Snake River (Idaho) Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration
The goal of our project was to test innovative exploration technologies using existing and new data, and to ground-truth these technologies using slim-hole core technology. The slim-hole core allowed us to understand subsurface stratigraphy and alteration in detail, and to correlate lithologies observed in core with surface based geophysical studies. Compiled data included geologic maps, volcanic vent distribution, structural maps, existing well logs and temperature gradient logs, groundwater temperatures, and geophysical surveys (resistivity, magnetics, gravity). New data included high-resolution gravity and magnetic surveys, high-resolution seismic surveys, three slimhole test wells, borehole wireline logs, lithology logs, water chemistry, alteration mineralogy, fracture distribution, and new thermal gradient measurements. Drill holes are located at Kimama, Kimberly, and Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.
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AB - The goal of our project was to test innovative exploration technologies using existing and new data, and to ground-truth these technologies using slim-hole core technology. The slim-hole core allowed us to understand subsurface stratigraphy and alteration in detail, and to correlate lithologies observed in core with surface based geophysical studies. Compiled data included geologic maps, volcanic vent distribution, structural maps, existing well logs and temperature gradient logs, groundwater temperatures, and geophysical surveys (resistivity, magnetics, gravity). New data included high-resolution gravity and magnetic surveys, high-resolution seismic surveys, three slimhole test wells, borehole wireline logs, lithology logs, water chemistry, alteration mineralogy, fracture distribution, and new thermal gradient measurements. Drill holes are located at Kimama, Kimberly, and Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.
AU - Shervais, John
A2 - Evans, James
A3 - Christiansen, Eric
A4 - Schmitt, Douglas
A5 - Nielson, Dennis
A6 - Liberty, Lee
A7 - Blackwell, David
A8 - Glen, Jonathan
A9 - Champion, Duane
A10 - Prokopenkov, Alexander
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - geothermal
KW - energy
KW - slimhole drilling
KW - Snake River Plain
KW - innovative exploration
KW - Kimama
KW - Kimberly
KW - Mountain Home
KW - basalt
KW - rhyolite
KW - geophysics
KW - geochemistry
KW - technical
KW - assessment
KW - processed data
KW - Idaho
KW - conceptual model
LA - English
DA - 2014/02/21
PY - 2014
PB - Utah State University
T1 - Snake River (Idaho) Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration
UR - https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1442
ER -
Shervais, John, et al. Snake River (Idaho) Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration. Utah State University, 21 February, 2014, Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1442.
Shervais, J., Evans, J., Christiansen, E., Schmitt, D., Nielson, D., Liberty, L., Blackwell, D., Glen, J., Champion, D., & Prokopenkov, A. (2014). Snake River (Idaho) Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Utah State University. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1442
Shervais, John, James Evans, Eric Christiansen, Douglas Schmitt, Dennis Nielson, Lee Liberty, David Blackwell, Jonathan Glen, Duane Champion, and Alexander Prokopenkov. Snake River (Idaho) Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration. Utah State University, February, 21, 2014. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1442
@misc{GDR_Dataset_1442,
title = {Snake River (Idaho) Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration},
author = {Shervais, John and Evans, James and Christiansen, Eric and Schmitt, Douglas and Nielson, Dennis and Liberty, Lee and Blackwell, David and Glen, Jonathan and Champion, Duane and Prokopenkov, Alexander},
abstractNote = {The goal of our project was to test innovative exploration technologies using existing and new data, and to ground-truth these technologies using slim-hole core technology. The slim-hole core allowed us to understand subsurface stratigraphy and alteration in detail, and to correlate lithologies observed in core with surface based geophysical studies. Compiled data included geologic maps, volcanic vent distribution, structural maps, existing well logs and temperature gradient logs, groundwater temperatures, and geophysical surveys (resistivity, magnetics, gravity). New data included high-resolution gravity and magnetic surveys, high-resolution seismic surveys, three slimhole test wells, borehole wireline logs, lithology logs, water chemistry, alteration mineralogy, fracture distribution, and new thermal gradient measurements. Drill holes are located at Kimama, Kimberly, and Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1442},
year = {2014},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Utah State University, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1442},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-29}
}
Details
Data from Feb 21, 2014
Last updated Jun 19, 2023
Submitted Jan 3, 2023
Organization
Utah State University
Contact
John Shervais
435.797.1274
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, energy, slimhole drilling, Snake River Plain, innovative exploration, Kimama, Kimberly, Mountain Home, basalt, rhyolite, geophysics, geochemistry, technical, assessment, processed data, Idaho, conceptual modelDOE Project Details
Project Name The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration
Project Lead Eric Hass
Project Number EE0002848
