Recovery Act: Application of a New Structural Model and Exploration Technologies to Define a Blind Geothermal System: A Viable Alternative to Grid-Drilling for Geothermal Exploration: McCoy, Churchill County, NevadaCX(s) Applied: B3.1, A9Date: 04/16/20...
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
April 16, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B3.1, A9
Date: 04/16/2010
Location(s): Churchill County, Nevada
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Magma Energy (United States) Corporation (MEC) would demonstrate the potential geothermal resource at the McCoy geothermal area in Churchill County, Nevada (NV). In Phase 1 (exploration geophysics), Magma would collect and interpret resistivity data from both Magnetotelluric (MT) and Controlled-Source Audio-Magnetotelluric (CSAMT) electrical surveys, and conduct detailed geologic mapping. Once collected, data would be integrated into MEC's geographic information system (GIS). This data would be used by MEC to target the thermal gradient and production wells to be drilled in Phase II. This analysis is Phase I only.