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Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report

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The Snake River volcanic province (SRP) overlies a thermal anomaly that extends deep into the mantle; it represents one of the highest heat flow provinces in North America. The primary goal of this project is to evaluate geothermal potential in three distinct settings: (1) Kimama site: inferred high sub-aquifer geothermal gradient associated with the intrusion of mafic magmas, (2) Kimberly site: a valley-margin setting where surface heat flow may be driven by the up-flow of hot fluids along buried caldera ring-fault complexes, and (3) Mountain Home site: a more traditional fault-bounded basin with thick sedimentary cover. In-depth studies continue at all three sites, complemented by high-resolution gravity, magnetic, and seismic surveys, and by downhole geophysical logging.

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Utah State University. (2012). Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report [data set]. Retrieved from https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/127.
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Shervais, John, Evans, James P., Lachmar, Thomas, Jean, Marlon M., Potter, Katherine E., Kessler, James A., Freeman, Thomas G., Sant, Christopher J., Nielson, Dennis, Delahunty, Christopher, Christiansen, Eric H., Morgan, Lisa, Shanks, W. C. Pat, Liberty, Lee M., Schmitt, Douglas R., Blackwell, David D., and Glen, Jonathan M. Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report. United States: N.p., 01 Jan, 2012. Web. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/127.
Shervais, John, Evans, James P., Lachmar, Thomas, Jean, Marlon M., Potter, Katherine E., Kessler, James A., Freeman, Thomas G., Sant, Christopher J., Nielson, Dennis, Delahunty, Christopher, Christiansen, Eric H., Morgan, Lisa, Shanks, W. C. Pat, Liberty, Lee M., Schmitt, Douglas R., Blackwell, David D., & Glen, Jonathan M. Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report. United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/127
Shervais, John, Evans, James P., Lachmar, Thomas, Jean, Marlon M., Potter, Katherine E., Kessler, James A., Freeman, Thomas G., Sant, Christopher J., Nielson, Dennis, Delahunty, Christopher, Christiansen, Eric H., Morgan, Lisa, Shanks, W. C. Pat, Liberty, Lee M., Schmitt, Douglas R., Blackwell, David D., and Glen, Jonathan M. 2012. "Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report". United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/127.
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Data from Jan 1, 2012

Last updated May 18, 2017

Submitted Oct 11, 2012

Organization

Utah State University

Contact

John Shervais

Authors

John Shervais

Utah State University

James P. Evans

Utah State University

Thomas Lachmar

Utah State University

Marlon M. Jean

Utah State University

Katherine E. Potter

Utah State University

James A. Kessler

Utah State University

Thomas G. Freeman

Utah State University

Christopher J. Sant

Utah State University

Dennis Nielson

DOSECC Inc.

Christopher Delahunty

DOSECC Inc.

Eric H. Christiansen

Brigham Young University

Lisa Morgan

United States Geological Survey

W. C. Pat Shanks

United States Geological Survey

Lee M. Liberty

Boise State University

Douglas R. Schmitt

University of Alberta

David D. Blackwell

Southern Methodist University

Jonathan M. Glen

United States Geological Survey

Research Areas

DOE Project Details

Project Name Recovery Act: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration

Project Lead Mark Ziegenbein

Project Number EE0002848

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