Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Borehole Geophysics Database
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 Mountain Home drill hole is located along the western plain and documents older basalts overlain by sediment.
Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta
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AB - 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 Mountain Home drill hole is located along the western plain and documents older basalts overlain by sediment.
Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta
AU - Shervais, John
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/1148779
KW - geothermal
KW - Snake River Plain
KW - Project HOTSPOT
KW - Idaho
KW - Yellowstone Hotspot
KW - borehole geophysics
KW - Mountain Home
KW - geophysics
KW - borehole log
KW - dowhnhole geophysics
KW - temperature
KW - pressure
KW - gamma ray
KW - magnetic susceptibility
KW - geochemistry
KW - thorium
KW - uranium
KW - potassium
KW - neutron
KW - resistivity
KW - image log
KW - SRP
KW - borehole
KW - well data
LA - English
DA - 2012/11/11
PY - 2012
PB - Utah State University
T1 - Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Borehole Geophysics Database
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1148779
ER -
Shervais, John. Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Borehole Geophysics Database. Utah State University, 11 November, 2012, GDR. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148779.
Shervais, J. (2012). Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Borehole Geophysics Database. [Data set]. GDR. Utah State University. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148779
Shervais, John. Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Borehole Geophysics Database. Utah State University, November, 11, 2012. Distributed by GDR. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148779
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title = {Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Borehole Geophysics Database},
author = {Shervais, John},
abstractNote = {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 Mountain Home drill hole is located along the western plain and documents older basalts overlain by sediment.
Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/284},
year = {2012},
howpublished = {GDR, Utah State University, https://doi.org/10.15121/1148779},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-29},
doi = {10.15121/1148779}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148779
Details
Data from Nov 11, 2012
Last updated Jan 8, 2020
Submitted Feb 5, 2014
Organization
Utah State University
Contact
John Shervais
435.797.1274
Authors
Original Source
https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/284Research Areas
Keywords
geothermal, Snake River Plain, Project HOTSPOT, Idaho, Yellowstone Hotspot, borehole geophysics, Mountain Home, geophysics, borehole log, dowhnhole geophysics, temperature, pressure, gamma ray, magnetic susceptibility, geochemistry, thorium, uranium, potassium, neutron, resistivity, image log, SRP, borehole, well dataDOE Project Details
Project Name Recovery Act: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration
Project Lead Mark Ziegenbein
Project Number EE0002848
