day 3 Flashcards
common unit of measurement for the volume of crude oil produced by a well of field
barrel 9bbl)
how many barrels for crude oil?
42 US gallons
159 litres
common unit of measurement for the volume of natural gas produced by a well or a field
standard cubic feet (scf)
million standard cubic feet per day of gas
the first oil drilled in the ph
toledo 1 in onshore cebu
who drilled the toledo 1 and when
smith bell & co. 1896
the first ph commercial oil discovery
nido-1
when and where was nido-1 drilled
1976
offshore northwest Palawan
how many wells were drilled in ph
600 wells since 1896
Type I
kerogen form: alginite
orgin: algae
hydrocarbon potential: oil prone
lacustrine
Type II
kerogen form: exinite
orgin: pollen spores
hydrocarbon potential: oil and gas prone
marine
Type II
kerogen form: exinite
orgin: pollen spores
hydrocarbon potential: oil and gas prone
Type III
kerogen form: vitrinite
orgin: woody and cellulosic material from land plants (coal)
hydrocarbon potential: gas prone
terrestrial
Type IV
kerogen form: inertinite
orgin: charcoal highly oxidized or reworked of any origin
terrestrial
what is known remedy for geologic noise wherein the variable thickness of overburden presence of non economical minerals in the overburden or overlying layers and topographic noises ground surface varies in elevation
mathematical corrections
types of survey
reconnaissance over 10>100km
focused mapping 1-10 km
high resolution mapping <1km ex: microgravity surveys at 60-60m intervals
directly measures small differences in the strength of gravity accuracy: 0.1mgal common used lacoste&romberg gravimeter scintrex
gravity meter or gravimeter
who formulated the international gravity formula to account for the variation of gravity with latitude
clairaut 1743
must be supplied by equipmemtn manufacturer to convert instrument reading to observed gravity, gobs
instrument calibration factor
effect of temperature changes and creep on the spring of the gravimeter
instrument drift correction
due to elevation variations; 0.3086 mGal per meter elevation difference; if station is above sea level; if below
free air correction
due to mass difference between station and sea level 0.4185
The adjustment to a measurement of gravitational acceleration to account for elevation and the density of rock between the measurement station and a reference level.
bouguer correction
when to use gravity method?
- large and medium geological structures and ancient suture zones
- to locate sed basins and possible hydrocarbon traps
- hydrogeological investigations to determine the geometry of potential aquifers
- engineering and geotechncal applicantions for the location of cavities and voids
differences in base readings are distributed among the readings during the day
diurnal variation
equivalent to latitude correction
geomagnetic correction
applications of magnetic method
determining the extent of the sedimentary basin for petroleum exploration
geotechnical investigations to delineate faulting in bedrock
tool for geological mapping to define structure features
highly time dependent
geomagnetic
law of refraction
snell’s law=(sin I/ sin r= V1/V2)
most commonly used electrodes ate uniformly spaced
wenner spread
current electrodes are spaced much farther apart than the potential electrodes
schlumberger spread
since ground is not uniform, quantity calculated is called
apparent resistivity
higher frequency vs lower frequency of antennas
900 and 500 MHz
antennas can penetrate 5.15 ft of soil resolution is 0.5 -2 inches
300 and 80 MHz antennas can attain depths of 30 to 80 feet resolution is 0.5-3 ft
detects ionization produced by a radioactive particle
geiger counter
cylindrical metal tube which houses the instrumentation needed for borehole logging
sonde
one potential and current elevtrode mounted in the sonde, other pair is on the surface
normal log
also known as continuous velocity or avoustic logs sonde contains 2 receivers ~300mm apart and the acoustic source is ~900-1500mm from the nearest receiver from the enarest receiver
sonic logging
reaches up to 30-40 km
ocean bottom seismometer
geologic and topographic structures of the ocean floor reflect plate tectonic processes
satellite altimentry
temperature at wich coalification begins and depth too
100C and 3000 ft
