Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.)
Data generated from the Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project, in Esmeralda County, Nevada, encompasses a deep-circulation (amagmatic) meteoric-geothermal system circulating beneath basin-fill sediments locally blanketed with travertine in western Clayton Valley (lithium-rich brines from which have been mined for several decades). Spring- and shallow-borehole thermal-water geochemistry and geothermometry suggest that a Silver Peak geothermal reservoir is very likely to attain the temperature range 260- 300oF (~125-150oC), and may reach 300-340oF (~150-170oC) or higher (GeothermEx, Inc., 2006). Results of detailed geologic mapping, structural analysis, and conceptual modeling of the prospect (1) support the GeothermEx (op. cit.) assertion that the Silver Peak prospect has good potential for geothermal-power production; and (2) provide a theoretical geologic framework for further exploration and development of the resource.
The Silver Peak prospect is situated in the transtensional (regional shearing coupled with extension) Walker Lane structural belt, and squarely within the late Miocene to Pliocene (11 Ma to ~5 Ma) Silver Peak-Lone Mountain metamorphic core complex (SPCC), a feature that accommodated initial displacement transfer between major right-lateral strike- slip fault zones on opposite sides of the Walker Lane. The SPCC consists essentially of a ductiley-deformed lower plate, or core, of Proterozoic metamorphic tectonites and tectonized Mesozoic granitoids separated by a regionally extensive, low-angle detachment fault from an upper plate of severely stretched and fractured structural slices of brittle, Proterozoic to Miocene-age lithologies. From a geothermal perspective, the detachment fault itself and some of the upper-plate structural sheets could function as important, if secondary, subhorizontal thermal-fluid aquifers in a Silver Peak hydrothermal system.
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AB - Data generated from the Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project, in Esmeralda County, Nevada, encompasses a deep-circulation (amagmatic) meteoric-geothermal system circulating beneath basin-fill sediments locally blanketed with travertine in western Clayton Valley (lithium-rich brines from which have been mined for several decades). Spring- and shallow-borehole thermal-water geochemistry and geothermometry suggest that a Silver Peak geothermal reservoir is very likely to attain the temperature range 260- 300oF (~125-150oC), and may reach 300-340oF (~150-170oC) or higher (GeothermEx, Inc., 2006). Results of detailed geologic mapping, structural analysis, and conceptual modeling of the prospect (1) support the GeothermEx (op. cit.) assertion that the Silver Peak prospect has good potential for geothermal-power production; and (2) provide a theoretical geologic framework for further exploration and development of the resource.
The Silver Peak prospect is situated in the transtensional (regional shearing coupled with extension) Walker Lane structural belt, and squarely within the late Miocene to Pliocene (11 Ma to ~5 Ma) Silver Peak-Lone Mountain metamorphic core complex (SPCC), a feature that accommodated initial displacement transfer between major right-lateral strike- slip fault zones on opposite sides of the Walker Lane. The SPCC consists essentially of a ductiley-deformed lower plate, or core, of Proterozoic metamorphic tectonites and tectonized Mesozoic granitoids separated by a regionally extensive, low-angle detachment fault from an upper plate of severely stretched and fractured structural slices of brittle, Proterozoic to Miocene-age lithologies. From a geothermal perspective, the detachment fault itself and some of the upper-plate structural sheets could function as important, if secondary, subhorizontal thermal-fluid aquifers in a Silver Peak hydrothermal system.
AU - Miller, Clay
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/1148794
KW - geothermal
KW - Silver Peak
KW - Gravity
KW - Magnetic
KW - MT
KW - Radiometrics
KW - Regional Temperature
KW - Remote Sensing
KW - Resource Model
KW - Seismic
KW - Fluid Data
KW - Well Data
KW - Photos
KW - Geology
KW - Walker Lane
KW - late Miocene
KW - Pliocene
KW - Lone Mountain
KW - Esmeralda County
KW - Nevada
KW - Gravity Survey
KW - Grid
KW - Terrain
KW - 5km
KW - 10km
KW - Upward Continued Regional Residual
KW - Bouger
KW - Horizontal Gravity Gradient
KW - North America
KW - Imperial County
KW - Magnetic Report
KW - TMI
KW - IGRF
KW - Total Magentic Intensity
KW - Magnetotelluric Survey
KW - MT Survey
KW - Resistivity
KW - 3D
KW - ground MT
KW - ZTEM
KW - Radiometric Survey Silver Peak
KW - 2010
KW - 2011
KW - Temperature
KW - Shallow Temperature Gradient
KW - Temperature Gradient Holes
KW - TGH
KW - ASTER
KW - photographs
KW - 2D
KW - Seismic Reflection Survey
KW - Faults
KW - Mesquite
KW - fluid
KW - Chemistry
KW - Geology
KW - Map
KW - geospatial data
LA - English
DA - 2010/01/01
PY - 2010
PB - Ram Power, Inc.
