Dipole-Dipole Resistivity At Blue Mountain Geothermal Area (Fairbank Engineering Ltd, 2003)

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

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Exploration Activity: Dipole-Dipole Resistivity At Blue Mountain Geothermal Area (Fairbank Engineering Ltd, 2003)

Exploration Activity Details
Location	Blue Mountain Geothermal Area
Exploration Technique	Dipole-Dipole Resistivity
Activity Date	1998 - 1998
Usefulness	useful
DOE-funding	Unknown

Exploration Basis

This survey was specifically designed for the purpose of identifying geothermal anomalies.

Notes

This resistivity survey was done by the Energy & geoscience Institute (EGI), the University of Utah, and a contractor Consolidated Geophysical Surveys (CGS). The survey was conducted on the western flank of Blue Mountain. It was an IP/resistivity (dipole-dipole) survey. The survey covered an area of around 11 km^2. Five profile lines were laid out: an ENE profile with dipole spacing of 300 m and depth penetration of about 600 m, three north-south profiles, and an east-west profile. Several areas of low apparent resistivity (4-10 ohm-m) were identified from this survey, these anomalies are believed to be due to a geothermal system at depth. One of the anomalies was interpreted to be from fluids up to 200 degrees Celsius.

References

• Fairbank Engineering Ltd (2003) Phase I Report U.S. DOE GRED II Program

• Howard P. Ross, David R. Langton, Brian D. Fairbank, Claron E. Mackelprang (1999) Electrical Resistivity and Self-Potential Surveys Blue Mountain Geothermal Area, Nevada