McCoy Area, Nevada geothermal reservoir assessment case history - Northern Basin and Range. Final report, 1 October 1978-30 September 1982
The McCoy geothermal prospect is located in north-central Nevada at the junction of the Augusta Mountains, Clan Alpine Mountains and the New Pass Range. Geothermal exploration on the prospect consisted of an integrated program of geologic, geochemical and geophysical studies. The geochemical studies included hydrogeochemistry, soil geochemistry, and drill cuttings geochemistry. Geophysical exploration included heatflow studies, aeromagnetic, self-potential, gravity, passive seismic, dipole-dipole resistivity, electromagnetic and magnetotelluric surveys. Exploration drilling includes fifty-two (52) shallow thermal gradient holes and five (5) intermediate depth temperature gradient wells. Shallow low-temperature geothermal reservoirs were encountered in two areas. In the McCoy Mine area the resource was found in the Permo-Pennsylvanian rocks. In the southern part of the prospect a resource with temperatures of 100/sup 0/C was encountered in the basal conglomeratic sandstone of the Triassic section.
- Research Organization:
- AMAX Exploration, Inc., Golden, CO (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-79ET27010
- OSTI ID:
- 6345654
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/27010-1; ON: DE83008083
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CHEMISTRY
DRILL CORES
ELECTRICAL SURVEYS
ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS
EXPLORATION
EXPLORATORY WELLS
FEDERAL REGION IX
GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS
GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION
GRAVITY SURVEYS
Geothermal Legacy
HEAT FLOW
HYDROLOGY
MAGNETIC SURVEYS
MAGNETOTELLURIC SURVEYS
NEVADA
NORTH AMERICA
RESISTIVITY SURVEYS
ROCKS
SANDSTONES
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SEISMIC SURVEYS
SELF-POTENTIAL SURVEYS
SOILS
SURVEYS
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
USA
WELLS