Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Borehole Geophysics Database

DOI 10.15121/1148774
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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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Utah State University. (2011). Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Borehole Geophysics Database [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148774.
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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}, doi = {10.15121/1148774}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/291}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2011}, month = {07}}
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Data from Jul 4, 2011

Last updated Jan 8, 2020

Submitted Feb 11, 2014

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Utah State University

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John Shervais

435.797.1274

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John Shervais

Utah State University

DOE Project Details

Project Name Recovery Act: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration

Project Lead Mark Ziegenbein

Project Number EE0002848

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