Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report

Description

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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 Initial report covering the Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project which aims to evaluate geothermal potential in three distinct settings (Kimama site, Kimberly site, Mountain Home site). https://gdr.openei.org/files/127/GRCVol36-2012-Shervais.pdf

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  • basalt
  • kimama
  • hotspot-project
  • idaho
  • hotspot
  • plain
  • gravity
  • lithologic-log
  • kimberley
  • snake-river
  • drilling
  • stratigraphic-column
  • magnetic
  • seismic
  • volcanic-province
  • lithology
  • exploration
  • geophysical
  • rhyolite
  • downhole
  • aquifer
  • logging
  • geothermal

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