Geothermal exploration with hyperspectral data in the Carson Sink, Nevada

Hyperspectral data was acquired over two geothermally active study areas in west-central Nevada. Carbonate and opaline sinter deposits associated with upwelling geothermal fluids were remotely mapped. Our results identified previously unmapped sinter outcrops and structurally controlled tufa, which both indicate fault traces acting as geothermal fluid pathways.