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The Black Warrior property is located south and east of Black Warrior peak, in Washoe and Churchill Counties, Nevada. The area encompasses producing geothermal power plants that have an aggregate production capacity of over 100 MW of electricity. Four separate power transmission lines cross the region with the convenient interconnections for power from Black Warrior at Marble Bluff substation, five miles west on a 60 kV line or Brady Hot Springs substation, 12 miles southeast along a 120 kV line.
The leases cover seven square miles of private land and applied for a one-section federal geothermal lease for a total land area of eight square miles. The leases include surface and water rights.
In 2008, NGP plans to continue exploration surveys to further define the resource and develop plans for drilling.
Black Warrior geothermal project highlights are:
- Deepest test hole recorded a temperature of 262°F (128°C) at 1810 ft (552 m) - with temperatures still increasing at the bottom of the hole
- The geology and regional fault structures appear to permit deep circulating ground water to be heated by anomalously high rock formation temperatures
- Gradients greater than 200°C/km have been recorded throughout the leased area
- Commercial resource temperatures may occur within 3000 ft (1000 m) of the surface
- The project is located within a prolific power producing region of Nevada
- Estimated to produce 37 MW (90% probability); GeothermEx Inc., California Energy Commission 2005.
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