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Data

GIS regional dataset available for download

 

01 Location Data

02 Land Status Data

03 Geology Data

04 Geochemical Data

05 Geothermal Data

06 Geophysics Data

07 Groundwater Data

08 Geothermal Favorability Data

09 Geothermal Favorability Layer Data

10 Geothermal Exploration Projects

10 Temperature Survey

11 Documents

12 Geothermal Well Files

 

Projection: Lambert
Longitude of central
meridian:-117°
Latitude of projection origion: 0°
False Easting: 0.0

Datum: NAD 27
First Standard Parallel: 33°
Second Standard Parallel: 45°
False Northing: 0.0

Unless otherwise specified, GBCGE spatial data are in Lambert Conformable Conic Projection.
Data

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01 LOCATION DATA

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01_Location_Data

This .zip file contains all of the
location data below

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(339 Gb)

01_Location_Data

 

Great Basin Cities
and Towns

Selected towns and cities within
the Great Basin

Shapefile
(9.8 Mb)

GreatBasinCities_and_Towns

FGDC

Great Basin Counties

Outine of Great Basin with county boundaries

Shapefile
(59.2 Mb)

GreatBasinCounties

FGDC

Great Basin Outline

Outline of the Great Basin with
70 Km buffer zone

Shapefile
(13.6 Mb)

GreatBasinOutline

FGDC

Great Basin Roads

Selected roads within the Great Basin

Shapefile
(5.5 Gb)

GreatBasinRoads

FGDC

Great Basin Cadastral PLSS

1:100,000 scale shapefile showing outlines of cadastral sections
within the Great Basin

Shapefile
(22.4 Gb)

GreatBasin_Cadastral_PLSS

FGDC

Great Basin Federal Lands

Federal, State, and private lands in  Great Basin States

Shapefile
(2.9 Gb)

GreatBasin_FederalLands

FGDC

Great Basin Topographic Quadrangles

1:24,000 scale USGS quadrangle outlines

Shapefile
(2.2 Gb)

GreatBasin_TopographicQuadra

FGDC

Nevada Roads

Selected roads within Nevada

Shapefile
(447 Mb)

Nevada_Roads

FGDC

Shaded Relief

Gray-scale shaded relief map (topography) of the Great Basin

Shapefile
(152 Gb)

Shaded_Relief

FGDC

USGS DEM

Color shaded relief map of the
Great Basin, 300 m cell size

Shapefile
(153 Gb)

USGS_DEM

FGDC

Western States

Outline of western states

Shapefile
(28 Mb)

WesternStates

FGDC

Metadata files

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02 LAND STATUS DATA

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02_BLM_Land_Status_Data

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02_BLM_Land_Status_Data

 

BLM District Offices

Bureau of Land Management District Offices

Shapefile
(4.3 Gb)

BLM_District_Offices

FGDC

BLM leases 2007

Nevada Geothermal Leases and Applications in 2007 from the BLM

Shapefile
(33 Mb)

BLM_District_Offices

FGDC

BLM leases 2008

Nevada Geothermal Leases and Applications in 2008 from the BLM

Shapefile
(30 Mb)

BLM_District_Offices

FGDC

BLM leases 2009

Nevada Geothermal Leases and Applications in 2009 from the BLM

Shapefile
(62 Mb)

BLM_District_Offices

FGDC

BLM leases 2010

Nevada Geothermal Leases and Applications in 2010 from the BLM

Shapefile
(56 Mb)

BLM_District_Offices

FGDC

BLM leases 2011

Nevada Geothermal Leases and Applications in 2011 from the BLM

Shapefile
(18 Mb)

BLM_District_Offices

FGDC

BLM leases 2012

Nevada Geothermal Leases and Applications in 2012 from the BLM

Shapefile
(11 Mb)

BLM_District_Offices

FGDC

Great Basin known geothermal resource
areas

Great Basin known geothermal
resource areas

Shapefile
(49.6 Mb)

BLM_District_Offices

FGDC

Great Basin wilderness areas

Great Basin wilderness areas

Shapefile
(3.8 Gb)

BLM_District_Offices

FGDC

Metadata files

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Metadata files

 
         

03 GEOLOGY DATA

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03_Geology_Data

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location data below

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(10.2 Gb)

03_Geologic_Data

 

