Snake River Plain FORGE: Site Characterization Data

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The site characterization data used to develop the conceptual geologic model for the Snake River Plain site in Idaho, as part of phase 1 of the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) initiative. This collection includes data on seismic events, groundwater, geomechanical models, gravity surveys, magnetics, resistivity, magnetotellurics (MT), rock physics, stress, the geologic setting, and supporting documentation, including several papers. Also included are 3D models (Petrel and Jewelsuite) of the proposed site. Data for wells INEL-1, WO-2, and USGS-142 have been included as links to separate data collections. These data have been assembled by the Snake River Geothermal Consortium (SRGC), a team of collaborators that includes members from national laboratories, universities, industry, and federal agencies, lead by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Other contributors include the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CEAS), the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Boise State University, University of Wyoming, University of Oklahoma, Energy and Geoscience Institute-University of Utah, US Geothermal, Baker Hughes Campbell Scientific Inc., Chena Power, US Geological Survey (USGS), Idaho Department of Water Resources, Idaho Geological Survey, and Mink GeoHydro.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Collection of data on the USGS-142 well amassed by the SRGC for Snake River Plain FORGE. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/790
21 Collection of data on the WO-2 well amassed by the SRGC for Snake River Plain FORGE. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/791
33 Paper characterizing stress and natural fracturing on the INEL site. Moos and Barton, 1990. "In-situ Stress and Natural Fracturing at the INEL Site", Idaho_EGG-NPR-10631 https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/Moos%20and%20Barton%201990%20In-situ%20Stress%20and%20Natural%20Fracturing%20at%20the%20INEL%20Site%20Idaho_EGG-NPR-10631.pdf
0 "Strain rates and contemporary deformation in the Snake River Plain and surrounding Basin and Range from GPS and seismicity", Suzette J. Payne, Robert McCaffrey and Robert W. King, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1130/G25039A.1
21 "An analytic stress model applied to the Snake River Plain (Northern Basin and Range province U.S.A.)" Kevin P. Furlong, 1979. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0040195179903081
33 Map shows the locations of INL seismic stations and stations monitored by INL that are operated by other institutions in the eastern Snake River Plain. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/INL%20Seismic%20Monitoring%20stations.pdf
33 Map of seismic events on the eastern Snake River Plain between Jan. 1st, 1972 and Dec. 31st, 2012. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/INL%20Seismic%20events%201972%20-%202012.pdf
33 Map of seismic events on the eastern Snake River Plain between Jan. 1st and Dec. 31st, 2012. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/INL%20Seismic%20events%202012.pdf
33 Map of seismic events on the eastern Snake River Plain between Jan. 1st and Dec. 31st, 2011. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/INL%20Seismic%20events%202011.pdf
21 Anders et al, 2014. "A fixed sublithospheric source for the late Neogene track of the Yellowstone hotspot: Implications of the Heise and Picabo volcanic fields" https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JB010483
0 Leeman et al, 2008. "Snake River Plain - Yellowstone silicic volcanism: implications for magma genesis and magma fluxes" https://doi.org/10.1144/sp304.12
21 William Leeman, Derek Schutt, and Scott Hughes, 2009. "Thermal structure beneath the Snake River Plain: Implications for the Yellowstone hotspot." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377027309000730
33 Podgorney et al, 2013. "Enhanced Geothermal system Potential for sites on the Eastern snake river Plain, Idaho." from the 37th Geothermal Resource Council Annual Meeting. The Snake River volcanic province overlies a thermal anomaly that extends deep into the mantle and represents one of the highest heat flow provinces in North America... https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/Podgorney%20et%20al%202013%20EGS%20Potential%20for%20Sites%20on%20the%20ESRP%20Idaho.pdf
21 Podgorney et al, 2016. "A Snake River Plain Field Laboratory for Enhanced Geothermal Systems: An Overview of the Snake River Geothermal Consortium’s Proposed FORGE Site." from the 41st Stanford Geothermal Workshop. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-Snake-River-Plain-Field-Laboratory-for-Enhanced-Podgorney-Snyder/823d03f7b33ba6c101dc38a925258376039adfcf
21 Smith et al, 1996. "Paleoseismology and seismic hazards evaluations in extensional volcanic terrains." Extensional structures in volcanic terrains are the surface expression of shallow dike intrusion and can be misinterpreted as structures associated with major tectonic faults... https://doi.org/10.1029/95JB01393
21 Bakshi et al, 2016. "Geomechanical Characterization of Core from the Proposed FORGE Laboratory on the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho." from the 41st Stanford Geothermal Workshop. This paper presents the results of a geomechanical characterization of cores from a well in the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, near the proposed site for a FORGE EGS Laboratory. https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/IGAstandard/record_detail.php?id=26380
