Geologic Model of the Baca Geothermal Reservoir, Valles Caldera, New Mexico
Abstract
The caldera environment represents a complex interaction of volcanic, structural, and often, hydrothermal processes. As a result calderas are often targets for geothermal exploration and development. From the standpoint of the reservoir engineer, such geothermal systems would be hosted by rocks that display a complex interplay of stratigrphic permeability, structural permeability, and changing permeability which results from the process of hydrothermal alteration and new fracture generation. The purpose of this paper is to present a geolgic model of the Baca geothermal reservoir which is situated in New Mexico. The geologic history of the Valles caldera is presented in Smith and Bailey (1968). The data we present is largely based on our studies of subsurface samples from Union Oil Company's Baca project area. Additional results of our work have been published previously (Hulen and Nielson, 1982, 1983; Nielson and Hulen, in press).
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Earth Science Laboratory, University of Utah Research Institute, Salt Lake City, UT
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 889579
- Report Number(s):
- SGP-TR-74-16
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT03-80SF11459
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Proceedings, Ninth Workshop Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford Calif., December 13-15, 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- Geothermal Legacy
Citation Formats
Nielson, Dennis L, and Hulen, Jeffrey B. Geologic Model of the Baca Geothermal Reservoir, Valles Caldera, New Mexico. United States: N. p., 1983.
Web.
Nielson, Dennis L, & Hulen, Jeffrey B. Geologic Model of the Baca Geothermal Reservoir, Valles Caldera, New Mexico. United States.
Nielson, Dennis L, and Hulen, Jeffrey B. 1983.
"Geologic Model of the Baca Geothermal Reservoir, Valles Caldera, New Mexico". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/889579.
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title = {Geologic Model of the Baca Geothermal Reservoir, Valles Caldera, New Mexico},
author = {Nielson, Dennis L and Hulen, Jeffrey B},
abstractNote = {The caldera environment represents a complex interaction of volcanic, structural, and often, hydrothermal processes. As a result calderas are often targets for geothermal exploration and development. From the standpoint of the reservoir engineer, such geothermal systems would be hosted by rocks that display a complex interplay of stratigrphic permeability, structural permeability, and changing permeability which results from the process of hydrothermal alteration and new fracture generation. The purpose of this paper is to present a geolgic model of the Baca geothermal reservoir which is situated in New Mexico. The geologic history of the Valles caldera is presented in Smith and Bailey (1968). The data we present is largely based on our studies of subsurface samples from Union Oil Company's Baca project area. Additional results of our work have been published previously (Hulen and Nielson, 1982, 1983; Nielson and Hulen, in press).},
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