| Abstract |
Water samples were collected from 47 production wells in 12 geothermal fields (Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah), 25 production wells in the Uinta and Paradox Basins (eastern Utah), 14 groundwater wells in the Tularosa geothermal prospect (New Mexico), and 20 hot/cold springs and groundwaters from the Sevier Thermal Belt (southwestern Utah). These samples were analyzed for major, minor, and trace elements, including transition metals, metalloids, and REEs. These results are used to characterize the concentrations and potential inventories of strategic, critical, and high value metals (SCVM) in produced fluids. Most SCVM concentrations in produced waters range from |