Great Basin Geologic Map

1:500,000 to 1:1,000,000 scale state geologic maps reclassified to 22 standard rock types as grid with
1 km grid cells

Shapefile 
(303 Mb)

GreatBasinGeologicMap

FGDC

Nevada Cinder Cones

Cinder cones  < 6 MA in Nevada

Shapefile 
(9.1 Mb)

NVCinderCones

FGDC

Quaternary Faults
Western US

Modified USGS Quaternary fault data base with known or estimated slip
rate data

Shapefile 
(7.8 Gb)

QuaternaryFaultsWesternUS

FGDC

Quaternary Mafic Vents

Known Quaternary basaltic vents and cinder cones in the Great Basin

Shapefile 
(67.7 Mb)

QuaternaryMaficVents

FGDC

Quaternary Rhyolite
Vents

Known Quaternary dacite to rhyolite vents within the Great Basin

Shapefile 
(12.1 Mb)

QuaternaryRhyoliteVents

FGDC

Quaternery Volcanic
Ages

Radiometric ages of Quaternary volcanic rocks of the Great Basin

Shapefile 
(20.6 Mb)

QuaternaryVolcanicAges

FGDC

Radiometric Age Dates

Radiometric age dates of rocks from the Great Basin

Shapefile 
(355 Mb)

RadiometricAgeDates

FGDC

Young Faults

Cenozoic faults mapped on high-altitude, modified slightly from the version available from the USGS
DDS-41 Great Basin Database

Shapefile 
(1.6 Gb)

YoungFaults

FGDC

Metadata files

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04 GEOCHEMICAL DATA

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04_Geochemical_Data

This .zip file contains all of the
location data below

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(145 Gb)

04_Geochemical_Data

Great Basin Arsenic

Arsenic from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(8.3 Gb)

gbarsenic

FGDC

Great Basin Barium

Barium from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(7.8 Gb)

gbbarium

FGDC

Great Basin Bicarb

HCO3 from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(9.1 Gb)

gbbicarb

FGDC

Great Basin Boron

Boron from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(10.3 Gb)

gbboron

FGDC

Great Basin Calcium

Calcium from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(9.5 Gb)

gbcalcium

FGDC

Great Basin Chloride

Chloride from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(9.8 Gb)

gbchloride

FGDC

Great Basin Fluoride

Fluoride from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(10.3 Gb)

gbfluoride

FGDC

Great Basin Iron

Iron from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(9.8 Gb)

gbiron

FGDC

Great Basin Lithium

Lithium from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(9.7 Gb)

gblithium

FGDC

Great Basin Magnesium

Magnesium from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(10.0 Gb)

gbmagnesium

FGDC

Great Basin Manganese

Manganese from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(8.7 Gb)

gbmanganese

FGDC

Great Basin Potash

Potassium from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(9.9 Gb)

gbpotash

FGDC

Great Basin Silica

Silica from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(9.2 Gb)

gbsilica

FGDC

Great Basin Sodium

Sodium from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(9.6 Gb)

gbsodium

FGDC

Great Basin Sulfate

Sulfate from cold and hot spring and well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method

Shapefile 
(9.6 Gb)

gbsulfate

FGDC

Great Basin Groundwater Aquifers

Major groundwater aquifers of the western U.S.--simplified from principal aquifer shapefile

Shapefile 
(885 Mb)

Great_Basin_Groundwater_Aquifers

FGDC

Great Basin Geothermal Power Plants

Geothermal Power Plants in the Great Basin

Shapefile 
(23 Mb)

Great_Basin_Geothermal_Power_Plants

FGDC

Ground Water Sample
Sites

Shapefile containing point geochemical data from ~24,750 cold and warm springs and wells in the Great Basin (As, B, Ba, Ca, Cl, F, Fe, HCO3, K, Li, Mn, Na, SiO2, SO4)

Shapefile 
(2.5 Gb)

GroundwaterSampleSites

FGDC

Hot Springs and Wells

Hot springs and wells of the western United States, from the Geo-Heat Center

Shapefile 
(219 Mb)

Hot_Springs_and_Wells

FGDC

Max Geothermometer Temps

A specialized, reduced set of geothermal data from Nevada used for spatial analysis. See metadata for selection criteria

Shapefile 
(16 Mb)