34 Raster map showing the isostaic residual gravity of the eastern Snake River Plain from the Idaho Department of Water Resources. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/ESRP_ResidGrav.png
34 Raster map of NRM Aero magnetics of the Easter Snake River Plain https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/ESRP_magnetics.png
33 Zohdy and Stanley, 1973. "Preliminary Interpretation of Electrical Sounding Curves Obtained Across the Snake River Plain from Blackfoot to Arco, Idaho." Original report, contains raw sounding curves. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/Resistivity%20section%20SRP%20Zohdy%20and%20Stanley%201973.pdf
33 Map of data points from Zohdy and Stanley 1973 resisitivty survey of the Snake River Plain from Blackfoot to Arco, Idaho. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/Resistivity%20map%20SRP%20Zohdy%20and%20Stanley%201973.pdf
33 Geoelectric section across the Snake River Plain from Blackfoot to Arco, Idaho, from Zohdy and Stanley 1973. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/Resistivity%20data%20SRP%20Zohdy%20and%20Stanley%201973.pdf
21 Panakrazt and Ackerman, 1982. "Structure along the northwest edge of the Snake River Plain interpreted from seismic refraction." https://doi.org/10.1029/JB087iB04p02676
21 Peng and Humphreys, 1998. "Crustal velocity structure across the eastern Snake River Plain and the Yellowstone swell." https://doi.org/10.1029/97JB03615
21 Smith et al, 1978. "Yellowstone-Eastern Snake River Plain Seismic Profiling Experiment: Crustal structure of the Yellowstone Region and experiment design." https://doi.org/10.1029/JB087iB04p02583
21 Sparlin et al, 1982. "Crustal structure of the Eastern Snake River Plain determined from ray trace modeling of seismic refraction data." https://doi.org/10.1029/JB087iB04p02619
57 3D model of the INL site. Original Petrel model, no outflow. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/3D%20Petrel%20no%20outflow%20model.zip
57 3D Model of the INL site. Original Petrel outflow model. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/3D%20Petrel%20outflow%20model.zip
57 3d Model of the INL site. Model 1 shows a system of nested calderas directly beneath the GRRA and is based largely on correlations of rhyolitic deposits in the mountains north of the ESRP and worldwide relationships between caldera subsidence, diameter, and eruptive volumes. In this model, the boundary between the volcanics and the Paleozoic rocks is steep (~40 to 80 degrees) and the thickness of the volcanic units increases rapidly with distance from the range front. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/3D-JewelSuite-Model1.wrl.zip
34 A snapshot of the INL site 3D model from JewelSuite showing progressively younger stratigraphic surfaces of the two structural grids derived from the no outflow scenario. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/3D%20Model%20snapshots1.png
34 JewelSuite showing progressively younger stratigraphic surfaces of the two structural grids derived from the outflow scenario. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/3D%20model%20snapshots2.png
0 2010 annual report detailing seismic events in the Snake River Plain and within a 100 mile radius of the Idaho National Lab (Intended to supplement the broken link associated with "INL Seismic Monitoring 2010 Annual Report - UNAVAILABLE") https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/STI/STI/5094594.pdf#search=INL%20Seismic%20Monitoring%202010%20Annual%20Report
0 2011 annual report detailing seismic events in the Snake River Plain and within a 100 mile radius of the Idaho National Lab (Intended to substitute the broken link in "INL Seismic Monitoring 2011 Annual Report - UNAVAILABLE") https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/STI/STI/5626366.pdf#search=INL%20Seismic%20Monitoring%202010%20Annual%20Report
0 2012 annual report detailing seismic events in the Snake River Plain and within a 100 mile radius of the Idaho National Lab (Intended to substitute the broken link in "INL Seismic Monitoring 2012 Annual Report - UNAVAILABLE") https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/STI/STI/6360445.pdf#search=INL%20Seismic%20Monitoring%202010%20Annual%20Report
21 OpenEI webpage with background information about the Snake River Plain Geothermal Region https://openei.org/wiki/Snake_River_Plain_Geothermal_Region
33 Nadine McQuarrie and David Rogers, 1998. "Subsidence of a volcanic basin by flexure and crustal flow: The eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho." https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/McQuarrie_Rodgers_Tect1998.pdf
33 Rodgers et al, 2002. "Extension and Subsidence of the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho." The deformational history of the eastern Snake River Plain (SRP) is interpreted from rocks, structures, and landforms within and adjacent to it. Crustal extension is manifested by west-dipping normal faults that define a halfgraben fault style along the north and south margins of the plain. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/Extension_and_Subsidence_of_the_Eastern_Snake_Rive.pdf
21 Grana et al, 2016. "Rock Physics Modeling for the Potential FORGE Site on the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho" by Dario Grana, Sumit Verma, and Robert Podgorney, at the 2016 Stanford Geothermal Workshop. https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/IGAstandard/record_detail.php?id=26424
