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Geothermal Development Program — Reports

Regional and detailed geothermal studies, 2010–2024

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Rincon

  1. Person, M., Stone, W.D., Horne, M., Witcher, J., Kelley, S., Lucero, D., Gomez-Velez, J., and Gonzalez-Duque, D., 2023, Analysis of convective temperature overturns near the East Rincon Hills Fault Zone using semi-analytical models: GRC Transactions, v. 47, 3093–3117.

Taos area

  1. Rawling, G., and Kelley, S., 2020, Sunshine Valley hydrogeology study: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Open-File Report 607, 68 pp. https://doi.org/10.58799/OFR-607

SAGE

  1. Grapenthin, R., Kelley, S., Person, M., and Folsom, M., 2019, Decadal‐scale aquifer dynamics and structural complexities at a municipal wellfield revealed by 25 years of InSAR and recent groundwater temperature observations. Water Resources Research, v. 55, no. 12, 10636–10656. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR022552

Acoma Basin

  1. Kelley, S., Person, M., Kelley, R., and Pepin, J., 2016, Low-temperature geothermal resources in the Acoma Basin and Lucero Uplift, eastern Cibola and western Valencia counties, New Mexico, in Frey, B.A., Karlstrom, K.E., Lucas, S.G., Williams, S., Zeigler, K., McLemore, V., and Ulmer-Scholle, D.S., The geology of the Belen area: New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference Guidebook 67, p. 263–274. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-67.263

Raton Basin

  1. Kelley, S.A., 2015, Geothermal potential of the Raton Basin, New Mexico, in Lindline, J., Petronis, M., and Zebrowski, J., Geology of the Las Vegas region: New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference Guidebook 66, pp. 261–275. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-66.261

Playfairway

  1. Person, M., Kelley, S., Kelley, R., Karra, S., Harp, D., Witcher, J., Bielicki, J., Sutula, G., Middleton, R., and Pepin, J.D., 2015, Hydrogeologic windows—Detection of blind and traditional geothermal play fairways in southwestern New Mexico using conservative element concentrations and advective-diffusive solute transport: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 39, ID 1032216, 9 pp.

Truth or Consequences (T or C)

  1. Pepin, J., Person, M., Phillips, F., Kelley, S., Timmons S., Owens, L., Witcher, J., and Gable C., 2015, Deep fluid circulation within crystalline basement rocks and the role of hydrologic windows in the formation of the Truth or Consequences, New Mexico low-temperature geothermal system: Geofluids, v. 15, no. 1–2, p. 139–160. https://doi.org/10.1111/gfl.12111
  2. Person, M., Phillips, F., Kelley, S., and Timmons, S., 2013, Assessment of the sustainability of geothermal development within the Truth or Consequences hot-springs district, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Open-File Report 551, 65 pp. https://doi.org/10.58799/OFR-551

Hillsboro–Lake Valley

  1. Kelley, S., Tewalde, M., Witcher, J., and Person, M., 2014, Structural control of warm springs and wells in the Hillsboro-Lake Valley-Palomas Basin region of south-central new Mexico: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 38, p. 133–142.

Jemez Pueblo

  1. Albrecht, M., Goff, F., Gardner, J., Kelley, S., WoldeGabriel, G., Dewhurst, W., Sirles, P., and Kaufman, G., 2011, Multi-disciplined geothermal exploration at the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico: Proceedings, Geothermal Research Council Annual Meeting, California, San Diego, 2011.
  2. Huang, L., Kelley, S., Zhang, Z., Rehfeldt, K., Albrecht, M., and Kaufman, G., 2011, Imaging faults with reverse-time migration for geothermal exploration at Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico: Los Alamos National Laboratory Report LA-UR-11-10640, 11 p.
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