Project HOTSPOT: Kimama 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 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.
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 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.
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 - 10.15121/1148774
KW - Yellowstone hotspot
KW - Idaho
KW - Snake River Plain
KW - Project HOTSPOT
KW - borehole geophysics
KW - geothermal
KW - Kimama
KW - pressure
KW - gamma ray
KW - seismic
KW - sonic
KW - magnetic susceptibility
KW - borehole log
KW - downhole
KW - geopysics
KW - neutron
KW - resistivity
KW - image log
KW - SRP
KW - downhole geophysics
KW - temperature
KW - borehole
KW - well data
LA - English
DA - 2011/07/04
PY - 2011
PB - Utah State University
T1 - Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Borehole Geophysics Database
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1148774
ER -
Shervais, John. Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Borehole Geophysics Database. Utah State University, 4 July, 2011, GDR. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148774.
Shervais, J. (2011). Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Borehole Geophysics Database. [Data set]. GDR. Utah State University. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148774
Shervais, John. Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Borehole Geophysics Database. Utah State University, July, 4, 2011. Distributed by GDR. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148774
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_6629,
title = {Project HOTSPOT: Kimama 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 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.
Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/291},
year = {2011},
howpublished = {GDR, Utah State University, https://doi.org/10.15121/1148774},
note = {Accessed: 2025-07-06},
doi = {10.15121/1148774}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148774
Details
Data from Jul 4, 2011
Last updated Jan 8, 2020
Submitted Feb 11, 2014
Organization
Utah State University
Contact
John Shervais
435.797.1274
Authors
Original Source
https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/291Research Areas
Keywords
Yellowstone hotspot, Idaho, Snake River Plain, Project HOTSPOT, borehole geophysics, geothermal, Kimama, pressure, gamma ray, seismic, sonic, magnetic susceptibility, borehole log, downhole, geopysics, neutron, resistivity, image log, SRP, downhole geophysics, temperature, 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
