Magnetotelluric study of the Stillwater-Soda Lakes, Nevada Geothermal Area

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7247102· OSTI ID:7247102

Stanley, W D; Wahl, R R; Rosenbaum, J G

The Stillwater-Soda Lakes K.G.R.A. (Known Geothermal Resource area) is located in the Carson Desert of west central Nevada, near the town of Fallon. Two thermal areas have been mapped by shallow drilling. Near the farming community of Stillwater, an area of about 70 km/sup 2/ has been mapped with groundwater hotter than 20/sup 0/C and as hot as 80/sup 0/C or slightly hotter in the center of the anomaly (Olmstead, et. al., 1975). The MT method was selected as a tool to study the geothermal area, both to define the extent of the mapped thermal anomalies and to determine the broader nature of the thermal regime and possibly the source of the anomalous heat flow. Measurement and data analysis procedures are described, and results are presented and discussed.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Reston, Va. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7247102
• Report Number(s): USGS-OFR-76-80
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
150301* -- Geothermal Exploration & Exploration Technology-- Geophysical Techniques & Surveys
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ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRICAL SURVEYS
ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS
EXPLORATION
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
Geothermal Legacy
HEAT FLOW
INFORMATION
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MAGNETOTELLURIC SURVEYS
NEVADA
NORTH AMERICA
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
USA
WESTERN REGION