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Geology, resistivity, and hydrochemistry of the Ojo Caliente hot springs area, northern New Mexico

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OSTI ID:5093690
Geothermal fluids of the Ojo Caliente area discharge from a northeast trending normal fault that juxtaposes Precambrian metarhyolite and Tertiary sediments. An electrical resistivity survey shows that the fluids emerge from the fault and flow as a plume of thermal water into cold aquifers east of the fault. Geochemistry of fluids indicates a maximum reservoir temperature at depth of 80/sup 0/C with no suggestion of high temperature isotopic exchange between water and reservoir rocks. From this data, it is believed that the Ojo Caliente system is suitable only for small-scale direct use geothermal applications.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA); Alaska Univ., Fairbanks (USA). Dept. of Geology
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
5093690
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-82-1527; CONF-821007-6; ON: DE82018385
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English