how much ppb of coal in appalachiqn bqsin coql field averages and rocky mountain coal
13.3 ppb
1.8 ppb
how many NMT does ph has of estimated coal resource potential
2370 million metric tons with about 200NMT in the mineable reserve category
how many percent of the mineable reserves have been estimated for the semirara island
40%
these comprises 15% of the total minerable reserves
south mindoro, sibuguey peninsula lalat and malangas areas and the samar leyte area
rise in coal quality id attributed to
igneous and other geological activities
structural deformation in most known coal areas have dips ranging from
15-90 degrees
coal beds in such areas are relatively thin but beds as much as 29 m thick are present
6 mahor coal blocks
luzon block
eastern seaboard
western seaboard
visayas basin
eastern mindanao
western mindanao
coal reserves by region
quezon
mindoro
semirara
negros
cebu
zamboanga
maguindanao
sultan kudarat
south cot
cagayan valley
batan polillo catanduanes
masbate
samar
bukidnon
surigao
davai
sarangani
these are expansive soils
bentonite, shale, siltstone
offshore platform can habdle 500 million cu of gas 26,000 barrels condensate per day concrete gravity structure has a storage capacity of 300,000 barrels stored condensate is offloded by shuttle tabkers for shipment to markets export kuxon has a capacity of 650 million cu. ft gas per day
malampaya offshore facilities
a barrel of crude oil provides since one barrel is 42 gallons
gasoline 19.5 gallons
fuel oil 9.2 gallons
jet fuel 4.1 gallons
asphalt 2.3 gallons
kerosene 0.2 gallons
lubricantd 0.5 gallons
petrochemicals other products 6.2 gallons
in ph
46% kf our energy comes from oil
350000 BOPD
also called hydraulic head or potentiometric head or the level that water will rise on a piezometer or well
potential energy
determine the direction of groundwater flow
difference in hydraulic heads
is proportional to cross secrional area,A difference in water levels hydraulic conductivity K and inversely proportional to the lenth of the tube of porous media
total flow Q
also called specific discharge or DARCY Flux units L/T and the average pore water velocity is termed the seepage velocity or linear velocity
darcy velocity
ate at wc groundwater can pass through a unit area of aquifer perpendicular to flow under a unit gradient
hydraulic conductivity
also called effective porosity
unconfined storativity
phrearic storage coefficient
drainable pore spaces
ratio of the volume of water released from storage by gracity forces per unit surface area of aquifer per unit change in head
specific yield
aquifer confined by a low permeability layer that permits water to slowly flow through it. during pumping of the aquifer, recharge to the aquifer can occur across thw confining layer. also known as a leaky artesian or leaky confined aquifer
aquifer, semiconfined
water tabel aquifer is the synonym
aquifer unconfined
lateral movement of water in the unsaturated zone below the root zone and above the capillary fringe
interflow
a type of overland flow that occurs when throughflow reaches the land surface and drains across the land surface before reaching a stream
return flow
the lateral movement of water ina a unsaturated zone during and immediately after preciipitation event. The water from thorughflow seeps out at the base of slopes and then flows across the geound surface as return flow ultimately reaching a stream or lake
throughflow
water that contians a high amount of dissolved solids and is created by liquid seeping from a landfill
leachate
density and kinematic viscosity of the water must be considered in determining
hydraulic conductivity
relative ease with wc a contaminant located at or newr the land surface can migrate to the aquifer or deep well
ground water vulnerability map
difference measured in deet or meters between water table or potentiometric surface and pumping water level
drawdown
an expression of productivity of a well obtained by dividing the rate of discharge kf water from the well by the drawdown of the water level in the well. described on the basis of the numbe rof hours of pumpkng prior to the time teh drawdown measurement is made decrease with time as the drawdonw increases
specific capacity
