A Review and Analysis of Geothermal Exploratory Drilling Results in the Northern Basin and Range Geologic Province of the USA from 1974 through 1981
- Key words
- Exploration; USA; Basin Range; Nevada; Case Studies; Resource Assessment; Summary Update
- Location
- Nevada; Basin and Range
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1982
- Session
- Exploration; Geophysical surveys; Drilling
- Language
- English
Abstract
The northern Basin and Range Geologic Province of the western USA has been widely recognized as a highly prospective area for high temperatures geothermal reservoirs. Yet only six apparent discoveries resulted from the drilling of 53 geothermal wildcat wells in this are from 1974 to 1981. This relatively low success rate can be partly attributed to the difficulty of developing accurate geological and geophysical models in this area prior to drilling. However, it may also indicate that large high temperatures geothermal reservoirs may be less common in this area than thought previously.
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