Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report
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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AB - 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.
AU - Shervais, John
A2 - Evans, James P.
A3 - Lachmar, Thomas
A4 - Jean, Marlon M.
A5 - Potter, Katherine E.
A6 - Kessler, James A.
A7 - Freeman, Thomas G.
A8 - Sant, Christopher J.
A9 - Nielson, Dennis
A10 - Delahunty, Christopher
A11 - Christiansen, Eric H.
A12 - Morgan, Lisa
A13 - Shanks, W. C. Pat
A14 - Liberty, Lee M.
A15 - Schmitt, Douglas R.
A16 - Blackwell, David D.
A17 - Glen, Jonathan M.
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - geothermal
KW - hotspot project
KW - basalt
KW - geophysical
KW - kimama
KW - kimberley
KW - gravity
KW - magnetic
KW - seismic
KW - logging
KW - idaho
KW - aquifer
KW - snake river
KW - volcanic province
KW - plain
KW - hotspot
KW - exploration
KW - rhyolite
KW - drilling
KW - downhole
KW - lithology
KW - lithologic log
KW - stratigraphic column
LA - English
DA - 2012/01/01
PY - 2012
PB - Utah State University
T1 - Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/6501
ER -
Shervais, John, et al. Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report. Utah State University, 1 January, 2012, GDR. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/127.
Shervais, J., Evans, J., Lachmar, T., Jean, M., Potter, K., Kessler, J., Freeman, T., Sant, C., Nielson, D., Delahunty, C., Christiansen, E., Morgan, L., Shanks, W., Liberty, L., Schmitt, D., Blackwell, D., & Glen, J. (2012). Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report. [Data set]. GDR. Utah State University. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/127
Shervais, John, James P. Evans, Thomas Lachmar, Marlon M. Jean, Katherine E. Potter, James A. Kessler, Thomas G. Freeman, Christopher J. Sant, Dennis Nielson, Christopher Delahunty, Eric H. Christiansen, Lisa Morgan, W. C. Pat Shanks, Lee M. Liberty, Douglas R. Schmitt, David D. Blackwell, and Jonathan M. Glen. Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report. Utah State University, January, 1, 2012. Distributed by GDR. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/127
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_6501,
title = {Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report},
author = {Shervais, John and Evans, James P. and Lachmar, Thomas and Jean, Marlon M. and Potter, Katherine E. and Kessler, James A. and Freeman, Thomas G. and Sant, Christopher J. and Nielson, Dennis and Delahunty, Christopher and Christiansen, Eric H. and Morgan, Lisa and Shanks, W. C. Pat and Liberty, Lee M. and Schmitt, Douglas R. and Blackwell, David D. and Glen, Jonathan M.},
abstractNote = {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. },
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/127},
year = {2012},
howpublished = {GDR, Utah State University, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/127},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-02}
}
Details
Data from Jan 1, 2012
Last updated May 18, 2017
Submitted Oct 11, 2012
Organization
Utah State University
Contact
John Shervais
Authors
Original Source
https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/127Research Areas
Keywords
geothermal, hotspot project, basalt, geophysical, kimama, kimberley, gravity, magnetic, seismic, logging, idaho, aquifer, snake river, volcanic province, plain, hotspot, exploration, rhyolite, drilling, downhole, lithology, lithologic log, stratigraphic columnDOE Project Details
Project Name Recovery Act: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration
Project Lead Mark Ziegenbein
Project Number EE0002848
