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    • Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities

    Metadata Updated: January 20, 2025

    The project team collected and analyzed 224 water samples and 101 matching rock samples. INL's improved method of measuring aqueous REEs allows study of samples previously thought too volume limited to measure.

    The study found that aqueous REEs occur at trace levels in all analyzed samples, and sometimes exceed ocean REE concentrations by a factor of 1,000. No significant predictive relationship to lithology, reservoir temperature, nor salinity was discovered, but aqueous REE concentration appears spatially controlled.

    Future work is needed to find the spatially-dependent variable that controls aqueous REE concentration.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Metadata Created Date January 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2025

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    Metadata Created Date January 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2025
    Publisher University of Wyoming
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/7273
    Data First Published 2019-03-08T07:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2019-10-15T02:43:51Z
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 019:20
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    Homepage URL https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Program Code 019:006
    Projectlead Josh Mengers
    Projectnumber EE0007603
    Projecttitle Assessing rare earth element concentrations in geothermal and oil and gas produced waters: A potential domestic source of strategic mineral commodities
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