Developing Geothermal Resources at Utah FORGE

The interplay of impermeable crystalline basement rocks, tectonic fracturing, and magmatic intrusion in the development of geothermal resources at Utah FORGE and Roosevelt Hot Springs

February 12, 2024

Abstract: The geothermal reservoirs at Roosevelt Hot Springs and Utah FORGE EGS share common host rocks comprising Oligocene-Miocene granitoids and Precambrian gneiss representing end-member conditions of convective and conductive heat flow that formed within a large-scale magmatic geothermal system. Native state convective heat transfer at Roosevelt Hot Springs of […]

Publication Title: The Interplay of Impermeable Crystalline Basement Rocks, Tectonic Fracturing and Magmatic Intrusion in the Development of Geothermal Resources at Utah FORGE and Roosevelt Hot Springs

Authors: Stuart SIMMONS, Clay JONES, Stefan KIRBY, Phil WANNAMAKER, Kris PANKOW, Joe MOORE

Key Words: Utah FORGE, Roosevelt Hot Springs, heat transfer, helium isotopes, magnetotelluric resistivity, geology

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