
Description: 
An industry-DOE cost-shared project is underway to evaluate the technical feasibility of developing an EGS power generation project on the eastern side of the Desert Peak geothermal field. An existing well (DP 23-1) is the focus of much of the Phase I investigation, including re-interpretation of lithology, acquisition and analysis of a well bore imaging log, conducting and analyzing a step-rate injection test, performing a "mini-frac" to determine the magnitude of the least principal stress, and re-completing the well in preparation for hydraulic stimulation in Phase II. In addition, numerical modeling has been undertaken to estimate heat recovery and make generation forecasts for various stimulated volumes and well configurations.
Publication Date: 
Saturday, January 1, 2005
Resource Language: 
English
Intelectual Originator Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Resource Information
Access Statement: 
Abstract available online at http://www.geothermex.com/files/file_4858299a2e4ab.pdf For a copy of this paper please e-mail us at mw@geothermex.com
Resource Distribution Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Geographic Extent
North bounding latitude: 
39.9838
South bounding latitude: 
39.6674
West bounding longitude: 
-119.174
East bounding longitude: 
-118.754
Previous Citation
Bibliographic Citation: 
Ann Robertson-Tait, and Stuart Johnson, 2005. Progress on the Desert Peak East EGS Project. GeothermEx, Inc.,Richmond, California. ORMAT Nevada, Inc., Reno, Nevada

Progress and Future Plans at the Desert Peak East EGS Project

Basic Information
Author: 
Robertson-Tait, A.
Author: 
Morris, C.
Description: 
An industry-DOE cost-shared project is underway to evaluate the technical feasibility of developing an EGS power generation project on the eastern side of the Desert Peak geothermal field. Analysis of existing geological and geophysical data is complemented by new geologic mapping and gravity work in the Hot Springs Mountains undertaken by researchers with funding from the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy at the University of Nevada Reno (UNR). An existing well (DP 23-1) is the focus of much of the Phase I investigation, including re-interpretation of lithology, acquisition and analysis of a well bore imaging log, and conducting and analyzing a step-rate injection test. As of June 2003, the project is about half complete; results are summarized below. Phase I work remaining to modeling, numerical modeling and the development of a be completed includes conceptual detailed plan to guide upcoming field activities.
Publication Date: 
Sunday, February 2, 2003
Resource Language: 
English
Intelectual Originator Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Resource Information
Access Statement: 
Abstract available online at http://www.geothermex.com/files/Robertson-Tait_2003-1.pdf For a copy of this paper please e-mail us at mw@geothermex.com
Resource Distribution Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Geographic Extent
North bounding latitude: 
39.9564
South bounding latitude: 
39.6801
West bounding longitude: 
-119.224
East bounding longitude: 
-118.814
Previous Citation
Bibliographic Citation: 
Ann Robertson Tait, and Christy Morris, 2000. Progress and Future Plans at the Desert Peak East EGS Project. GeothermEx, Inc.,Richmond, California. ORMAT Nevada, Inc., Reno, Nevada

Potential Sites and Experiments for Enhanced Geothermal Systems In The Western United States

Basic Information
Author: 
Robertson-Tait, Ann
Author: 
Lovekin, J.W.
Description: 
The Department of Energy's EGS Strategic Plan anticipates that EGS experimentation in the United States will be underway by 2004 in areas within or adjaeent to commerciallydeveloped hydrothermal fields, and that an EGS demonstration plant will begin operating in 2008. Criteria for selecting sites for EGS experimentation focus on enhancing energy recovery at producing fields while advancing the EGS knowledge base incrementally towards a demonstration project. With input from field operators, basic characteristics and information on the type of EGS work that may be undertaken are presented for 15 producing fields and 2 unexploited fields. Six producing fields meet 90 - 100% of the site selection criteria and 9 meet 60 - 70%. The use of EGS techniques to supply an existing facility has the advantages of low cost, support from the geothermal industry and demonstration of applicability to a variety of conversion technologies. This approach seeks to reduce EGS risk and uncertainty, promoting the transition from research to commercial evelopment.
Publication Date: 
Saturday, January 1, 2000
Resource Language: 
English
Intelectual Originator Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Resource Information
Access Statement: 
Abstract available online at http://www.geothermex.com/files/file_4858281834f72.pdf For a copy of this paper please e-mail us at mw@geothermex.com
Resource Distribution Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Geographic Extent
North bounding latitude: 
38.4991
South bounding latitude: 
35.8382
West bounding longitude: 
-121.992
East bounding longitude: 
-117.07
Previous Citation
Bibliographic Citation: 
Ann Robertson-Tait and James Loveki, 2000. Potential Sites and Experiments for Enhanced Geothermal Systems In The Western United States. GeothermEx, Inc.,Richmond, California.