MaxGeothermometerTemps

FGDC

Quaternary Felsic Vents

Known Quaternary dacite to rhyolite vents within the Great Basin

Shapefile 
(12.1 Mb)

Quaternary_Felsic_Vents

FGDC

Quaternary Mafic Vents

Known Quaternary basaltic vents and cinder cones in the Great Basin

 

Shapefile 
(69.6 Mb)

Quaternary_Mafic_Vents

FGDC

Metadata

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Metadata files

 
         

05 GEOTHERMAL DATA

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05_Geothermal_Data

This .zip file contains all of the
location data below

Shapefile
(2.1 Gb)

05_Geothermal_Data

 

Economic Systems

Geothermal systems in Nevada that are either currently producing electrical power, or have produced at least some high-temperature fluids (>150°C) from geothermal wells

Shapefile
(7.1 Mb)

EconomicSystems

FGDC

Extensional Systems
Plus >150°C

Great Basin Extensional-type geothermal systems having reservoir temperatures >150°C. Training set for spatial analysis.

Shapefile 
(13.2 Mb)

ExtensionalSystems_Plus150C

FGDC

Great Basin Geothermal
Power Plants

Geothermal Power Plants in
the Great Basin

Shapefile
(23.2 Mb)

Great_Basin_Geothermal_Power
_Plants

FGDC

Great Basin Groundwater Aquifers

Major groundwater aquifers of the western U.S.--simplified
from principal aquifer shapefile

Shapefile
(885 Mb)

GreatBasin_Groundwater_Aquifers

FGDC

Hot Springs and Wells

Hot springs and wells of the western United States, from
the Geo-Heat Center

Shapefile
(219 Mb)

HotSprings_and_Wells

FGDC

Max Geothermometer Temps

A specialized, reduced set of geothermal data from Nevada used for spatial analysis. See metadata for selection criteria

Shapefile
(15.8 Mb)

MaxGeothermometerTemps

FGDC

Nevada Cinder Cones

Cinder cones  < 6 MA in Nevada

Shapefile
(9.0 Mb)

NV_Cinder_Cones

FGDC

Nevada Depth to Groundwater

Depth to groundwater (measured in feet) in water wells from the National Water Information System (NWIS) at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/

Shapefile
(418 Mb)

NV_Depth_to_Groundwater

FGDC

Quaternary Felsic Vents

Known Quaternary dacite to rhyolite vents within the Great Basin

Shapefile
(12.2 Mb)

Quaternary_Felsic_Vents

FGDC

Quaternary Mafic Vents

Known Quaternary basaltic vents and cinder cones in the Great Basin

Shapefile
(69.6 Mb)

Quaternary_Mafic_Vents

FGDC

Quaternary Volcanic Rock Ages

Radiometric ages of Quaternary volcanic rocks of the Great Basin

Shapefile
(24.0 Mb)

QuaternaryVolcanicAges

FGDC

Radiometric Rock Ages

Radiometric age dates of rocks from the Great Basin

Shapefile
(355.6 Mb)

Radiometric_Rock_Ages

FGDC

Metadata

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06 GEOPHYSICS DATA

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06_Geophysics_Data

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(64.6 Gb)

06_Geophysics_Data

 

Bouger Gravity Anomaly

Complete bouger gravity anomaly reduced at 2.67 g/cc density on shaded relief map with 1 km grid cells

Shapefile
(8.6 Gb)

Bouger_Gravity_Anomaly

FGDC

Gravity Stations

Gravity Station Points in the Great Basin used in the modeling of the rasters listed below

Shapefile
(8.7 Gb)

GravityStations

FGDC

Great Basin Free Air Anomaly

Color shaded free air gravity anomaly of the Great Basin
with 1 km grid cells

Shapefile
(9.5 Gb)

GreatBasinFreeAirAnomaly

FGDC

Isostatic Gravity Residual Upward Continued

Color isostatic residual gravity anomaly upward continued
10 km on shaded relief map
with 1 km grid cells

Shapefile
(11.0 Gb)

IsoGravResidUpContinued

FGDC

Isostatic Gravity Residual

 

Shapefile
(6.8 Gb)

Isostatic_Gravity_Residual

FGDC

Nevada Basement Isostatic Residual Gravity

Basement isostatic residual gravity field for Nevada Quakes, calculated by estimating the variations in thickness of Cenozoic deposits on the observed isostatic residual gravity field, then removing
it to derive a basement
isostatic residual gravity field

