Soda Lake Geothermal Wells

The Soda Lake Geothermal Wells is a geothermal mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,976 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Soda Lake Geothermal Wells

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

Elevation: 3,976 Feet (1,212 Meters)

Commodity: Geothermal

Lat, Long: 39.5639, -118.85860

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Soda Lake Geothermal Wells MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Soda Lake Geothermal Wells
Secondary: Hot Wells, Soda Lake Area
Secondary: Stillwater-Soda Lake Kgra


Commodity

Primary: Geothermal


Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Well
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): THE SODA LAKE EAST 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP (1985 PROVISIONAL EDITION) SHOWS GEOTHERMAL WELLS IN THE SE/4 SE/4 SEC. 29 AND IN THE SE/4 SE/4 NE/4 SEC. 33. THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE WITHIN THE IDENTIFIED KGRA. THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED ON THE WELL IN SEC. 29.


References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 726, 1975, P. 16-17.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 21, 1974, TABLE 2, NO. 12, P. 11.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.