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Geothermal resource assessment of Canon City, Colorado Area

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/891644· OSTI ID:891644
In 1979 a program was initiated to fully define the geothermal conditions of an area east of Canon City, bounded by the mountains on the north and west, the Arkansas River on the south and Colorado Highway 115 on the east. Within this area are a number of thermal springs and wells in two distinct groups. The eastern group consists of 5 thermal artesian wells located within one mile of Colorado Highway 115 from Penrose on the north to the Arkansas river on the south. The western group, located in and adjacent to Canon City, consists of one thermal spring on the south bank of the Arkansas River on the west side of Canon City, a thermal well in the northeast corner of Canon City, another well along the banks of Four Mile Creek east of Canon City and a well north of Canon City on Four Mile Creek. All the thermal waters in the Canon City Embayment, of which the study area is part of, are found in the study area. The thermal waters unlike the cold ground waters of the Canon City Embayment, are a calcium-bicarbonate type and range in temperature from 79 F (26 C) to a high of 108 F (42 C). The total combined surface discharge o fall the thermal water in the study area is in excess of 532 acre feet (A.F.) per year.
Research Organization:
Colorado Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, Denver, CO
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AS07-77ET28365
OSTI ID:
891644
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/28365-22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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