volume of water the aquifer releases from or takes into storage percunit surface area of the aquifer percunit vhange in head. it is equal to the product of speicifc storage and aquifer thickness. in unconfined aquifer it is equal to the specific yield also called storage coefficient
storativity
borehole log made by measuring the nagural electrical poetntial that develops between the formation and the borehole fluids
spontaneous potential log
graphical means of presenting the chemical analysis of the mahor cations and aniond of a water sample
stiff pattern
evaluation of all sources of supply and yhe corresponding discharges with respect to an aquifer or a drainage basin
water budget
average content of an element in the earths crust
clarke concentration
ore formed as the same time as fhe host rock
syngenetic ore
ore formed after the host rock
epigenetic ore
ore formed within the earth
hypogene ored
ore formed from wither magmas or fluids
primary fluids
epithermal
mesothermal
hypotermal
hydrothermal deposti temperature
50-200
200-300
300-500
orogenic gold
epizonal
mesozonal
hypozonal
150-300
300-475
>475
father of science of the study of or deposits economic geology calssification of ore deposits ore channle are secondary features & ores have been deposited from solutions circulating in these channels he argued against the use of divining rods
georgius agricola de re metallica 1556
ores are a product of condesation from vapors ascending through fissures
nicolas steno
imporatnce of hydrothermal solutions or vapors of deep seated origin recognized metasimatic replacement
henkel
distinguished discordant veins from concordant bedded depostist
von oppel 1749
metals and minerals in the veins were the result of alteration reactions between country rocks and water that had passed through them
charpentier
veins are open fissures filled with minerals leached from the adjacent country rock
gerhard 1781
ores are direct magmatic products or are formed as products of differentiation
james hutton or plutonists
neptunists sandstong limestone & ore deposits came from primeval ocean
abraham werner
ni ores wi norites and peridotes cu in monzonitic rocks
sn in granite
who created the society of economic geology 1905
RAF penrose
published mineral deposits introduced pyrometamatic deposits classification of hydrothermal depostis to epithermal mesothermal & hypothermal
w. lindgren
telethermal deposits at shallow depths from nearlyu spent solutions
gration1933
introduced xenothermal high T at very shallow depths
buddington 1935
years for development mining and mine closure
1-4 years
3->10 years
5-10 years
adopted by denr/ mgb
dao 2010-09
report contains all relevant information for the readers to make reason & balanced judgment of the public report
materiality
ROPO
recognized overseas professional organization
exploration results and mineral resources estimation
CP geologists
ore reserves estimation
cp mining engineer
basic tool providing a statistical measure of a max distance that can be used in inverse distance weighting at any given direction
variograms
elegant class of inverse distance weighting using weighing factors determined from the mathematical expression of the variogram model equations provides a value for the estimation variance which conventional estimation cannot do standard error
kriging
enriched in Cr ni pge
ultramafics
entiched in cu mp zn pb ag au
i type granites
enriched in sn w be u li
s type granites
what are the chalcophile elements
cu pb zn ag au as s
LILE or large ion lithophile elements
li be b rb cs
alkalis, alkali earths & volatiles
na, k, ca, cl, co2 h2o (1-15% of magma), f, p
contains gases and liquids during time of ore formation
trapped inlcusions
rich in Na & Cl contain Ca-mg HcO3 AND MANY CONTAINS SR BA N IMPORTANT IN MISSISSIPPI valey type pb zn ores
connate water
connate and meteroric waters enclosed in rocks buried below the surface of the earth & subjected to heat and pressure accom magmatic intrusion or low ot high grade regional metamorphism
metamorphic fluids
sinking of globules of a heavy liquid formed by immiscibility within and from a aparent liquid after some differentiation
late liquid gravitative accumulation
silicification dolomization recrystallization decalcification
carlin style au
due to phreatomagmatic phreatic and hydrothermal processes
breccia pipe hoseted au base metal
