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Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos

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The Snake River Plain (SRP), Idaho, hosts potential geothermal resources due to elevated groundwater temperatures associated with the thermal anomaly Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot. Project HOTSPOT has coordinated international institutions and organizations to understand subsurface stratigraphy and assess geothermal potential. Over 5.9km of core were drilled from three boreholes within the SRP in an attempt to acquire continuous core documenting the volcanic and sedimentary record of the hotspot: (1) Kimama, (2) Kimberly, and (3) Mountain Home. The Kimama drill site was set up to acquire a continuous record of basaltic volcanism along the central volcanic axis and to test the extent of geothermal resources beneath the Snake River aquifer. This submission includes photos of the core samples taken from the Kimberly drill hole.
Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta

*Note - The archive file "kimPhotos.zip" contains all of the photos associated with this submission in a more easily downloaded format

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Utah State University. (2011). Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148775.
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Shervais, John. Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos. United States: N.p., 16 Jan, 2011. Web. doi: 10.15121/1148775.
Shervais, John. Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos. United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148775
Shervais, John. 2011. "Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos". United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148775. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/290.
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Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta

*Note - The archive file "kimPhotos.zip" contains all of the photos associated with this submission in a more easily downloaded format}, doi = {10.15121/1148775}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/290}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2011}, month = {01}}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148775

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Data from Jan 16, 2011

Last updated Jan 8, 2020

Submitted Feb 7, 2014

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Utah State University

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John Shervais

435.797.1274

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John Shervais

Utah State University

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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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