33 Plummer et al, 2016. "Modeling Heat Flow in the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer." from the 41st Stanford Geothermal Workshop. The Eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP) in southern Idaho is a region with significant potential as a geothermal energy resource. https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/pdf/IGAstandard/SGW/2016/Plummer3.pdf
21 McLing et al, 2016. "Wellbore and Groundwater Temperature Distribution Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho: Implications for Groundwater Flow and Geothermal Potential." A map of groundwater temperatures from the Eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP) regional aquifer can be used to identify and interpret important features of the aquifer, including aquifer flow direction, aquifer thickness, and potential geothermal anomalies. The ESRP is an area of high heat flow, yet most of this thermal energy fails to reach the surface, due to the heat being swept downgradient by the aquifer to the major spring complexes near Thousand Springs, ID, a distance of 300 km. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377027316300385
33 McCurry et al, 2016. "Geologic Setting of the Idaho National Laboratory Geothermal Resource Research Area." From the 2016 Stanford Geothermal Workshop. The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has designated ~100 km2 of the Eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP), along the track of the Yellowstone Hot Spot, as a Geothermal Resource Research Area (GRRA). https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/pdf/IGAstandard/SGW/2016/Mccurry.pdf
21 Collection of data on the INEL-1 well amassed by the SRGC for Snake River Plain FORGE. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/792
53 A list of well heads in the proposed FORGE site area of the Eastern Snake River Plain. The spreadsheet contains names, coordinates, target depth, and elevation for each of the well heads. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/well%20heads.xlsx
33 Welhan et al, 2016. "Thermal and Geochemical Anomalies in the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer: Contributions to a Conceptual Model of the Proposed FORGE Test Site." from the 41st Stanford Geothemal Workshop. Data from the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Information System (NWIS) database reveal the existence of a number of thermally anomalous areas on the eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP) aquifer, most of them near its margins, and NWIS temperature and chemistry data provided conclusive evidence that thermal waters originating in the hot rhyolitic rocks underlying the ESRP basalts inject heat and solute mass into the overlying ESRP aquifer. https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/pdf/IGAstandard/SGW/2016/Welhan1.pdf
10 Phillip Wannamaker and Virginie Maris, 2016. "Re-Inversion of Long-Period MT Data over the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, In Support of Phase I of the Idaho National Laboratory FORGE Project." Paper outlines a powerful new MT inversion technique based on deformable edge finite elements and all direct solvers, applied to the ESRP in support of the Snake River FORGE project. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/Forge-SRP_UUtah-MTreinvt.doc
21 DeNosaquo et al, 2009. "Density and lithospheric strength models of the Yellowstone–Snake River Plain volcanic system from gravity and heat flow data." The structure and composition of the Yellowstone–Snake River Plain (YSRP) volcanic system were analyzed using gravity data taken at over 30,000 stations in the YSRP and surrounding region. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0377027309003242?fr=RR-2&ref=pdf_download&rr=895d6f018bd5cfe5
33 McLing et al, 2002. "Chemical characteristics of thermal water beneath the eastern Snake River Plain." The eastern Snake River Plain aquifer is among the largest and most productive aquifers in the United States. doi: 10.1130/0-8137-2353-1.205 https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/McLing%20et%20al%202002%20Chemical%20characteristics%20of%20thermal%20water%20beneath%20the%20eastern%20Snake%20River%20Plain.pdf
33 Mabey, 1978. "Regional gravity and magnetic anomalies in the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho." from the Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/Mabey%201978%20Regional%20gravity%20and%20magnetic%20anomalies%20in%20the%20eastern%20Snake%20River%20Plain%20Idaho.pdf
57 3D model of the INL site. Model 2 shows the same system of calderas shifted to the south, beyond the boundaries of the GRRA. Here we assume that the boundary between volcanics and Paleozoic rocks is defined by a flexural surface that was formed in response to the emplacement of a dense mid-crustal sill beneath the ESRP. This model is supported by the attitudes of ancient fold hinges within the mountains north of the plain. Fold hinges near the boundary of the plain plunge towards the plain at around 30 degrees. North of the plain, the plunge angles decrease in a more or less uniform manner. Thus, in this model, the base of the volcanic system is defined by a planar feature dipping 30 degrees to the south. https://gdr.openei.org/files/793/3D-JewelSuite-Model2.wrl.zip
21 Paper detailing SRP characteristics including detailed information on several wells in the INL area, including INEL-1, WO-2, and USGS-142. "Basalt alteration and authigenic mineralization near the effective base of the SRP aquifer at the INEEL, Idaho." by Lee H. Morse. https://isu.app.box.com/v/Morse-2002

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