major mechanism of mass transport in deep enviroments of restricted mechanical fluid flow spontaneous movement of molecular or ionic particles down concentration gradiaents that causes one substance to become uniformly intermingled with another
diffusion
settling & accumulation of crystallizing mienrals in high T magmas bushveld cr pt magnetite-ilmeniite
magmatic sedimentation
IMPLY THAT THE 2 MINERALS OCCURRED AS AN ISOMPRHIC SOLID SOLUTION AT HIGHER TEMPERATURE
exsolution pairs
exosolution pairs:
pyrrhotite
chalcopyrite
sphalerite
magnetite
pendlantite
bornite
chalchopyrite
ilmenits
inversion pairs:
argentite
enargite
acanthite
luzonite
shows depletion at the junction of intersetcing lamellae while replacement shows greater concentration at the intersections
exsolution shows depletion
process of simultaneous capillary solution and deposition by wc a new mineral of partly or wholly differing chemical compostion may griw in the body of an old mineral or mineral aggregates - diffusion process
replacement or metasomatism
hydraulic breccia and jigsaw breccia
crackle breccia and mosaic breccia
distribution in time or the sequence of minerals or elements
paragenesis
regular pattern in the distribution of minerals or elements in space it may be shown or elements in space it may be shown in a singel orebody in a mineral district or in a large region
zoning
looks like secondary but may not be if the host crystal was fractured as the crystal was growing
pseudosecondary
composition of the ore bearing fluid
optical physical properties SEM XRF
The estimation of pressure and temperature conditions at which a geologic material formed
geobarometry
layered mafic intrusions
diamond pipes
carbonatites
bushveld south africa, anorthosite
kimberley south africa
palabora south africa
podiform chromite
coto acoje
intermediate sulphidation au base
baguio district victoria
porphyry cu
sto.tomas
porphyry mo
quartz hill usa
low sulphidation epithermal au
hishikari japan
carlin type au
mesel, indonesia
cyrprus
barlo
kuroko type VMS
BAGACAY
beshhi type VMS
rapu rapu
palcer deposits
paracale masbate
quartz peblle conglomerate
witwaterand sout africa
ni laterite
nonoc
supergene cu enrichment
boyongan
largest cr resource 2.06 billion Ma age largest pt pd os ir rh ru pge resource merensky reef
bushveld south africa
largest Ni resource complete melting of the continental crust due to large meteorite impact
sudbury canada
375km E W x 300 N S
quadrilobate ultramafic intrusion like a lopolith into lower transvaal metaseds & upper rooiberg felsites & then intruded by bushveld red granites w/c hosts fe-ti-vn-sn largest orebodies are found at the e lobe within the critical zone rock unit
bushveld igneous complex
90% intermediated calcic plagiocalse source of almost all hard rock sources of Ti 2 types
layered mafic intrusions bushveld formed by gravitaional stratification in ultramafic matrix Anorthite 70-100 andesine to labradorite 35_65
anorthosite titanium
more shallowly derived by partial melting or contaminated by lower continetal crust materails lac tio quebec 120 MT worlds largest deposit
ilmenite rich andesine type
differentiates of an anorthosite gabbro magma
magnetite ilmennite rich labradorite
volatile rich potassic ultramafic related phreatomagmatic breccia pipe or igneous dike dominated by olivine with subordinate mienrals of mantle derivation most productive pipes are 80-100, 250&1000-1100 Ma
kimberlite
calcium olivine
mg biotie
monticellite
phlogopite
10m carats/yr (
2 tonne/yr)
80% from kimberlites & 20% from placers
48% gem quality 52% industrial grade
south africa
12m carats/yr (2.4T/yr)
almost all fro placers
industrial grade quality
zaire
12M carats/yr (2.4T/yr)
from both placers & kimberlites
russia
represent a rapid vilent upward rush of deep mantle material from the asthenosphere 200kms below surface in teh form of diatreme with explosive in the form of diatreme fallback circular and pluglike forming maar lakes up to >1km in width 2-5 km long carrot shaped bodes formed at 50-70 kbar 1kbar=3.3km depth at kimberly area only 20 out of 100 occurrences are diamond bearing
geological drillholes
gneous rocks formed in the crust by fractional crystallization of carbonate-rich parental melts that are mostly mantle derived. They dominantly consist of carbonate minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and ankerite, as well as minor phosphates, oxides, and silicates.
