3D density models of the Los Humeros and Acoculco geothermal fields, Mexico.

The GEMex project addresses different challenges in the development of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) and Superhot Geothermal Systems (SHGS) in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Although they are located in similar tectonic settings, the geothermal conditions in Acoculco and Los Humeros differ and they can be categorized as an EGS and a SHGS system, respectively. The Los Humeros field is currently under conventional exploitation. North of the current production area, temperatures higher than 380°C are expected. The Acoculco site presents temperatures >300°C at a depth of 2 km, but a reservoir has not been identified. The main goal of this work is to visualize and characterize the reservoir conditions using gravity data. To accomplish this, we processed data from a total of 344 gravity stations at Los Humeros and 84 stations at Acoculco. The datasets contain the 3D density model of the Los Humeros and Acoculco geothermal fields as density contrasts values in g/cm³. The background density is 2.67 g/cm³.