McGee Mountain Shallow (2m) Temperature Survey, Humboldt County, Nevada 2009

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This shapefile contains location and attribute data for a shallow (2 meter) temperature survey conducted by Geothermal Technical Partners, Inc. during late 2008 and early 2009. Temperatures at 2m depth were measured at 192 separate points as outlined by Coolbaugh et al., 2007. The purpose of the survey was to try and detect a shallow thermal anomaly associated with the McGee Mountain geothermal area as discovered by Phillips Petroleum and Earth Power Resources in the late 1970s. Drilling identified ~120 degree C temperatures at ~100m depth. This 2-meter survey delineated what was interpreted as a steam-heated fault zone centered along a range front fault in the vicinity of the drilled holes and fumaroles. Coolbaugh, M.F., Sladek, C., Faulds, J.E., Zehner, R.E., and Oppliger, G.L., 2007, Use of rapid temperature measurements at a 2-meter depth to augment deeper temperature gradient drilling: Proceedings, 32nd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Jan. 22-24, 2007, p. 109-116. Zehner, R., Tullar, K., and Rutledge, E., 2012, Effectiveness of 2-Meter and geoprobe shallow temperature surveys in early stage geothermal exploration: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 36, in press.

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Name Format Description Link
57 Shapefile showing results of shallow (2m) temperature survey at McGee Mountain, Humboldt County, Nevada https://gdr.openei.org/files/123/McGee2mSurvey.zip
21 Report on shallow temperature measurements made by a Geoprobe at McGee Mountain, Humboldt County, Nevada https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/121

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  • geospatial-data
  • mcgee-mountain
  • anomaly-detection
  • shallow-temperature-survey
  • shallow-thermal-anomaly
  • shapefile
  • 2-meter-survey
  • temperature
  • humboldt-county
  • nevada
  • geothermal
  • heat-flow

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