Shapefile
(198.9 Mb)

NV_Basement_Isostatic_Residual_Gravity

FGDC

Nevada Geodesy 2nd Invariant

2nd Invariant of the
GPS-derived crustal strain
rate for Nevada

Shapefile
(68.7 Mb)

NV_Geodesy_2nd_Invariant

FGDC

Nevada Geodesy Maximum Shear

Shear component of strain rate perpendicular to Quaternary fault fabric for Nevada

Shapefile
(69.4 Mb)

NV_Geodesy_Maximum_Shear

FGDC

Nevada Geodesy Maximum Dilation

 

Shapefile
(68.8 Mb)

NV_Geodesy_Max_Dilation

FGDC

Seismic Moment

Earthquake moment release map of the Great basin, derived from earthquakes occurring in the ANSS earthquake catalog

Shapefile
(385.5 Mb)

SeismicMoment

FGDC

Shallow Crustal Gravity

Shallow crustal residual gravity anomaly produced by removing 20 km upward continuation of isostatic residual anomaly from isostatic residual anomaly

Shapefile
(6.4 Gb)

Shallow_Crustal_Gravity

FGDC

Total Magnetic

Magnetic total field intensity anomaly (IGRF corrected) of
the Great Basin, reduced to
305 meters above ground

Shapefile
(12.8 Gb)

TotalMagnetic

FGDC

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07 GROUNDWATER DATA

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(1.3 Gb)

07_Groundwater_Data

 

Great Basin Groundwater
Aquifers

Major groundwater aquifers of the western U.S.--simplified
from principal aquifer shapefile

Shapefile
(885 Mb)

GreatBasin_Groundwater_Aquifers

FGDC

Nevada Depth to Groundwater

Depth to groundwater
(measured in feet) in water
wells from the National Water Information System (NWIS) at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/

Shapefile
(418 Mb)

NVDepth_to_Groundwater

FGDC

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08 GEOTHERMAL FAVORABILITY DATA

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(78.1 Gb)

08_Geothermal_Favorability_Data

 

BLM District Offices

Bureau of Land Management District Offices, from the BLM

Shapefile
(4.3 Gb)

BLM_district_offices

FGDC

Bouguer Gravity

 

Shapefile
(5.3 Gb)

Bouguer_Gravity

FGDC

Depth to Groundwater

 

Shapefile
(418.2 Mb)

Depth_To_Groundwater

FGDC

Dilational Strain

 

Shapefile
(3.8 Gb)

Dilational Strain

FGDC

Free Air Gravity

 

Shapefile
(9.4 Gb)

Free_Air_Gravity

FGDC

Great Basin 150 Extensional

 

Shapefile
(12.8 Mb)

GB 150 Extensional

FGDC

Great Basin Dist Quakes

 

Shapefile
(586.1 Mb)

GB Dist Quakes

 

FGDC

Great Basin Geothermal Leases_8_8_05

 

Shapefile
(135.8 Mb)

GB_Geothermal_Leases_8_8_05

FGDC

Geothermal Favorability 2003

 

Shapefile
(226.3 Mb)

Geothermal Favorability 2003

FGDC

Geothermal Favorability 2005

 

Shapefile
(808.2 Mb)

Geothermal Favorability 2005

FGDC

Geo Heat Center Geothermometry

 

Shapefile
(219.3 Mb)

Geo Heat Center Geothermometry

FGDC

Gravity DEM Gradient

 

Shapefile
(3.5 Gb)

Gravity DEM Gradient

FGDC

Great Basin Geologic Map

 

Shapefile
(303.3 Mb)

Great Basin Geologic Map

FGDC

Great Basin Groundwater Aquifers

 

Shapefile
(885.2 Mb)

Great Basin Groundwater Aquifers

FGDC

Great Basin Geothermal Power Plants

 

Shapefile
(23.2 Mb)

Great Basin Geothermal Power Plants

FGDC

Isostatic Residual Upward Continued Gravity1

 

Shapefile
(11.0 Gb)

Isostatic Residual Upward Continued Gravity1

FGDC

Magnetics

 

Shapefile
(12.7 Gb)

Magnetics

FGDC

Na_Ca_K_Geothermometry

 

Shapefile
(442.0 Mb)

