skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Mineral Selection for Multicomponent Equilibrium Geothermometry

Abstract

Multicomponent geothermometry requires knowledge of the mineral phases in the reservoir with which the geothermal fluids may be equilibrated. These minerals phases are most often alteration products rather than primary minerals. We have reviewed the literature on geothermal systems representing most major geologic environments typically associated with geothermal activity and identified potential alteration products in various environments. We have included this information in RTEst, a code we have developed to estimate reservoir conditions (temperature, CO2 fugacity) from the geochemistry of near-surface geothermal waters. The information has been included in RTEst through the addition of filters that decrease the potential number of minerals from all possibilities based on the basis species to those that are more relevant to the particular conditions in which the user is interested. The three groups of filters include host rock type (tholeiitic, calc-alkaline, silicic, siliciclastic, carbonate), water type (acidic, neutral), and the temperature range over which the alteration minerals were formed (low, medium, high). The user-chosen mineral assemblage is checked to make sure that it does not violate the Gibbs phase rule. The user can select one of three mineral saturation weighting schemes that decrease the chance the optimization from being skewed by reaction stoichiometry ormore » analytical uncertainty.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States); Center for Advanced Energy Studies, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
  2. Idaho State Univ., Pocatello, ID (United States)
  3. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1178072
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-15-34930
Journal ID: ISSN 0193-5933
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 38; Journal ID: ISSN 0193-5933
Publisher:
Geothermal Resources Council
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; Geothermometry

Citation Formats

Plamer, C. D., Ohly, S. R., Smith, R. W., Neupane, G., McLing, T., and Mattson, E. Mineral Selection for Multicomponent Equilibrium Geothermometry. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Plamer, C. D., Ohly, S. R., Smith, R. W., Neupane, G., McLing, T., & Mattson, E. Mineral Selection for Multicomponent Equilibrium Geothermometry. United States.
Plamer, C. D., Ohly, S. R., Smith, R. W., Neupane, G., McLing, T., and Mattson, E. 2015. "Mineral Selection for Multicomponent Equilibrium Geothermometry". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1178072.
@article{osti_1178072,
title = {Mineral Selection for Multicomponent Equilibrium Geothermometry},
author = {Plamer, C. D. and Ohly, S. R. and Smith, R. W. and Neupane, G. and McLing, T. and Mattson, E.},
abstractNote = {Multicomponent geothermometry requires knowledge of the mineral phases in the reservoir with which the geothermal fluids may be equilibrated. These minerals phases are most often alteration products rather than primary minerals. We have reviewed the literature on geothermal systems representing most major geologic environments typically associated with geothermal activity and identified potential alteration products in various environments. We have included this information in RTEst, a code we have developed to estimate reservoir conditions (temperature, CO2 fugacity) from the geochemistry of near-surface geothermal waters. The information has been included in RTEst through the addition of filters that decrease the potential number of minerals from all possibilities based on the basis species to those that are more relevant to the particular conditions in which the user is interested. The three groups of filters include host rock type (tholeiitic, calc-alkaline, silicic, siliciclastic, carbonate), water type (acidic, neutral), and the temperature range over which the alteration minerals were formed (low, medium, high). The user-chosen mineral assemblage is checked to make sure that it does not violate the Gibbs phase rule. The user can select one of three mineral saturation weighting schemes that decrease the chance the optimization from being skewed by reaction stoichiometry or analytical uncertainty.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1178072}, journal = {Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council},
issn = {0193-5933},
number = ,
volume = 38,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record
The DOI is not currently available

Save / Share: