Boundary Creek Thermal areas of Yellowstone National Park I: thermal activity and geologic setting

Conference · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Trans. - Geotherm. Resour. Counc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6167769

Hutchinson, R A

Proposed geothermal leasing in the Island Park Geothermal Area (IPGA) in national forest and public lands adjacent to Yellowstone National Park has called attention to the moderate to high temperature springs of the Boundary Creek Thermal Areas. Up until late 1977 no description or geochemical inventory studies had been conducted in these areas. The thermal springs are scattered in four major groups along the Boundary Creek drainage with three to six km. of the IPGA - park border. Observations and analyses of physical and chemical indicators suggest that the source is under the Madison Plateau and that the waters are generally similar in the lower three thermal units. These hot springs should be monitored so as to provide early warning of change in the event that geothermal development in the IPGA causes withdrawal of groundwater from Yellow Stone National Park.

• Research Organization: Yellowstone National Park, WY
• OSTI ID: 6167769
• Report Number(s): CONF-800920-
• Journal Information: Trans. - Geotherm. Resour. Counc.; (United States), Vol. 4; Conference: Geothermal Resource Council annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 9 Sep 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
GEOLOGY
THERMAL SPRINGS
GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
LEASING
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RHYOLITES
WATER CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
IGNEOUS ROCKS
PUBLIC LANDS
RESOURCES
ROCKS
SURVEYS
VOLCANIC ROCKS
WATER SPRINGS
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