Hueco tanks: an initial evaluation of a potential geothermal area near El Paso, Texas

Title: Hueco tanks: an initial evaluation of a potential geothermal area near El Paso, Texas

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A potential geothermal resource about 40km northeast of El Paso, Texas is under investigation. The presence of old hot wells indicated the area of interest, and a geochemical survey outlined the possible geothermal anomaly. A shallow drilling program has revealed gradients consistently over 100/sup 0/C/km and as high as 300/sup 0/C/km on the Texas side of the state line, and a 300m hole yielded a heat flow of 8.3 H.F.U. in the limestone bedrock. Electrical soundings have shown the presence of a shallow conductive layer (probably hot and/or mineralized water) and a recently completed gravity survey delineates the faulting pattern apparently responsbile for the uprise of thermal waters. Indications are presently not for an electricity-grade resource, but of a hot water reservoir, with temperatures maybe reaching 120 to 140/sup 0/C.

Authors:: Taylor, B; Roy, R F; Hoffer, J M

Publication Date:: 1980-09-01

Research Org.:: Univ. of Texas, El Paso

OSTI Identifier:: 6375285

Report Number(s):: CONF-800920-
Journal ID: CODEN: TGRCD

Resource Type:: Conference

Journal Name:: Trans. - Geotherm. Resour. Counc.; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 4; Conference: Geothermal Resource Council annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 9 Sep 1980

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; TEXAS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; GRAVITY SURVEYS; HOT-WATER SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL SURVEYS; GEOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; WELL DRILLING; DRILLING; ENERGY SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHWEST REGION; SURVEYS; USA; WELLS; 150300* - Geothermal Exploration & Exploration Technology

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  title        = {Hueco tanks: an initial evaluation of a potential geothermal area near El Paso, Texas},

  author       = {Taylor, B and Roy, R F and Hoffer, J M},

  abstractNote = {A potential geothermal resource about 40km northeast of El Paso, Texas is under investigation. The presence of old hot wells indicated the area of interest, and a geochemical survey outlined the possible geothermal anomaly. A shallow drilling program has revealed gradients consistently over 100/sup 0/C/km and as high as 300/sup 0/C/km on the Texas side of the state line, and a 300m hole yielded a heat flow of 8.3 H.F.U. in the limestone bedrock. Electrical soundings have shown the presence of a shallow conductive layer (probably hot and/or mineralized water) and a recently completed gravity survey delineates the faulting pattern apparently responsbile for the uprise of thermal waters. Indications are presently not for an electricity-grade resource, but of a hot water reservoir, with temperatures maybe reaching 120 to 140/sup 0/C.},

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  year         = {1980},

  month        = {9}

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