Archuleta County CO Lineaments
This layer traces apparent topographic and air-photo lineaments in the area around Pagosa springs in Archuleta County, Colorado. It was made in order to identify possible fault and fracture systems that might be conduits for geothermal fluids.
Geothermal fluids commonly utilize fault and fractures in competent rocks as conduits for fluid flow. Geothermal exploration involves finding areas of high near-surface temperature gradients, along with a suitable plumbing system that can provide the necessary permeability. Geothermal power plants can sometimes be built where temperature and flow rates are high.
To do this, georeferenced topographic maps and aerial photographs were utilized in an existing GIS, using ESRI ArcMap 10.0 software. The USA_Topo_Maps and World_Imagery map layers were chosen from the GIS Server at server.arcgisonline.com, using a UTM Zone 13 NAD27 projection. This line shapefile was then constructed over that which appeared to be through-going structural lineaments in both the aerial photographs and topographic layers, taking care to avoid manmade features such as roads, fence lines, and right-of-ways. These lineaments may be displaced somewhat from their actual location, due to such factors as shadow effects with low sun angles in the aerial photographs.
Note: This shape file was constructed as an aid to geothermal exploration in preparation for a site visit for field checking. We make no claims as to the existence of the lineaments, their location, orientation, and nature.
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AB - This layer traces apparent topographic and air-photo lineaments in the area around Pagosa springs in Archuleta County, Colorado. It was made in order to identify possible fault and fracture systems that might be conduits for geothermal fluids.
Geothermal fluids commonly utilize fault and fractures in competent rocks as conduits for fluid flow. Geothermal exploration involves finding areas of high near-surface temperature gradients, along with a suitable plumbing system that can provide the necessary permeability. Geothermal power plants can sometimes be built where temperature and flow rates are high.
To do this, georeferenced topographic maps and aerial photographs were utilized in an existing GIS, using ESRI ArcMap 10.0 software. The USA_Topo_Maps and World_Imagery map layers were chosen from the GIS Server at server.arcgisonline.com, using a UTM Zone 13 NAD27 projection. This line shapefile was then constructed over that which appeared to be through-going structural lineaments in both the aerial photographs and topographic layers, taking care to avoid manmade features such as roads, fence lines, and right-of-ways. These lineaments may be displaced somewhat from their actual location, due to such factors as shadow effects with low sun angles in the aerial photographs.
Note: This shape file was constructed as an aid to geothermal exploration in preparation for a site visit for field checking. We make no claims as to the existence of the lineaments, their location, orientation, and nature.
AU - E., Richard
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/1148770
KW - geothermal
KW - Archuleta County
KW - Colorado
KW - lineaments
KW - ArcGIS
KW - shapefile
KW - shape file
KW - geospatial
KW - GIS
KW - data
KW - fault
KW - fracture
KW - systems
KW - geothermal fluids
KW - flow test
KW - exploration
KW - geospatial data
LA - English
DA - 2012/01/01
PY - 2012
PB - Flint Geothermal, LLC
T1 - Archuleta County CO Lineaments
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1148770
ER -
E., Richard. Archuleta County CO Lineaments. Flint Geothermal, LLC, 1 January, 2012, GDR. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148770.
E., R. (2012). Archuleta County CO Lineaments. [Data set]. GDR. Flint Geothermal, LLC. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148770
E., Richard. Archuleta County CO Lineaments. Flint Geothermal, LLC, January, 1, 2012. Distributed by GDR. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148770
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abstractNote = {This layer traces apparent topographic and air-photo lineaments in the area around Pagosa springs in Archuleta County, Colorado. It was made in order to identify possible fault and fracture systems that might be conduits for geothermal fluids.
Geothermal fluids commonly utilize fault and fractures in competent rocks as conduits for fluid flow. Geothermal exploration involves finding areas of high near-surface temperature gradients, along with a suitable plumbing system that can provide the necessary permeability. Geothermal power plants can sometimes be built where temperature and flow rates are high.
To do this, georeferenced topographic maps and aerial photographs were utilized in an existing GIS, using ESRI ArcMap 10.0 software. The USA_Topo_Maps and World_Imagery map layers were chosen from the GIS Server at server.arcgisonline.com, using a UTM Zone 13 NAD27 projection. This line shapefile was then constructed over that which appeared to be through-going structural lineaments in both the aerial photographs and topographic layers, taking care to avoid manmade features such as roads, fence lines, and right-of-ways. These lineaments may be displaced somewhat from their actual location, due to such factors as shadow effects with low sun angles in the aerial photographs.
Note: This shape file was constructed as an aid to geothermal exploration in preparation for a site visit for field checking. We make no claims as to the existence of the lineaments, their location, orientation, and nature.
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url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/295},
year = {2012},
howpublished = {GDR, Flint Geothermal, LLC, https://doi.org/10.15121/1148770},
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148770
Details
Data from Jan 1, 2012
Last updated Aug 23, 2021
Submitted Feb 26, 2014
Organization
Flint Geothermal, LLC
Contact
Richard E. Zehner
775.737.7806
Authors
Original Source
https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/295Research Areas
Keywords
geothermal, Archuleta County, Colorado, lineaments, ArcGIS, shapefile, shape file, geospatial, GIS, data, fault, fracture, systems, geothermal fluids, flow test, exploration, geospatial dataDOE Project Details
Project Name Recovery Act: Use Remote Sensing Data (selected visible and infrared spectrums) to locate high temp ground anomalies in Colorado.Confirm heat flow potential w/ on-site temp surveys to drill deep resource wells
Project Lead Mark Ziegenbein
Project Number EE0002828