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    • Basin and Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy: Exploration Data

    Metadata Updated: March 12, 2025

    This data package includes exploration material from the Basin & Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy [in Hidden Systems] project (BRIDGE), which is part of a broader initiative to advance the exploration of hidden geothermal resources in the Basin & Range Province of the western U.S.

    Data modalities include a helicopter-borne time-___domain electromagnetic survey, magnetotellurics, 2-meter temperature measurements, ground-based gravity and legacy aeromagnetic surveys, geochemistry, geologic mapping, LiDAR analysis, 3D models, associated geospatial data, and a bibliography of existing data and references utilized in prospect characterization and conceptual modeling. Key files are in CSV, Geosoft, and Geotools formats. Please refer to READMEs for dataset-specific information. Where applicable, acquisition data and inversion models for a particular prospect or area of interest are organized separately.

    This BRIDGE data package is the product of a collaboration led by Sandia National Laboratories with partners from Geologica Geothermal Group, Inc., the U.S. Navy Geothermal Program Office, and consultants Steven Sewell (Australis Geoscience Ltd) and William Cumming (Cumming Geoscience). The project's areas of interest (AOIs) are based off priority areas of interest in the southwestern portion of the Nevada Play Fairway map, distribution across tectonic provinces, accessibility, and the project team's extensive experience in the region. AOIs cover about a dozen basins that include unexplored prospects, partially explored prospects, and some developed analogue resources that provide validation cases. Many unexplored and partially explored prospects are on U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) land, though adjacent lands are included as well.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Metadata Created Date March 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025
    Publisher Sandia National Laboratories
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    Data First Published 2022-01-03T07:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-11T16:50:31Z
    Public Access Level public
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    Program Code 019:006
    Projectlead Mike Weathers
    Projectnumber 38658
    Projecttitle Basin & Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy
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