Joint 120th Annual Cordilleran/74th Annual Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2024

Session No. 15
Wednesday, 15 May 2024: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Meeting Room 2 (Davenport Grand Hotel)

T7. Faults, Fractures, and Fluids: Structural Control of Fluid Flow, Fault Zones, and Hydrothermal Processes

GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Energy Geology Division

 

Benjamin L. Melosh, Owen Callahan, Maxwell Wilmarth and Stanley Mordensky, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
STRUCTURAL FEEDERS AND GOLD TRAPS EXPLAINED AT TURQUOISE RIDGE MINE, NORTHERN NEVADA USA
GRIESEL, Gerry1, BARDOUX, Marc1, ANDERSON, L. Page2, JANSEN, Andrew1, NOZDRYA, Egor1 and STOCK, Elizabeth1, (1)Barrick, 1655 Mountain City Hwy, Elko, NV 89801, (2)Nevada Gold Mines, 1655 Mountain City Hwy, Elko, NV 89801
1:55 PM
CONTRASTING FLUID SYSTEMS RELATED TO THE BRITTLE-DUCTILE TRANSITION AND SHALLOW BRITTLE CRUST IN TWO STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS
HOLK, Gregory1, HARTMAN, Sean M.2 and WALTERS, Polito1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, California State Univ Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale parkway, ZHS 118, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
2:35 PM
PERSISTENCE AND TRANSIENCE IN HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS RECORDED IN HOT SPRINGS, TRAVERTINE, AND SINTER
CALLAHAN, Owen, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, 4000 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195
2:55 PM
EVALUATING A DEEP-CIRCULATION, FAULT-HOSTED HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM: GREENFIELD EXPLORATION AT THE CARVERS GEOTHERMAL AREA, NEVADA, USA
MILTON, Alex1, SILER, Drew1, WILMARTH, Maxwell2, COLVIN, Anna1, FOLSOM, Matthew1, HINZ, Nicholas H.1 and FISHBIN, Amanda1, (1)Geologica Geothermal Group Inc., 75 Caliente St, Reno, NV 89509, (2)Baseload Power U.S.
3:15 PM
STRUCTURAL SETTING OF THE WEEPAH GEOTHERMAL FIELD, NEVADA, USA
SILER, Drew1, COLVIN, Anna1, HINZ, Nicholas H.1, FOLSOM, Matthew1, MILTON, Alex1, WALLIS, Irene2, FISHBIN, Amanda1 and WILMARTH, Maxwell3, (1)Geologica Geothermal Group Inc., 75 Caliente St, Reno, NV 89509, (2)Cubic Earth, Pirongia, New Zealand, (3)Baseload Power U.S.
3:35 PM
CONTROLS OF FRACTURE HOSTED PERMEABILITY IN BASIN AND RANGE GEOTHERMAL FIELDS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE THERMO GEOTHERMAL FIELD, SW UTAH
DELLERMAN, Nolan1, ROCHA, Santiago2, XICARA, Julian1 and MINGUEZ, Daniel1, (1)Cyrq Energy, Reno, NV 89502, (2)Cyrq Energy, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
 
3:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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