Na_Ca_K_Geothermometry

FGDC

NBMG_IsoGrav

 

Shapefile
(222.4 Mb)

NBMG_IsoGrav

FGDC

Nevada Current Power Producers

 

Shapefile
(15.4 Mb)

NV_Current_Power_Producers

FGDC

Quaternary Faults Western US

 

Shapefile
(7.7 Gb)

Quaternary Faults Western US

FGDC

Quaternary Mafic Vents

 

Shapefile
(67.7 Mb)

Quaternary Mafic Vents

FGDC

Quaternary Rhyolite Vents

 

Shapefile
(12.1 Mb)

Quaternary Rhyolite Vents

FGDC

Quaternary Faults

 

Shapefile
(7.4 Gb)

Quaternary_Faults

FGDC

Radiometric Age Dates

 

Shapefile
(355.7 Mb)

Radiometric Age Dates

FGDC

Shallow Crustal Residual Gravity

 

Shapefile
(6.8 Gb)

Shallow Crustal Residual Gravity

FGDC

Shallow Residual Gravity

 

Shapefile
(6.8 Gb)

Shallow Residual Gravity

FGDC

SiO2 Geothermometry

 

Shapefile
(421.9 Mb)

SiO2_Geothermometry

FGDC

Temperature Gradient

 

Shapefile
(142.9 Mb)

Temperature Gradient

FGDC

Young Faults

 

Shapefile
(1.6 Gb)

Young Faults

FGDC

Young Volcanic Age Dates

 

Shapefile
(24.1 Mb)

Young Volcanic Age Dates

FGDC

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09 GEOTHERMAL FAVORABILITY LAYER DATA

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09_Geothermal_Favorability_Layer_Data

 

Dilational Strain

 

Shapefile
(3.8 Gb)

Dilational Strain

FGDC

Geothermal Favorability 2003

 

Shapefile
(292.5 Mb)

Geothermal Favorability 2003

FGDC

Geothermal Favorability 2005

 

Shapefile
(808.2 Mb)

Geothermal Favorability 2005

FGDC

Gravity DEM Gradient Evidence

 

Shapefile
(3.5 Gb)

Gravity DEM Gradient Evidence

FGDC

Seismicity Evidence

 

Shapefile
(1.0 Gb)

Seismicity Evidence

FGDC

Temperature Gradient

 

Shapefile
(140.7 Mb)

Temperature Gradient

FGDC

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10 GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATIONPROJECTS

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10_Geothermal Exploration Projects

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10_Geothermal_Exploration_Projects

 

Exploration Projects 2007

 

Shapefile
(2.8 Mb)

Exploration_Projects_2007

 

DGeothermal Exploration Projects 2010

 

Shapefile
(10.6 Mb)

Geothermal_Exploration_Projects_2010

 

Geothermal Power Plants

 

Shapefile
(25.2 Mb)

Geothermal_Power_Plants

 

Hot Springs and Wells

 

Shapefile
(218.9 Mb)

Hot Springs_and_Wells

 

Leases by Year

 

Shapefile
(743.3 Mb)

Leases_by_Year

 

Max Geothermometer Temps

 

Shapefile
(15.8 Mb)

Max Geothermometer Temps

 

Operators

 

Shapefile
(412.6 Mb)

Operators

 

Quaternary Felsic Vents

 

Shapefile
(12.1 Mb)

Quaternary_Felsic_Vents

 

Quaternary Mafic Vents

 

Shapefile
(69.6 Mb)

Quaternary_Mafic_Vents

 

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10 TEMPERATURE SURVEY

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10_Temperature Survey Data

 

Columbus 2mutm83

 

Shapefile
(12.2 Mb)

Columbus 2mutm83

 

Desert Queen 2mutm83

 

Shapefile
(13.5 Mb)

Desert Queen 2mutm83

 

Rhodes 2mutm83

 

Shapefile
(9.1 Mb)

Rhodes 2mutm83

 

Teels 2mutm83

 

Shapefile
(10.2 Mb)

Teels 2mutm83

 

Tung Mtn 2mutm83

 

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(13.3 Mb)

Tung Mtn 2mutm83

 

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11 DOCUMENTS

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12 GEOTHERMAL WELL FILES

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12_GEOTHERMAL WELL FILES

 

 

12 Geothermal Well Files