These core photos and descriptions were taken from the five boreholes that were drilled as part of the kISMET SubTER project conducted at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD. The boreholes are subvertical in orientation, and were drilled on the 4850 level of SURF on the West Drift, about 450 feet from Governor's Corner. The well heads for the five wells are in a line, but the outer two wells (k001 and k005) were deviated to form a five-spot configuration at 50 m depth. Four of the five boreholes have a nominal depth of 50 m and have HQ core - the fifth, located in the center (k003) was drilled to a depth of 100m and has NQ core. The central borehole was used for stress and hydraulic fracturing - the other four boreholes were used for monitoring purposes. Core logging was conducted by Paul Cook (LBNL), Bill Roggenthen (SDSMT), and Drew Siler (LBNL). All core consists of rocks from the Poorman Formation. Some of the core photos are missing. These have been documented in the included spreadsheets labeled with the well name and the word missing. The locations of the boreholes are documented on the included map and spreadsheet.
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Map depicting locations of kISMET borehole well heads - uses Homestake Mine coordinate system. Map produced by Professional Mapping and Surveying, LLC
Photos of core samples collected from k001 borehole. Core stored at SURF. Some photos are missing and others had to be reshot due to camera malfunction. See correspon... more
Photos of core samples collected from k003 borehole. Core stored at SURF. Some core images are missing. See corresponding spreadsheet of missing photos.
Wellhead locations of kISMET boreholes using Homestake Mine coordinate systems. Boreholes located on 4850 level of mine. Surveying conducted by Professional Mapping and... more
DOE Project Name: Intermediate-Scale Hydraulic Fracture and Stimulation Field Laboratory in a Deep Mine for the Investigation of Induced Seismicity and Fracture Flow DOE Project Number: FY16 AOP 3223 DOE Project Lead: Eric Hass
DOI: 10.15121/1493620 Last Updated: over a year ago