Geologic Characterization of Pre-Tertiary Rocks at the Desert Peak East EGS Project Site, Churchill County, Nevada

Basic Information
Author: 
Lutz, S.J.
Author: 
Schriener Jr., A.
Author: 
Schochet, D.
Author: 
Robertson-Tait, Ann
Description: 
A DOE-Industry cost-shared project is underway at Desert Peak East, located within the Hot Springs Mountains, northwestern Churchill County, approximately SO miles (80.S km) northeast of Reno, Nevada. The potential reservoir under investigation is contained within pre-Tertiary metamorphic and granitic rocks with temperatures exceeding 400°F (204°C). The purpose of the geologic study is to determine the lateral and vertical extent of basement lithologies, and the character and mineralogy of natural fracturing in the rocks to identify suitable targets for hydrofracturing and stimulation in subsequent phases of this enhanced geothermal system (EGS) project.
Publication Date: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003
Resource Language: 
English
Intelectual Originator Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Resource Information
Access Statement: 
Abstract available online at http://www.geothermex.com/files/Robertson-Tait_2003-2.pdf For a copy of this paper please e-mail us at mw@geothermex.com
Resource Distribution Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Geographic Extent
North bounding latitude: 
39.7403
South bounding latitude: 
39.4567
West bounding longitude: 
-118.667
East bounding longitude: 
-118.31
Previous Citation
Bibliographic Citation: 
Lutz, S.J., Schriener Jr., A., Schochet, D., and Robertson-Tait, A., 2003. Geologic Characterization of Pre-Tertiary Rocks at the Desert Peak East EGS Project Site, Churchill County, Nevada . GeothermEx Inc., Richmond, California.Energy and Geoscience Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Earthrock Consulting, Bermuda Dunes, California. ORMAT Nevada Inc., Sparks, Nevada.

Geothermal Systems of the Mono Basin - Long Valley Region, Eastern California and Western Nevada

Basic Information
Author: 
Higgins, Chris T.
Author: 
Flynn, Thomas
Author: 
Chapman, Rodger H.
Author: 
Trexler, Dennis T.
Author: 
Chase, Gordon R.
Author: 
Bacon, Forrest C.
Author: 
Ghusn, George Jr.
Description: 
SUMMARY: This report presents the results of a cooperative study of geothermal systems in the region from Aurora, Nevada, and Bridgeport, California, south to Long Valley, California, by the Division of Mines and Geology and the Division of Earth Sciences of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The study is the initialreconnaissance phase of a project that was proposed to span several years. Magmatic and hydrothermal systems have been common in this region for the last 15 million years. The objectives of this study were to begin determination of the properties ~nd interactions of these systems and to develop hypotheses on the locations of undiscovered, active systems _in the region. SpeCial emphasis was given to the re~ional relationships and controls of the systems. New data presented include a Bouguer gravity map of the region, several gravity and magnetic profiles, a resistivity profile near Aurora, and a potassium-argon date on Mud Spring volcano, also near Aurora. New interpretations are presented regarding relative 8Qes and distributions of thermal fluids, gravity anomalies, d~pths to pre-Cenozoic: basement, structural controls of the geothermal systems, and the late Cenozoic tectonic-magmatic evolution of the region. The U.S. Department of Energy provided most of the funds for this project.
Publication Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1985
Resource Language: 
English
Intelectual Originator Contact
Organization Name: 
Division of Mines and Geology, California Department of Conservation
State/Province: 
California
Country: 
United States of America
Resource Distribution Contact
Organization Name: 
California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology
State/Province: 
California
Country: 
United States of America
Geographic Extent
North bounding latitude: 
38.3743
South bounding latitude: 
37.8926
West bounding longitude: 
-119.325
East bounding longitude: 
-118.781
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