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Title: Potential for a Low-Temperature Geothermal Resource Near Mackay, Idaho

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/897415· OSTI ID:897415

Four water samples were collected from springs in the Mackay, Idaho area to investigate the potential for a direct-heat geothermal resource. The maximum measured temperature was 22 C for a spring south of Mackay. Calculation of the mineral equilibrium relationships in the calcium-bicarbonate water samples indicates that these samples equilibrated with the carbonate reservoir rocks. The temperatures of equilibration suggest that the subsurface temperatures of these water samples are probably no higher than measured surface temperatures.

Research Organization:
DOEEEGTP (USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Geothermal Tech Pgm)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-80ID12079
OSTI ID:
897415
Report Number(s):
DOE/ID/12079-120; ESL-137; TRN: US200708%%371
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English