T1 - Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.)
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1148794
ER -
Miller, Clay. Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.). Ram Power, Inc., 1 January, 2010, GDR. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148794.
Miller, C. (2010). Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.). [Data set]. GDR. Ram Power, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148794
Miller, Clay. Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.). Ram Power, Inc., January, 1, 2010. Distributed by GDR. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148794
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title = {Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.)},
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abstractNote = {Data generated from the Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project, in Esmeralda County, Nevada, encompasses a deep-circulation (amagmatic) meteoric-geothermal system circulating beneath basin-fill sediments locally blanketed with travertine in western Clayton Valley (lithium-rich brines from which have been mined for several decades). Spring- and shallow-borehole thermal-water geochemistry and geothermometry suggest that a Silver Peak geothermal reservoir is very likely to attain the temperature range 260- 300oF (~125-150oC), and may reach 300-340oF (~150-170oC) or higher (GeothermEx, Inc., 2006). Results of detailed geologic mapping, structural analysis, and conceptual modeling of the prospect (1) support the GeothermEx (op. cit.) assertion that the Silver Peak prospect has good potential for geothermal-power production; and (2) provide a theoretical geologic framework for further exploration and development of the resource.
The Silver Peak prospect is situated in the transtensional (regional shearing coupled with extension) Walker Lane structural belt, and squarely within the late Miocene to Pliocene (11 Ma to ~5 Ma) Silver Peak-Lone Mountain metamorphic core complex (SPCC), a feature that accommodated initial displacement transfer between major right-lateral strike- slip fault zones on opposite sides of the Walker Lane. The SPCC consists essentially of a ductiley-deformed lower plate, or core, of Proterozoic metamorphic tectonites and tectonized Mesozoic granitoids separated by a regionally extensive, low-angle detachment fault from an upper plate of severely stretched and fractured structural slices of brittle, Proterozoic to Miocene-age lithologies. From a geothermal perspective, the detachment fault itself and some of the upper-plate structural sheets could function as important, if secondary, subhorizontal thermal-fluid aquifers in a Silver Peak hydrothermal system.},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/268},
year = {2010},
howpublished = {GDR, Ram Power, Inc., https://doi.org/10.15121/1148794},
note = {Accessed: 2025-04-22},
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148794
Details
Data from Jan 1, 2010
Last updated Aug 19, 2021
Submitted Nov 20, 2013
Organization
Ram Power, Inc.
Contact
Clay Miller
775.398.3720
Authors
Original Source
https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/268Research Areas
Keywords
geothermal, Silver Peak, Gravity, Magnetic, MT, Radiometrics, Regional Temperature, Remote Sensing, Resource Model, Seismic, Fluid Data, Well Data, Photos, Geology, Walker Lane, late Miocene, Pliocene, Lone Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada, Gravity Survey, Grid, Terrain, 5km, 10km, Upward Continued Regional Residual, Bouger, Horizontal Gravity Gradient, North America, Imperial County, Magnetic Report, TMI, IGRF, Total Magentic Intensity, Magnetotelluric Survey, MT Survey, Resistivity, 3D, ground MT, ZTEM, Radiometric Survey Silver Peak, 2010, 2011, Temperature, Shallow Temperature Gradient, Temperature Gradient Holes, TGH, ASTER, photographs, 2D, Seismic Reflection Survey, Faults, Mesquite, fluid, Chemistry, Geology, Map, geospatial dataDOE Project Details
Project Name Recovery Act: Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project
Project Lead Mike Weathers
Project Number EE0002844