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GEOLGY, RESISTIVITY, AND HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY OF THE OJO CALIENTE HOT SPRINGS AREA, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
Geothermal fluids of the Ojo Caliente area discharge from a northeast trending normal fault that juxtaposes Precambrian metarhyolite and Tertiary sediments. An electrical resistivity survey shows that the fluids emerge from the fault and flow as a plume of thermal water into cold aquifers east of the fault. Geochemistry of fluids indicates a maximum reservoir temperature at depth of 80/sup 0/C with no suggestion of high temperature isotopic exchange between water and reservoir rocks. From this data, it is believed that the Ojo Caliente system is suitable only for small-scale direct use geothermal applications.
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October 1, 1982
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Stix, J.; Pearson, C.; Vuataz, F.; Goff, F.; East, J. & Hoffers, B.
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