carbonatites
acoje and masinloc also known as alpine tpye ophiolite related wc formed in mid oceanic ridges ir back arc basin spreading centers & tectonically obducted onto continental or island arc margins 1.2 age proterozoic to phanerozoic
podiform chromite
deep sea siliceous or orcherous sediments w/ radiolarian cherts
layered pillow basalts cut by shetted diabase dikes
layered gabbros/norites
dunite/peridotite upper mantle or astenosphere contains podifom smeared out bodies of chromite in dunite harzburgite sequences
layer 1
layer 2
layer 3
layer 4
mostly in granites and less to trivial amount sin syenites kimberlites and carbonatites found in i type granites & alkali granites s type granites pegmatites and related veins fractionated late melts
allanite titanite zircon monazite uranothorianite
granitic uranium
largest single granitic U deposit
rossing, namibia
example of i type granitic U
ross adams alaska
cu w or w.o au economic metals abundant magnetite and specularite late archean to present
iron oxide copper gold
80% of world’s presents type granites two mica muscovite biotite more felsic than i type granite contains w ta mo be nb bi and u phanerozoic
granitic tin
hosted by uppeddevonian granitic batholith intruding silurian odovician sediments batholith is a conposite tabular body 45 by 75 kms x 12km thick older i type granodiorite to monzonite greiseinization affected by the 2 mica granites prouducing muscovite topza fluorite alteration carrying cassiterite +minor shceelite wolframite & galena
granitic tin blue tier tasmania
porphyry cu mines
carmen copper corps atlas toledo cebu
phulex sto,tomas II benguet
advanced projects
dinkidi-quirino/nueva viscaya
boyungan-bayugo, surigao del norte
tampakan- south cotabato
far southeast-benguet
prograde
potassic to popylitic / disseminations veinlet veins
phyllic and advanced argillic veinlet
retrograde
calc akaline porphyritic intrusion <1 to 2 kbar pressure 2-4km depth rocks are foremed at 750-850 C and mineralizationa t
> 250-<500C
porphyry cu by lowell gilbert
first model
by gustafson and hunt
intordutcion of advanced argillic alteration cap
plate tectonic model for the origin of porphyry cu 1972 conceptuzalid porphyry cu model for the ph 1984
sillitoe
commonly in island arc few ocntinental
porphyry cu au model
high Mo grade porphyries in atectonic to tensional rift environemnts w/ A type high silica porphyritic
climax type mo model
life span
single deposit 100,000 to several million years
mieral districts up to 10 m y or longer
1994 measured +indicated resource 870 million tonnes @0.41 % cu
biga deposit atlas mine cebu
2010 measured resources 149 millions tonnes mineralized porphyry complex syn mineral dark diorite - 0.6% cu &0.9 ppm au
clear diorite 0.3% cu & 0.6 ppm Au late mineral diorite 0.1 % cu 0.3 ppm au
sto.tomas II philex benguet
2013 measured and indicated resources 70MT
2013 ore reserves
50.7 MT
late oligocene upper monzodiorite gabbro
surong monzonite
tunja monzonite
balut dike
quan monzonite
bufu syenite
bugoy syenite
didipio alkalic pophyry cu au mine nueva viscaya quirino
2014 inferred resources 891.7MT
far southeast porphyry cu au goldfields lepanto benguet
2012 total resources BT ar 0.51%
tampakan porphyry cy ay glencore indophil sagittarius south cot
occurs only at continental magmatic arcs not at island arcs
i type
molybdenit pyrite traces sheelite chalco ag rich tetrahedrite
fluorite is absent mesozoic to tertiary
porphyry molybdenum
occurs in atectonic to tneisonal rift environments located inland from continental margins
climax type mo
1st and 2nd intrusives are rholote porphyries 3rd is an aplite and 4th is porphyritic granite 95% molybdenite 4 successive granitic rocls
climax colorado
also called subvolcanic tin disseminate veinlet and breccia controlled fine grained cassiterite miocene
porphyry tin
example of skarn deposits in ph
thanksgiving cu au zn benguet parcale fe camarines norte
hydrothermal deposits formed at low temp 100-320C usualy at shallow depths <2kms
epithermal gold
high
intermediate
low
low sulfi alkalic
lepanto
acupan benguetantamok victoria co o agusan maco diwalwal0-comval
pongkor indonesis
cripple usa
largest epithermal au ag deposit
yanacoche
origin of advanced argillic alteration
hypogene steam heated supergene
