Map showing areas excluded from consideration for CO2 sequestration on the basis of potential geothermal resources

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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Ronald H. Hess Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Map showing areas excluded from consideration for CO2 sequestration on the basis of potential geothermal resources Edition: One Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reno, Nevada Publisher: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Other_Citation_Details: Price, J.G., Hess, R.H., Fitch, S., Faulds, J.E, Garside, L.J., Shevenell, L., Warren, S., 2005, Preliminary Assessment of the Potential for Carbon Dioxide Disposal by Sequestration in Geological Settings in Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 51 Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Jonathan G. Price; Ronald H. Hess; Shane Fitch; James E. Faulds; Larry J. Garside; Lisa Shevenell; Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Preliminary Assessment of the Potential for Carbon Dioxide Disposal by Sequestration in Geological Settings in Nevada Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reno, Nevada Publisher: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/dox.htm Description: Abstract: In this report we present a preliminary assessment of the potential for CO2 disposal by sequestration in geological settings in Nevada using analysis with geographic information systems (GIS). The key assumptions made are that for CO2 disposal in saline aquifers it is wisest to (1) avoid underground disposal in areas of fractured bedrock and restrict the assessment to parts of alluvial basins that are thick enough to provide a seal against leakage and have sufficient pressure to keep the CO2 in a condensed phase; (2) stay away from active faults whose fracture zones may allow leakage of CO2 from underground injection sites; (3) avoid areas that in the foreseeable future have a reasonably high probability of being explored and developed for mineral, geothermal, or water resources; (4) avoid current urban areas and areas that are likely to experience significant population growth during the 21st century; and (5) avoid restricted lands, such as parks and military reservations. The data sets used in the GIS analysis are made available in the electronic version of this report, so that others may reevaluate the approach with different assumptions and data sets. Purpose: In 2003, the State of California, in collaboration with the States of Alaska, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington, asked the State of Nevada to participate in a regional analysis of CO2 sequestration potential, through both terrestrial and geological approaches. The terrestrial approaches involve growing more biomass (particularly trees), and the geological options include proven technologies, such as using CO2 to enhance recovery from oil fields and disposal of CO2 in saline aquifers, and more unconventional approaches. As the state with the least amount of annual precipitation, Nevada has little potential for growing substantially more biomass relative to states along the Pacific Ocean. In this report we present a preliminary assessment of the potential for CO2 disposal by sequestration in geological settings in Nevada using analysis with geographic information systems (GIS). The key assumptions made are that for CO2 disposal in saline aquifers it is wisest to (1) avoid underground disposal in areas of fractured bedrock and restrict the assessment to parts of alluvial basins that are thick enough to provide a seal against leakage and have sufficient pressure to keep the CO2 in a condensed phase; (2) stay away from active faults whose fracture zones may allow leakage of CO2 from underground injection sites; (3) avoid areas that in the foreseeable future have a reasonably high probability of being explored and developed for mineral, geothermal, or water resources; (4) avoid current urban areas and areas that are likely to experience significant population growth during the 21st century; and (5) avoid restricted lands, such as parks and military reservations. The data sets used in the GIS analysis are made available in the electronic version of this report, so that others may reevaluate the approach with different assumptions and data sets. Supplemental_Information: Shape file format in UTM zone 11, NAD 27, projection. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Currentness_Reference: Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.9741 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -113.8352 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.8813 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.3982 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: CO2 Theme_Keyword: Geothermal Theme_Keyword: Resources Theme_Keyword: Sequestration Theme_Keyword: Hydrology Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Carson City Place_Keyword: Churchill County Place_Keyword: Clark County Place_Keyword: Douglas County Place_Keyword: Elko County Place_Keyword: Esmeralda County Place_Keyword: Eureka County Place_Keyword: Humboldt County Place_Keyword: Lander County Place_Keyword: Lincoln County Place_Keyword: Lyon County Place_Keyword: Mineral County Place_Keyword: Nevada Place_Keyword: Nye County Place_Keyword: Pershing County Place_Keyword: Storey County Place_Keyword: Washoe County Place_Keyword: White Pine County Access_Constraints: Although these data have been processed successfully on the computer system at the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data be directly acquired from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata and readme files associated with this data. The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology shall not be held liable for improper use of the data described and/or contained herein. By using this data you hereby agree to these conditions. Use_Constraints: Reference and acknowledge the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology or the specific author in products derived from this data. Do not reproduce for commercial purposes. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Contact_Person: Ronald H. Hess Contact_Position: GIS Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: UNR M.S. 178 City: Reno State_or_Province: Nevada Postal_Code: 89557-0088 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-6691 Ext. 121 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-784-1709 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rhess@unr.edu Hours_of_Service: 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM PST Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView version 3.3 shapefile format c:\co2\carb\clip_ha694b.shp Top

DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: For model and presentation purposes at 1:500,000 scale or smaller. Logical_Consistency_Report: NA Completeness_Report: Complete for Nevada. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Merged polygon data designed to be used at 1:1,000,000 scale or smaller. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: NA Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Thomas, J.M. Originator: Mason, J.L. Originator: Crabtree, J.D. Publication_Date: 1986 Title: Ground - Water Levels in the Great Basin Region of Nevada, Utah, and Adjacent States, ATLAS HA-694-B Edition: One Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Denver, CO. Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Thomas, J.M., Mason, J.L., Crabtree, J.D., 1986, Ground - Water Levels in the Great Basin Region of Nevada, Utah, and Adjacent States, U.S. Geologic Survey, Atlas HA-694-B Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Publication_Date: Title: Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Publisher: Online_Linkage: Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000 Type_of_Source_Media: Paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1986 Ending_Date: 1986 Source_Currentness_Reference: Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ha694b Source_Contribution: This data set contains the Carbonate-Rock Province boundary of the Great Basin as defined by the U.S. Geological Survey publication HA-694-B titled "Ground-water levels in the Great Basin region of Nevada, Utah, and adjacent states." Process_Step: Process_Description: 1. The boundary was digitized directly into a Lambert projection from the source map with an RMS = 0.003. 2. Checkplots of the spatial data were made and overlayed on the source map. 3. Corrections were made until there was no light between the digitized and source lines. 4. Attribute accuracy was verified on-screen. 5. Data was projected from Lambert Conformal Conic for Nevada NAD 27 to UTM, zone 11, NAD 27. 6. Topology was built using the ArcInfo CLEAN command with a dangle tolerance of 0.01 and a fuzzy tolerance of 0.001. We used the approximate extent of the carbonate-rock province (Deep Carbonate Aquifer) in eastern Nevada as outlined by Thomas and others (1986) in their study of ground-water levels in the Great Basin region of Nevada, Utah, and adjacent states. A shape file was created showing the area identified as being underlain by carbonate rocks and then clipped to the Nevada State boundary. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Process_Date: Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: clip_ha694b Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Organization: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Contact_Person: Ronald H. Hess Contact_Position: GIS Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: UNR M.S. 178 City: Reno State_or_Province: Nevada Postal_Code: 89557-0088 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-6691 Ext. 121 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-784-1709 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rhess@unr.edu Hours_of_Service: 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM PST Top

SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1 Top

SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 11 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: Ordinate_Resolution: Planar_Distance_Units: Meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98 Top

ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Polygon of Nevada portion of the Carbonate-Rock Province. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Shape = Polygon Source5 = Ha694b_Carb Number5 = 5 Top

DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Contact_Person: Charlotte Stock Contact_Position: Publication Sales Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: UNR M.S. 178 City: Reno State_or_Province: Nevada Postal_Code: 89557-0088 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-6691 Ext. 2 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-784-1709 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cstock@unr.edu Hours_of_Service: 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM PST Resource_Description: Digital coverage in shape file format, UTM zone 11 - NAD 27 projection, showing the Carbonate-Rock Province in Nevada. Distribution_Liability: Requestor hereby releases the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, their agents, consultants, contractors or employees from any and all claims, actions, or causes of action for damages including, but not limited to any costs of recovering, reprogramming or reproducing any programs or data stored in or used with this data, damage to property, damages for personal injury or for any lost profits, lost savings, or other special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use this data, even if said parties have been advised of the possibility of such damage. Requestor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, their agents, consultants, contractors and employees from any and all liability claims or damages to any person arising from or connected with the use of this data. Top

METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Metadata_Date: 2005 Metadata_Review_Date: 2005 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Contact_Person: Ronald H. Hess Contact_Position: GIS Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical address Address: UNR M.S. 178 City: Reno State_or_Province: Nevada Postal_Code: 89557-0088 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-6691 Ext. 121 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-784-1709 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rhess@unr.edu Hours_of_Service: 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM PST Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Top