Lead and strontium isotope data for thermal waters of the regional geothermal system in the Twin Falls and Oakley areas, South-Central Idaho
- Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Geological Survey, Boise, ID (United States)
Thermal fluids obviously related to aquifers in both rhyolite and limestone occur in the Twin Falls-Oakley area of south-central Idaho. Limestone-related waters (high calcium with low silica and fluoride) occur in the middle and upper (southern) parts of the area. Rhyolite-related waters (low calcium but high in silica and fluoride) occur in the lower (northern) part of the area. The relation of thermal fluids in Paleozoic limestone to thermal fluids in Tertiary rhyolite is unknown. Thermal fluids from limestone are dilute, so water-rock reaction in rhyolite could obliterate chemical evidence of fluid residence in a limestone. However, isotopic tracers such as {sup 206}Pb/{sup 204}Pb, {sup 207}Pb/{sup 204}Pb, {sup 208}Pb/{sup 204}Pb, and {sup 87}Sr/{sup 86}Sr might preserve evidence of fluid residence in limestone. Systematic relations between these isotopes and dissolved constituents in the water demonstrate the presence of limestone beneath most if not all of the study area and that aquifers in the limestone and rhyolite are hydrologically connected.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI01-91CE31020
- OSTI ID:
- 175625
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951037-; TRN: 95:008065-0036
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual meeting of the Geothermal Resources Council, Reno, NV (United States), 8-11 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Accomplishments of the past and challenges of the future. Transactions, Volume 19; PB: 604 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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