Thermal Gradient Holes At Hawthorne Area (Sabin, Et Al., 2010)

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

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Exploration Activity: Thermal Gradient Holes At Hawthorne Area (Sabin, Et Al., 2010)

Exploration Activity Details
Location	Hawthorne Area
Exploration Technique	Thermal Gradient Holes
Activity Date
Usefulness	not indicated
DOE-funding	Unknown

Notes

In lieu of Seabee TGH drilling, GPO awarded a large IDIQ TGH drilling contract in December, 2009. Over the next two years, 90 500-ft TGHs will be installed at select sites in California and Nevada. Interim data from this campaign are already available for the Chocolate Mountains and Hawthorne. Results of these programs can be found in the Chocolate Mountains and Hawthorne papers also available in this volume.

References

• Andrew Sabin, S. Bjornstad, M. Lazaro, D. Meade, C. Page, S. Alm, A. Tiedeman, W. C. Huang (2010) Navy’s Geothermal Program Office: Overview of Recovery Act (ARRA) Funded Exploration in CA and NV and other Exploration Projects