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Title: Geothermal resource assessment of Idaho Springs, Colorado. Resource series 16

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6980137· OSTI ID:6980137

Located in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains approximately 30 miles west of Denver, in the community of Idaho Springs, are a series of thermal springs and wells. The temperature of these waters ranges from a low of 68/sup 0/F (20/sup 0/C) to a high of 127/sup 0/F (53/sup 0/C). To define the hydrothermal conditions of the Idaho Springs region in 1980, an investigation consisting of electrical geophysical surveys, soil mercury geochemical surveys, and reconnaissance geological and hydrogeological investigations was made. Due to topographic and cultural restrictions, the investigation was limited to the immediate area surrounding the thermal springs at the Indian Springs Resort. The bedrock of the region is faulted and fractured metamorphosed Precambrian gneisses and schists, locally intruded by Tertiary age plutons and dikes. The investigation showed that the thermal waters most likely are fault controlled and the thermal area does not have a large areal extent.

Research Organization:
Colorado Geological Survey, Denver (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AS07-77ET28365
OSTI ID:
6980137
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/28365-17; ON: DE83000345
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English