SSGF Mineral Major Elements and Lithium Concentration

Description

Presented are major element and lithium concentrations of minerals from the Salton Sea Geothermal Field (SSGF), located in the Imperial Valley, California. With a recent increase in demand for lithium, the area is now being studied as a source of geothermal brine for lithium extraction. This study was performed to help quantify lithium storage in the SSGF brine and surrounding minerals. Rocks and brines sampled in this study are from surface rhyolitic domes on the South Eastern shore of the Salton Sea, the sedimentary and evaporitic rocks in the Durmid Hills, rhyolitic drill clippings previously studied by Schmitt & Hulen, commercial drill wells, and CA State 2-14 well.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
53 Major element and Lithium concentration for minerals found in rocks from the SSGF. Includes sample location information. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1515/Table1_MjrLi.xlsx
53 Whole rock concentration of Lithium. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1515/Table3_WRLi.xlsx
53 Brine lithium isotopic concentrations https://gdr.openei.org/files/1515/Table4_Brined7Li.xlsx
47 This file provides detailed information about the names and locations of the samples recorded in each of the tables. This also includes the figure text for the location map. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1515/ReadMe.txt
33 This paper "Buried rhyolites within the active, high-temperature Salton Sea geothermal system" by Axel K. Schmitt and Jeffrey B. Hulen identified past volcanism with rhyolitic drill clippings used in this study. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1515/schmitt_paper.pdf
53 Whole rock lithium isotopic concentrations for selected rocks in this study. Updated with additional data points. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1515/Table2_WRd7Li%20%281%29.xlsx
53 **OUTDATED - see Table 2 - Whole Rock d7 Li UPDATED.xlsx for most accurate file.** https://gdr.openei.org/files/1515/Table2_WRd7Li.xlsx
22 Included are: A) Regional map of Southern California B) Map of Salton Sea where the sampling location for the Durmid Hills is labeled with a star, and C) Map of the northern part of the SS-GR. Rhyolitic domes are labeled and indicated with arrows. The location of State Well 2-14 is labeled and indicated with a star. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1515/SaltonSeaMap.jpg

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  • lithium
  • brine
  • salton-sea-geothermal-field
  • imperial-county
  • rocks
  • lithium-valley
  • isotope-quantification
  • hydrothermal
  • geology
  • mineral
  • chlorite
  • geochemistry
  • extraction
  • geothermal-brine
  • lithium-isotoptes
  • salton-sea
  • raw-data
  • geothermal

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