considered as low sulfi epithermal fluids in reactive carbonate rocks
carlin type gold
massive sulphides associated with submarine volcanism and realted sedimentation
Volcanogenic massive sulphides
ophiolitic complex
cretaceous paleogene
subamrine basalts chert and shale
massive sulphide overlying stockwork zone overlain by chert
cyprus
back arc
cretaceous neogene
felsic submarine volcanics
massive to banded sulphide clastic ore apron overlying stockwork zone
kuroko
oceanic extensional envi
pre crtaceous
metamorphics clasts and marine mafic volcanis concordant sheet of massive sulphides
beshhi
sedex and also called black shale hosted stratiform basinal accumulation galena spahelerite w. major pyrite and pyrrohitte sgeetlike not bulbous
sedimentary exhalative lead zinc
simple mieralogy low ag galena low fe sphalerite barite fluorite accompanied by dolomite calcite jasperoud depostion from connate basinal water
mississippi valley type zinc lead
also known as mesothermal au slate belt type au archaean au related to solution remobilization assoc w regional fluid flow along major deep crustal fault zones
orogenic gold
epizonal
mesozonal
hypozonal
2-5km
5-10km
>10km
assoc wi granitoids become a deposit only 30 years agoformed shallow to moderate crustal settling that lack co eval volcanism late orgenic cycle
reduced intrusion related gold
mainly pitchbende w/ minor coddiniteribbon like orebodies
uniformity type uranium athabasca
lateral secretions low t p oxidizes u+4 to u+6 soluble in groundwater represents 40% worlds resources stratabound
sandstone type uranium
redbed formations consisting of continental ss sts cgl impure lst trash plants lignite bone material
salt wash type u-v
braided stream deposits in borad alluvial plain consisting fluvial lacustrine humates ore is mainly as orano uraniferous mineraloids
humate type u
deposit created by erosion and sedimentation containing particles of some valuable minerals cenozoic age
placer deposits
rio tuba
berong
taganito suriago del norte
hinatuan surigao del sur
new caledonia south pacici dominated worlds ni production prior discovery sjudbury oligocene to mesozoic noumeite nepouite pimelite
nickel laterite
al rich laterite high in al203 low sio2 and fe203 tropical subtropical consists of boehmite gibbsite diaspore hoste in white limestone fm middle eocene lower miocene age came from ~5m of miocene that bauzite came from volcanicc ash within the white limestone
bauxite
the weathering of cu ebaring mineralization wherein a small percentage of cu can be leached from a large volume of rock and can be redeposited as a higher grade deposit in a smaller volume of rock provided that conditions are favorable protoore porous and permaale meteoric waters
supergene copper enrichment
father of modern chemistry and cyrstal chemistry who proposed the classification of minerals ac to their preferred hosts
victor m. goldschmidt
theory that explains the complexation of material from the simple structure of H and its isotope, Deuterium, or simply the creation of new atoms from Hydrogen
nucleosynthesis
rule proposed where there is a regular pattern in elements where elements with even atomic numbers are more abundant on either side than those with odd atomic numbers
oddo-harkins rule
what are the 10 elemetns which have atomic numbers of less than 27 show appreciable abundance and what are the greatest abundance
H he c n o ne mg si s fe
h and he having the greatest abundance
these are between helium and carbon which have very low relative abundance
li, be, and b
type of meteorite that ni-fe alloys with minor amounts of other minerals classified acc to their %Ni
iron
isotopes w/ mass numbers that are multiples of 4 have enhanced abundances
pronounced peak for relative abundance of Fe
composition of the iron type meteorite
troilite, hexahedrite, octahedrite, ataxite
chiefly comprised of mostly ferromagnesian silicates that contain up to 1/4 ni-fe types
stoney
stoney meteorites containing chondrules with high volatile content including water and non biogenic carbon
chondrite
what are under STONEY
stoney
chondrite
achondtrite
important type of chondites
carbonaceous chondrite
composition chondrite
olivine pyroxene plag glass have the same composition with the sun’s atmosphere
