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Title: GeoProducts WEN-2 well, Wendel-Amedee, California

Abstract

The GeoProducts WEN-2 well, drilled 2200 feet northwest of Wendel Hot Springs in Lassen County, California, penetrated 4330 feet (1320 meters) of Tertiary basalt flows and volcanoclastics. Production of 251/sup 0/F (122/sup 0/C) thermal fluids comes either from a fault or from intergranular permeability in a 570-foot thick quartzite conglomerate channel overlying the granitic basement rocks at a depth of 4900 feet. The chemistry, temperature and hydrostatic head of the resource in WEN-2 are very similar to that of WEN-1 to the northeast. Unknown faults in the granitic basement rocks, other than the Wendel fault, may be important channelways for the geothermal system. 4 refs., 3 figs.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Utah Univ. Research Inst., Salt Lake City (USA). Earth Sciences Lab.
OSTI Identifier:
6352805
Report Number(s):
DOE/ID/12079-125; ESL-152
ON: DE86002010
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-79ID12079
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; CALIFORNIA; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; WELL DRILLING; GEOLOGIC FAULTS; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; DRILLING; FEDERAL REGION IX; FLUIDS; GEOLOGIC FRACTURES; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; RESOURCES; USA; WELLS; Geothermal Legacy; 150101* - Geothermal Energy- Resources & Availability- USA- (-1989); 150201 - Geology & Hydrology of Geothermal Systems- USA- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Sibbett, B S. GeoProducts WEN-2 well, Wendel-Amedee, California. United States: N. p., 1985. Web. doi:10.2172/6352805.
Sibbett, B S. GeoProducts WEN-2 well, Wendel-Amedee, California. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6352805
Sibbett, B S. 1985. "GeoProducts WEN-2 well, Wendel-Amedee, California". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6352805. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6352805.
@article{osti_6352805,
title = {GeoProducts WEN-2 well, Wendel-Amedee, California},
author = {Sibbett, B S},
abstractNote = {The GeoProducts WEN-2 well, drilled 2200 feet northwest of Wendel Hot Springs in Lassen County, California, penetrated 4330 feet (1320 meters) of Tertiary basalt flows and volcanoclastics. Production of 251/sup 0/F (122/sup 0/C) thermal fluids comes either from a fault or from intergranular permeability in a 570-foot thick quartzite conglomerate channel overlying the granitic basement rocks at a depth of 4900 feet. The chemistry, temperature and hydrostatic head of the resource in WEN-2 are very similar to that of WEN-1 to the northeast. Unknown faults in the granitic basement rocks, other than the Wendel fault, may be important channelways for the geothermal system. 4 refs., 3 figs.},
doi = {10.2172/6352805},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6352805}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 1985},
month = {Fri Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 1985}
}