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Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Steptoe Valley

Published by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | Department of Energy | Catalog Last Checked: March 23, 2026 at 09:39 PM | Dataset Last Updated: October 17, 2019 at 07:16 PM
All datasets and products specific to the Steptoe Valley model area. Includes a packed ArcMap project (.mpk), individually zipped shapefiles, and a file geodatabase for the northern Steptoe Valley area; a GeoSoft Oasis montaj project containing GM-SYS 2D gravity profiles along the trace of our seismic reflection lines; a 3D model in EarthVision; spreadsheet of links to published maps; and spreadsheets of well data.

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accessLevel public
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  "019:20"
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contactPoint 
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  "fn": "Jim Faulds",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:jfaulds@unr.edu"
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true
description All datasets and products specific to the Steptoe Valley model area. Includes a packed ArcMap project (.mpk), individually zipped shapefiles, and a file geodatabase for the northern Steptoe Valley area; a GeoSoft Oasis montaj project containing GM-SYS 2D gravity profiles along the trace of our seismic reflection lines; a 3D model in EarthVision; spreadsheet of links to published maps; and spreadsheets of well data.
distribution 
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  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Play Fairway Steptoe Valley.mpk",
    "format": "mpk",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/NV_PlayFairway_SteptoeValleyUpload.mpk",
    "mediaType": "application/octet-stream",
    "description": "Packed ArcMap project database for the northern Steptoe Valley model area. "
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Steptoe Valley Geodatabase.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValley.gdb.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Geodatabase (.gdb) containing: 1) A polyline shapefile of basin depth contours clipped to the Steptoe Valley basin, 2) a point shapefile of geologic attitudes covering the SW 1/4 of the model area (from existing pub: NBMG M35), 3) miscellaneous rock unit data, 4) a clipped and re-projected point shapefile of well collars in the Steptoe Valley model area, derived from published well collar datasets available in NBMG M162 (see links spreadsheet), and an interactive map of Nevada geothermal wells (NBMG website)."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Basin Geology.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValleyBasinONLY.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Polygon shapefile subset from SteptoeValley_geology; used to clip basin depth contours in Steptoe Valley."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Geologic and Geophysical Map Links.xlsx",
    "format": "xlsx",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValleyCopyrightedMapsLinks.xlsx",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
    "description": "Spreadsheet containing descriptions and URI links to geologic maps and selected geophysics maps for the northern Steptoe Valley basin model area."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "2D Gravity Profiles.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValleyGM_SYS_Profiles.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "GeoSoft Oasis montaj project containing GM-SYS 2D profiles and associated data. No forward modeling. Use to construct Adobe Illustrator profiles."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Gravity Profile Data.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValleyGravityProfileData.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Spreadsheets of gravity profile data extracted from the Nevada Play Fairway 2015 compilation grid on 500 m centers, along 10 SEI seismic reflection lines. Extracted for forward modeling in Oasis GM-SYS 2D and combined interpretation with the seismic reflection data."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Seismic Lines.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValleyWingLines.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Polyline shapefile of extensions of seismic lines. Used to generate "wing points" at 500 m intervals to sample the gravity grid. Gravity models suffer from significant edge effects. The gravity dataset was sampled beyond the ends of each seismic reflection line for accurate forward modeling."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "EarthVision Model Files.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValley_EV_Model.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Compressed folder containing all image & data files used to generate the 3D model in DGI EarthVision, stripped of proprietary seismic reflection data. And the 3D model files themselves."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Gravity Point Locations.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValley_EXTENDED_GravityPtsUTM83_z11.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Point shapefile of gravity point locations in SteptoeValleyGravityProfileData zip folder. Gravity data was extracted from the 2015 Nevada Play Fairway gravity compilation grid on 500 m centers, along the trace of our seismic lines for cross-section interpretation."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "SEI Seismic Lines.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValley_SEI_LinesUTM83_z11.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Polyline shapefile of leased SEI seismic lines, Steptoe Valley. 
UTNM NAD 83 z11N"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Well Data.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValley_WellData.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Compressed folder containing: .xlsx compilation spreadsheets of well data for Steptoe Valley model area. Listed: drill date, type (oil & gas, geothermal or other), location, depth, lithologic intervals, availability of cutting & logs, borehole geophysics and deviation. Logs and images of borehole data for some wells reviewed for use in this study are held in separate folders under well name or Kettleman number. Also a point shapefile of Steptoe Valley well collars from the NBMG database, clipped and re-projected to UTM NAD 83 z11N. Includes all oil&gas and geothermal, but no TGH or mining drillholes."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Geology.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValley_geology.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Polygon shapefile of major rock unit packages in the Steptoe Valley project area, broken out by age. Simplified from Geology and mineral resources of White Pine County, Nevada, 1976, Hose, R.K., Blake, M.C. and Smith, R.M., NBMG Bulletin 85, plt 1, scale 1:250,000."
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Geology Attitude.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/624/SteptoeValley_geology_Attitude.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Point shapefile of attitudes for rock units exposed in the ranges surrounding Steptoe Valley. Contains attitude data digitized from mapping by Dechert, Poole and Adair. Covers the northern and eastern 3/4th of the model area. Attitude data for the SW quadrant of the model area was taken from an existing published dataset, (see links spreadsheet, NBMG M35)."
  }
]
DOI 10.15121/1225260
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/6869
issued 2015-10-29T06:00:00Z
keyword 
[
  "3D model",
  "ArcGIS",
  "ArcMap",
  "GIS",
  "Great Basin",
  "NV Great Basin",
  "Steptoe Valley",
  "basin",
  "geodatabase",
  "geologic map",
  "geology",
  "geophysics",
  "geospatial data",
  "geothermal",
  "gravity",
  "map",
  "pfa",
  "play fairway analysis",
  "seismic lines",
  "seismic reflection",
  "shapefile",
  "spreadsheet",
  "well data"
]
landingPage https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/624
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2019-10-17T19:16:20Z
programCode 
[
  "019:006"
]
projectLead Holly Thomas
projectNumber EE0006731
projectTitle Discovering Blind Geothermal Systems in the Great Basin Region: An Integrated Geologic and Geophysical Approach for Establishing Geothermal Play Fairways
publisher 
{
  "name": "Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
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title Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Steptoe Valley

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