Geothermal Geodatabase for Rico Hot Springs Area and Lemon Hot Springs, Dolores and San Miguel Counties, Colorado
This geodatabase was built to cover several geothermal targets developed by Flint Geothermal in 2012 during a search for high-temperature systems that could be exploited for electric power development. Several of the thermal springs have geochemistry and geothermometry values indicative of high-temperature systems. In addition, the explorationists discovered a very young Climax-style molybdenum porphyry system northeast of Rico, and drilling intersected thermal waters at depth.
Datasets include:
1. Structural data collected by Flint Geothermal
2. Point information
3. Mines and prospects from the USGS MRDS dataset
4. Results of reconnaissance shallow (2 meter) temperature surveys
5. Air photo lineaments
6. Areas covered by travertine
7. Groundwater geochemistry
8. Land ownership in the Rico area
9. Georeferenced geologic map of the Rico Quadrangle, by Pratt et al.
10. Various 1:24,000 scale topographic maps
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AB - This geodatabase was built to cover several geothermal targets developed by Flint Geothermal in 2012 during a search for high-temperature systems that could be exploited for electric power development. Several of the thermal springs have geochemistry and geothermometry values indicative of high-temperature systems. In addition, the explorationists discovered a very young Climax-style molybdenum porphyry system northeast of Rico, and drilling intersected thermal waters at depth.
Datasets include:
1. Structural data collected by Flint Geothermal
2. Point information
3. Mines and prospects from the USGS MRDS dataset
4. Results of reconnaissance shallow (2 meter) temperature surveys
5. Air photo lineaments
6. Areas covered by travertine
7. Groundwater geochemistry
8. Land ownership in the Rico area
9. Georeferenced geologic map of the Rico Quadrangle, by Pratt et al.
10. Various 1:24,000 scale topographic maps
AU - Zehner, Richard
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/1148736
KW - geothermal
KW - Rico
KW - Colorado
KW - Geodatabase
KW - Dolores County
KW - San Miguel County
KW - Geochemistry
KW - structural
KW - point information
KW - mines and prospects
KW - reconnaissance
KW - shallow temperature survey
KW - air photo lineaments
KW - travertine
KW - groundwater
KW - land ownership
KW - geology
KW - geologic map
KW - rico quadrangle
KW - topographic
KW - map
KW - geothermometry
KW - geospatial data
KW - data
KW - GIS
LA - English
DA - 2012/11/01
PY - 2012
PB - Flint Geothermal, LLC
T1 - Geothermal Geodatabase for Rico Hot Springs Area and Lemon Hot Springs, Dolores and San Miguel Counties, Colorado
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1148736
ER -
Zehner, Richard. Geothermal Geodatabase for Rico Hot Springs Area and Lemon Hot Springs, Dolores and San Miguel Counties, Colorado. Flint Geothermal, LLC, 1 November, 2012, Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148736.
Zehner, R. (2012). Geothermal Geodatabase for Rico Hot Springs Area and Lemon Hot Springs, Dolores and San Miguel Counties, Colorado. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Flint Geothermal, LLC. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148736
Zehner, Richard. Geothermal Geodatabase for Rico Hot Springs Area and Lemon Hot Springs, Dolores and San Miguel Counties, Colorado. Flint Geothermal, LLC, November, 1, 2012. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148736
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title = {Geothermal Geodatabase for Rico Hot Springs Area and Lemon Hot Springs, Dolores and San Miguel Counties, Colorado},
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Datasets include:
1. Structural data collected by Flint Geothermal
2. Point information
3. Mines and prospects from the USGS MRDS dataset
4. Results of reconnaissance shallow (2 meter) temperature surveys
5. Air photo lineaments
6. Areas covered by travertine
7. Groundwater geochemistry
8. Land ownership in the Rico area
9. Georeferenced geologic map of the Rico Quadrangle, by Pratt et al.
10. Various 1:24,000 scale topographic maps
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year = {2012},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Flint Geothermal, LLC, https://doi.org/10.15121/1148736},
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148736
Details
Data from Nov 1, 2012
Last updated Aug 24, 2021
Submitted Feb 28, 2014
Organization
Flint Geothermal, LLC
Contact
Richard Zehner
775.737.7806
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, Rico, Colorado, Geodatabase, Dolores County, San Miguel County, Geochemistry, structural, point information, mines and prospects, reconnaissance, shallow temperature survey, air photo lineaments, travertine, groundwater, land ownership, geology, geologic map, rico quadrangle, topographic, map, geothermometry, geospatial data, data, GISDOE Project Details
Project Name Recovery Act: Use Remote Sensing Data (selected visible and infrared spectrums) to locate high temp ground anomalies in Colorado.Confirm heat flow potential w/ on-site temp surveys to drill deep resource wells
Project Lead Mark Ziegenbein
Project Number EE0002828
