Configuration of the mudstones, gray- and coffee-colored shale lithologic units, zones of silica and epidote, and their relation to the tectonics of the Cerro Prieto geothermal field

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:7369405

Cobo R, J M

Based on well cuttings, five lithological units have been recognized within the area of what is now the Cerro Prieto geothermal field. These five units are described. Differences in origin, mineralogy, grading, color, compaction, etc., are shown.

• Research Organization: Comision Federal de Electricidad, Mexicali, Mexico
• OSTI ID: 7369405
• Report Number(s): LBL-11967; CONF-810399-2; ON: DE82019261
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. symposium on the Cerro Prieto geothermal field in Baja California, Mexico, San Francisco, CA, USA, Mar 1981; Related Information: In: Proceedings: third symposium on the Cerro Prieto geothermal field, Baja California, Mexico, by
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
CERRO PRIETO GEOTHERMAL FIELD
LITHOLOGY
DRILL CORES
EPIDOTES
GRANITES
MINERALOGY
SHALES
SILICA
TECTONICS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM SILICATES
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM SILICATES
CHALCOGENIDES
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON SILICATES
MINERALS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIC ROCKS
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SILICATE MINERALS
SILICATES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
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