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Alum Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.)

Published by Ram Power, Inc. | Department of Energy | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2021-08-19T20:44:00Z
Data generated from the Alum Innovative Exploration Project, one of several promising geothermal properties located in the middle to upper Miocene (~11-5 Ma, or million years BP) Silver Peak-Lone Mountain metamorphic core complex (SPCC) of the Walker Lane structural belt in Esmeralda County, west-central Nevada. The geothermal system at Alum is wholly concealed; its upper reaches discovered in the late 1970s during a regional thermal-gradient drilling campaign. The prospect boasts several shallow thermal-gradient (TG) boreholes with TG >75oC/km (and as high as 440oC/km) over 200-m intervals in the depth range 0-600 m. Possibly boiling water encountered at 239 m depth in one of these boreholes returned chemical- geothermometry values in the range 150-230oC. GeothermEx (2008) has estimated the electrical- generation capacity of the current Alum leasehold at 33 megawatts for 20 years; and the corresponding value for the broader thermal anomaly extending beyond the property at 73 megawatts for the same duration.

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description Data generated from the Alum Innovative Exploration Project, one of several promising geothermal properties located in the middle to upper Miocene (~11-5 Ma, or million years BP) Silver Peak-Lone Mountain metamorphic core complex (SPCC) of the Walker Lane structural belt in Esmeralda County, west-central Nevada. The geothermal system at Alum is wholly concealed; its upper reaches discovered in the late 1970s during a regional thermal-gradient drilling campaign. The prospect boasts several shallow thermal-gradient (TG) boreholes with TG >75oC/km (and as high as 440oC/km) over 200-m intervals in the depth range 0-600 m. Possibly boiling water encountered at 239 m depth in one of these boreholes returned chemical- geothermometry values in the range 150-230oC. GeothermEx (2008) has estimated the electrical- generation capacity of the current Alum leasehold at 33 megawatts for 20 years; and the corresponding value for the broader thermal anomaly extending beyond the property at 73 megawatts for the same duration.
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Alum Geology Maps and Sections.zip",
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/269/Alum%20Geology%20Maps%20and%20Sections.zip",
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    "description": "Contains geology maps and sections of the Alum prospect dated Aug 2009."
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    "description": "Contains geology report and an executive summary of the Alum prospect dated Aug 2009."
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    "description": "Contains Gravity Report: Alum + Silver Peak Prospects and supporting metadata in the form of 5km & 10km Low & Hi-Pass Regional and Residual data, Complete Bouger Gravity and First Derivative data and Interpretation of the Gravity Data."
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    "description": "Contains historic geochemistry and geothermometry for well 56-29."
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    "title": "Alum Magnetics Round 1.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/269/Alum%20Magnetics%20Round%201%20%282009%29.zip",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Alum Magnetics Round 2.zip",
    "format": "zip",
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    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Contains Ground Magnetic Reports from 2010, including  supporting metadata and 3D profiles."
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Alum Magnetotellurics Ground MT.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/269/Alum%20Magnetotellurics%20Ground%20MT.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Contains final reports and metadata for MT efforts, to include models and inversion data."
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Alum Magnetotellurics ZTEM.zip",
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/269/Alum%20Magnetotellurics%20ZTEM.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Contains final reports and metadata for ZTEM efforts, to include models and inversion data."
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Alum Regional Temperature Historic Shallow Temperature Data.zip",
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/269/Alum%20Regional%20Temperature%20Shallow%20Historic%20Data.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Contains historic shallow temp data."
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    "title": "Alum Regional Temperature Modern Shallow Temperature Data.zip",
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    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Contains modern shallow temp data."
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    "title": "Alum Resource Model.zip",
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/269/Alum%20Resource%20Model.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Contains 3D Resource Model"
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Alum Site Photographs.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/269/Alum%20Site%20Photographs.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Contains a series of photographs of th Alum project area. "
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Alum Well Data Hole 25-29.zip",
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/269/Alum%20Well%20Data%20Hole%2025-29.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Alum Well Data Hole 26-19.zip",
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/269/Alum%20Well%20Data%20Hole%2026-19.zip",
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    "description": "Contains geologic logs, geomechanics and geophysical logs for well 26-19"
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DOI 10.15121/1148793
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/6609
issued 2010-01-01T07:00:00Z
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landingPage https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/269
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2021-08-19T20:44:00Z
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projectLead Mike Weathers
projectNumber EE0002845
projectTitle Recovery Act: Alum Innovative Exploration Project
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  "name": "Ram Power, Inc.",
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title Alum Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.)

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