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Fig. 13 | Geothermal Energy

Fig. 13

From: Petrophysical characterization of the Los Humeros geothermal field (Mexico): from outcrop to parametrization of a 3D geological model

Fig. 13

Photographs of selected outcrops representing a Holocene basaltic lava flows and b ash deposits of the Xoxoctic member inside of the Los Humeros caldera, c unwelded Xáltipan ignimbrite located northwest of the LHVC close to the town Temextla, d the Teziutlán andesite unit located east of the LHVC, e the Cuyoaco andesite unit located west of the LHVC, f andesitic dykes intruding into Cretaceous limestones located southwest of the LHVC (road cut), g Cretaceous shales, h Jurassic sandstone deposits, i–k Cretaceous limestones, marl and chert layers as well as chert nodules, l Miocene marbles, m skarn deposits of the Eldorado mine, n quartz veins associated with skarn deposits and o a granitic intrusion cut by a mafic dyke in a riverbed (l–o represent outcrops in Las Minas)

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