Project HOTSPOT: Kimberly Well Core Photos

Dataset · Thu Jun 16 04:00:00 EDT 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.15121/1148778· OSTI ID:1148778

Shervais, John ^[1]

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1. Utah State University

The Snake River Plain (SRP), Idaho, hosts potential geothermal resources due to elevated groundwater temperatures associated with the thermal anomaly Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot. Project HOTSPOT has coordinated international institutions and organizations to understand subsurface stratigraphy and assess geothermal potential. Over 5.9km of core were drilled from three boreholes within the SRP in an attempt to acquire continuous core documenting the volcanic and sedimentary record of the hotspot: (1) Kimama, (2) Kimberly, and (3) Mountain Home. The Kimberly drill hole was selected to document continuous volcanism when analysed in conjunction with the Kimama and is located near the margin of the plain. This submission includes photos of the core samples taken from the Kimberly drill hole. Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta *Note - The archive file "Photos.zip" contains all of the photos associated with this submission in a more easily downloaded format

• Research Organization: DOE Geothermal Data Repository; Utah State University
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-2C)
• Contributing Organization: Utah State University
• DOE Contract Number: EE0002848
• OSTI ID: 1148778
• Report Number(s): 285
• Availability: [e-mail]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Idaho
Kimberly
Project HOTSPOT
SRP
Snake River Plain
Yellowstone Hotspot
borehole geophysics
continuous volcanism
core
core sample
downhole geophysics
drilling
geothermal
photo core log
photos
well data