Salton Sea Geothermal Field

E1037502

geothermal field geothermal power resource

The Salton Sea Geothermal Field is a major high-temperature geothermal resource in Southern California’s Salton Trough, known for its active power production and association with mineral-rich brines.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Salton Sea geothermal system	3
Salton Sea Geothermal Field canonical	2
Salton Sea geothermal field	2
Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area	1
Salton Trough geothermal region	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13293110 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Salton Sea Geothermal Field
Context triple: [Brawley Geothermal Field, isSimilarTo, Salton Sea Geothermal Field]

A. Brawley Geothermal Field
Brawley Geothermal Field is a geothermal resource area in Southern California known for its high-temperature geothermal reservoirs and associated power generation within the Salton Trough.
B. Imperial Valley geothermal area
The Imperial Valley geothermal area is a major geothermal resource region in Southern California’s Imperial Valley, known for its numerous geothermal fields and power plants that tap into high-temperature underground heat.
C. Heber Geothermal Field
Heber Geothermal Field is a significant geothermal resource area in Southern California’s Imperial Valley, known for its high-temperature reservoirs used for electric power generation.
D. The Geysers geothermal field
The Geysers geothermal field is a major geothermal energy production area in Northern California, known as one of the largest geothermal power complexes in the world.
E. Ivanpah Valley
Ivanpah Valley is an arid basin in the northeastern Mojave Desert known for its desert landscapes, dry lakebeds, and large-scale solar energy installations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Salton Sea Geothermal Field
Target entity description: The Salton Sea Geothermal Field is a major high-temperature geothermal resource in Southern California’s Salton Trough, known for its active power production and association with mineral-rich brines.

A. Brawley Geothermal Field
Brawley Geothermal Field is a geothermal resource area in Southern California known for its high-temperature geothermal reservoirs and associated power generation within the Salton Trough.
B. Imperial Valley geothermal area
The Imperial Valley geothermal area is a major geothermal resource region in Southern California’s Imperial Valley, known for its numerous geothermal fields and power plants that tap into high-temperature underground heat.
C. Heber Geothermal Field
Heber Geothermal Field is a significant geothermal resource area in Southern California’s Imperial Valley, known for its high-temperature reservoirs used for electric power generation.
D. The Geysers geothermal field
The Geysers geothermal field is a major geothermal energy production area in Northern California, known as one of the largest geothermal power complexes in the world.
E. Ivanpah Valley
Ivanpah Valley is an arid basin in the northeastern Mojave Desert known for its desert landscapes, dry lakebeds, and large-scale solar energy installations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geothermal field ⓘ geothermal power resource ⓘ
associatedWith	Brawley Seismic Zone ⓘ San Andreas Fault system ⓘ linked to: San Andreas Fault active seismicity ⓘ tectonic extension ⓘ
brineCharacteristic	highly saline brines ⓘ mineral-rich brines ⓘ
brineConstituent	dissolved iron ⓘ dissolved lead ⓘ dissolved lithium ⓘ dissolved manganese ⓘ dissolved potassium ⓘ dissolved silica ⓘ dissolved sodium chloride ⓘ dissolved zinc ⓘ
contains	geothermal power plants ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
developmentStatus	actively exploited ⓘ commercial production ⓘ
energyConversionTechnology	binary cycle power plants ⓘ flash steam power plants ⓘ
energyResourceType	renewable energy ⓘ
environmentalContext	arid desert region ⓘ below sea level topography ⓘ
estimatedElectricalCapacity	hundreds of megawatts ⓘ
explorationMethods	exploratory drilling ⓘ geochemical surveys ⓘ geophysical surveys ⓘ
fluidType	brine-dominated system ⓘ
geologicalSetting	pull-apart basin ⓘ transform plate boundary region ⓘ
heatSource	magmatic intrusion ⓘ
hostRocks	sedimentary rocks ⓘ young volcanic rocks ⓘ
knownFor	geothermal brine mineral resources ⓘ geothermal power production ⓘ
locatedIn	Imperial County, California ⓘ linked to: Imperial County Salton Trough ⓘ Southern California ⓘ
near	Salton Sea ⓘ
operatedBy	multiple geothermal power companies ⓘ
partOf	Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area ⓘ linked to: Salton Sea Geothermal Field
regulatoryJurisdiction	State of California ⓘ linked to: California (state) United States federal agencies ⓘ linked to: U.S. federal agencies
researchInterest	geochemistry of high-salinity brines ⓘ geothermal reservoir engineering ⓘ induced seismicity ⓘ
resourceType	hydrothermal system ⓘ
temperatureClassification	high-temperature geothermal system ⓘ

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