Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Borehole Geophysics Database

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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. Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta

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bureauCode	[ "019:20" ]
dataQuality	true
DOI	10.15121/1148774
identifier	https://data.openei.org/submissions/6629
issued	2011-07-04T06:00:00Z
landingPage	https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/291
programCode	[ "019:006" ]
projectLead	Mark Ziegenbein
projectNumber	EE0002848
projectTitle	Recovery Act: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration
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