stoney meteorites that lack chondrules with most being brecciated
achondtrite
composition ofachondtrite
same composition as terrestrial mafic and ultramafic rocks
equal amounts of silicates and ni-fe alloys with most being brecciated and invaded by metallic and sulfide melts
stony-iron
composition of stony-iron
pallasite, mesosiderite
branch of chemistry concerned on the free enrgy changes assoc with chemical equilibrium between phases an dprovides the tools for woking out which mineral assemblages will be stable under w/c they occur
thermodynamics
impermeable rock preventing heated fluids from escaping
cap rock
geothermal systems assoc with regions of young volcanism charac by the presence of a porous and prev reservoir at shallow to moderate depths (100 m to 4.5 km) with most of the heat being transferred by convection
convective geothermal systems
geothermal systems charac by high porosity systems at hydorstatic pressure, commonly assoc with sedimentary basins with geopressured and hot dry rock systems
conductive geothermal system
high porosity under hydrostatic pressure
basin
high porosity with pressures exceeding hydrostatic pressure
oil fields
low porosity conductive environment
hot dry rock system
> 150 C
high enthalpy
90-150 C
moderate enthalpy
90 C
low enthalpy
form of fumarole that emits sulfurous streams
solfatara
pool bubbling acidic mud that can emit steams and decompose surrounding rocks nto mud
mud pool
nonthermal manifestation of hydrothermal/geothermal systems
kaipohan or cold springs
mineralization that can be used as indicators for geothermal exploration due to the consistent formation
othermometers
silica replacement that forms from high to low temperature
silicification
direct deposition of amorphous hydrated silica or opal at high temperature
silica sinter
appears at conditions with temperatures greater than 200 C
epidote
appears at conditions with temperatures at about ~100 C
smectite
appears at conditions with temperatures greater than 200 C
illite
appears at low temperatures and alkaline environments
calcite
appears at high temperatures and acidic environments
silica
appears at low temperatures and acidic environments and forms when steam mixes with meteoric waters due to throttling
kaolinite
appears at high temperature and acidic enviornments and acidic envi and originates from magmatic fluids
halloysite/pyrophyllite
when was DOE established
december 23, 1992
act of DOE
RA NO. 7638 department energy act of 1992
the 3rd country in the world with highest installed capacity in the MWe as of 2013 and 5th country in the world with the largest geothermal reserves as of 2019
philippines
when was PNOC created
nov 9,1973 through the PD no. 334
what is PNOC
philippine national oil company
a service contract granted byt the DOE to operators for geothermal poer plant
Geothermal Renewable Energy Service Contract GRESC
an operating contract granted by the DOE to the operators for geothermal power plants
geothermal renewable energy operating contract GREOC
1st largest geothermal field in terms of installed capacity at ~ 290 MW located at albay province greoc no 2009. 19-006
tiwi complex
father of ph geothermal development
arturo alcaraz
1st largest geothermal field in terms of installed capacity at ~ 460 MW located at laguna and quezon provices greoc no. 2009-10-007
makiling banahaw mak ban complex
1st largest geothermal field in terms of installed capacity at ~ 230 MW 1st largest geothermal field in terms of installed capacity at ~720 MW located at leyte province
leyte
20 mw GREOC NO. 2010-02-012 located at laguna and batangas provinces
maibarara
greoc 2012-04-027 150 MWe lcoated at sorsogon and albay provinces
bacon manito complex
gresc no. 2009-10-005 located negros island
northern negros
palinpinon geothermal power plants
gresc no 2009-10-007 190 MW located at soutehrn negros island
southern negros
mindanao geothermal production field
gresc no 2009-10-004
110 MW located at north cotabato and davao provinces
mt.apo
branch of geology that deals with the physical processes and properties of the earth through analytical quantitative methods
geophysics
mode of methods used to detect and map geophysical anomalies using different physical porperties of the earth
geophysical survey
examples of gravimeter
la coste and romberg scintrez