Summary report of availability of geothermal data for potential direct heat application in Nevada

An assessment of available data on geothermal springs and wells was performed by first ascertaining which agencies both State and Federal maintain files which have water temperatures. The principal files are maintained by the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, and Water Resources Center-Desert Research Institute. The State Engineer's office maintains files of driller's logs. Requirements for completing driller's logs under subsection 5 states water temperature will be reported, if thermometer is unavailable an estimated temperature will be given as cold, warm or hot. The second phase of the assessment of available data to determine the quality of the data in each file was performed by inventory of files and by cross-correlating files by cursory examination. An estimate of the number of entries in the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) file with inferred temperatures that could be associated with confidence to replicate data was also made