Meager Creek Geothermal Project: an exploration case history

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · Bull., Geotherm. Resour. Counc. (Davis, Calif.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5745243

Fairbank, B D; Openshaw, R E; Souther, J G; Stauder, J J

The South Reservoir in the Meager Creek Geothermal Area is within crystalline basement rocks on the southern flank of the Pliocene to Recent Meager Mountain Volcanic Complex. Geological, geochemical and resistivity surveys were used to determine targets for temperature gradient diamond drilling. Temperature profiles indicate anomalously high temperature gradients in drill holes M2, M3, M4, M6, M7, M8, M10, M11, and M12. Heat flow values of 105 to 620 mWm/sup -2/ (2.5 to 14.8 HFU) have been calculated for drill holes M2, M3, M7, M8, M11 and M12. These values are up to seven times the regional heat flow for the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt. The main South Reservoir thermal anomaly has been defined over an area about 3 km by 1 km in the Meager Creek valley. The anomaly is open to the north and southeast.

• OSTI ID: 5745243
• Journal Information: Bull., Geotherm. Resour. Counc. (Davis, Calif.); (United States), Vol. 10:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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