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Lightning Dock Geothermal Field GIS Data

Published by Zanskar Geothermal | Department of Energy | Catalog Last Checked: October 15, 2026 at 11:04 PM | Dataset Last Updated: October 07, 2026 at 03:56 PM
This submission houses geospatial data for the Lightning Dock geothermal (LDG) field in the Animas Valley, Hidalgo County, south-western New Mexico. LDG is a liquid-dominated system produced for binary (ORC) power generation. In this submission shp and tif files are zipped with all applicable sidecar metadata files. Please note that data references the UTM Zone 12N. For the full project description and data please see the linked GDR submission.

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description This submission houses geospatial data for the Lightning Dock geothermal (LDG) field in the Animas Valley, Hidalgo County, south-western New Mexico. LDG is a liquid-dominated system produced for binary (ORC) power generation. In this submission shp and tif files are zipped with all applicable sidecar metadata files. Please note that data references the UTM Zone 12N. For the full project description and data please see the linked GDR submission.
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    "description": "Zip file representing the .shp file containing raw tmi data for the aeromagnetic survey data for LDG at 100m resolution. The zip file includes all necessary shp metadata files. Use UTM Zone 12N."
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    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file containing .shp file for the gravity survey with Bouguer corrections in CGS units. Zip file also contains all applicable metadata. Use UTM Zone 12N."
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/LDresistivity_Caliche_line_stations.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file represents shp file which contains Caliche line stations for the LDG resistivity survey. All necessary shp metadata files are included. Use UTM Zone 12N."
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/LDresistivity_Church_line_stations.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file represents shp file which contains Church line stations for the LDG resistivity survey. All necessary shp metadata files are included. Use UTM Zone 12N."
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    "title": "Lidar.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/Lidar.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file represents shp file which contains Lidar survey data for the LDG area. All necessary shp sidecar and metadata files are included. Use UTM Zone 12N."
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Muir Caldera ring fractures.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/Muir%20Caldera%20ring%20fractures.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file represents shp file which contains Muir Caldera ring fractures locations. All necessary shp sidecar and metadata files are included. Use UTM Zone 12N."
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/NRCS_ContourTool_ReadMe.html",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Directs to download for the NRCS contour tool. The read me file is included at this website which provides more detailed instructions for downloading and using the tool."
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Production_Wells_Idle.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/Production_Wells_Idle.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file representing the .shp file containing idle production well locations at LDG. The zip file includes all necessary shp metadata files. Use UTM Zone 12N."
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Production_Wells_active__2025FEB.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/Production_Wells_active__2025FEB.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file representing the .shp file containing active production well locations at LDG. The zip file includes all necessary shp metadata files. Use UTM Zone 12N."
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
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    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/Qfaults_US_Database.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file represents shp file which contains fault locations as provided by a US database for the LDG area. All necessary shp sidecar and metadata files are included. Use UTM Zone 12N."
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
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    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/Qfaults_US_Database__UTMz12.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file represents shp file which contains fault locations as provided by a US database for the LDG area. All necessary shp sidecar and metadata files are included. Use UTM Zone 12N."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Regional gravity model contours.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/Regional%20gravity%20model%20contours_s6Jfv.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file containing .shp file for the gravity model contours for the lightning dock region. Zip file also contains all applicable metadata. Use UTM Zone 12N."
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "ShallowTempAnomaly.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/ShallowTempAnomaly.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file representing the .shp file containing locations with a shallow temperature anomaly. The zip file includes all necessary shp metadata files. Use UTM Zone 12N."
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "TGwells__TEMP_depths.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/TGwells__TEMP_depths_pegej.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file representing the .shp file containing well temperatures at specified depths. The zip file includes all necessary shp metadata files. Use UTM Zone 12N."
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "TemperatureGradients.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/TemperatureGradients.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file representing the .shp file containing temperature gradients for the LDG area. The zip file includes all necessary shp metadata files. Use UTM Zone 12N."
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "elevation30m.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/elevation30m.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file representing the .shp file containing DEM for LDG with 30m resolution. The zip file includes all necessary shp metadata files. Use UTM Zone 12N."
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "ned_documents.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/ned_documents.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file includes National Elevation Dataset metadata and tif files associated with the Lightning Dock Geothermal area."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "topographic_images.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1868/topographic_images.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file includes topographic images for LDG area in .sid file format best opened in QGIS or similar software. Metadata is included in the zip."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Full Lightning Dock Geothermal Field Data Package",
    "format": "HTML",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1856",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "This is the link to the full Lightning Dock data package which includes well-by-well data for 41 wells, including logs, drilling and completion records, flow tests, pressure-temperature surveys, production and injection time series, and directional survey compilations; inter-well tracer test campaigns from 2012 through 2019; geophysics comprising magnetotellurics, aeromagnetics, gravity and LiDAR; the daily plant operations record covering January 2014 to August 2026; shallow groundwater monitoring; GIS layers with a QGIS project that loads them; and fluid and gas geochemistry."
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identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/10231
issued 2026-08-19T06:00:00Z
keyword 
[
  "GIS",
  "Geological",
  "Lightning Dock",
  "Temperature",
  "Waterchemistry",
  "Well Data",
  "aeromagnetic",
  "energy",
  "faults",
  "geophysical",
  "geospatial",
  "geothermal",
  "gravity",
  "lidar"
]
landingPage https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1868
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2026-10-07T15:56:52Z
programCode 
[
  "019:006"
]
projectLead Mike Weathers
projectNumber EE0011649
projectTitle GEOGYM: A MULTI-SITE BENCHMARK DATASET TO DE-RISK AND OPTIMIZE GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION
publisher 
{
  "name": "Zanskar Geothermal",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
spatial 
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title Lightning Dock Geothermal Field GIS Data

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