U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific and Technical Information
Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos
Abstract
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 Kimama drill site was set up to acquire a continuous record of basaltic volcanism along the central volcanic axis and to test the extent of geothermal resources beneath the Snake River aquifer. 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 "kimPhotos.zip" contains all of the photos associated with this submission in a more easily downloaded format
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Other Number(s):
- 290
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0002848
- Research Org.:
- USDOE Geothermal Data Repository (United States); Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-2C)
- Collaborations:
- Utah State University
- Subject:
- 15 Geothermal Energy
- Keywords:
- geothermal; Project HOTSPOT; Yellowstone Hotspot; borehole geophysics; Idaho; Snake River Plain; Kimama; photos; SRP; continuous volcanism; downhole geophysics; photo core log; core sample; drilling; core; well data
- Geolocation:
- 42.839322222222, -113.79657222222
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1148775
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.15121/1148775
- Project Location:
-
Citation Formats
Shervais, John. Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos. United States: N. p., 2011.
Web. doi:10.15121/1148775.
Shervais, John. Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1148775
Shervais, John. 2011.
"Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1148775. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1148775. Pub date:Sun Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2011
@article{osti_1148775,
title = {Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos},
author = {Shervais, John},
abstractNote = {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 Kimama drill site was set up to acquire a continuous record of basaltic volcanism along the central volcanic axis and to test the extent of geothermal resources beneath the Snake River aquifer. 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 "kimPhotos.zip" contains all of the photos associated with this submission in a more easily downloaded format},
doi = {10.15121/1148775},
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