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Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Cuttings X-Ray Diffraction Data
X-ray diffraction (XRD) results from cuttings samples collected during drilling of Utah FORGE well 16B(78)-32. The dataset includes XRD data for 77 samples taken between 3,120 and 10,977 feet measured depth (from the Kelly Bushing, 31 feet above ground level), with sampling intervals primarily at 100-foot spacing. Mineral abundances are reported in weight percent, rounded to the nearest whole number. Entries marked "tr" (trace) indicate a mineral presence below one weight percent, detection only in the clay-sized fraction, or identification in low abundance through petrographic analysis.
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| description | X-ray diffraction (XRD) results from cuttings samples collected during drilling of Utah FORGE well 16B(78)-32. The dataset includes XRD data for 77 samples taken between 3,120 and 10,977 feet measured depth (from the Kelly Bushing, 31 feet above ground level), with sampling intervals primarily at 100-foot spacing. Mineral abundances are reported in weight percent, rounded to the nearest whole number. Entries marked "tr" (trace) indicate a mineral presence below one weight percent, detection only in the clay-sized fraction, or identification in low abundance through petrographic analysis. |
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"title": "16B 100ft XRD Data.xlsx",
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"description": "This spreadsheet contains tabular XRD mineral abundance data by depth interval for well 16B(78)-32, listing minerals across columns and depth intervals down rows, with values given in weight percent or marked as trace amounts."
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| identifier | https://data.openei.org/submissions/8394 |
| issued | 2025-04-20T06:00:00Z |
| keyword |
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"Kelly Bushing",
"Utah FORGE",
"X-ray",
"X-ray diffraction",
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"energy",
"geology",
"geothermal",
"measured depth",
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"weight percent",
"well 16B",
"well 16B78-32",
"well cuttings analysis"
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| landingPage | https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1731 |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| modified | 2025-04-21T17:50:19Z |
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| projectLead | Lauren Boyd |
| projectNumber | EE0007080 |
| projectTitle | Utah FORGE |
| publisher |
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| title | Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Cuttings X-Ray Diffraction Data |