GeoProducts WEN-2 well, Wendel-Amedee, California

Technical Report · Fri Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6352805· OSTI ID:6352805

Sibbett, B S

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.

• Research Organization: Utah Univ. Research Inst., Salt Lake City (USA). Earth Sciences Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-79ID12079
• OSTI ID: 6352805
• Report Number(s): DOE/ID/12079-125; ESL-152; ON: DE86002010
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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