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News of Geothermal Energy Development in Colorado:
the 5 ft 7 inches View
Paul MorganColorado Geological Survey
for the
Denver Meeting of the Colorado Geothermal Working Group
28 June, 2012
Here, There, and Everywhere Upper Arkansas Valley, MT Surveys:
Poncha Hot Springs Mt Princeton
Aspen: drilling at ~1000 feet, to continue in the fall Gypsum: drilling permitted Raton Basin: pm session, Karoline Bohlen Pagosa Springs: Michael Whiting Other exploration, e.g., Rico, Cañon City
Embayment, San Luis Valley, etc. National Geothermal Database System
Colorado Databases New Data Collection
Upper Arkansas ValleyPoncha Hot Springs
Hot fault dipping to NNE
Low-resistivity body onprojection of fault
Upper Arkansas Valley Mt. Princeton
National Geothermal Database System – Colorado DatabasesCompleted Databases:
Thermal springs & wells, water chemistry, geothermometry; geothermal bibliography; heat flow & geothermal gradient maps; bottom-hole-temperatures (BHTs), corrected BHTs & BHT geothermal gradients; draft BHT gradient maps of individual sedimentary basins; active fault data.
Databases In Progress:Temperature-depth logs; thermal conductivity data;
radiogenic heat production data; co-produced fluids; earthquakes.
National Geothermal Database System – New Data CollectionGeothermal Gradients/Heat Flow
Poncha Hot Springs, Cañon City Embayment, …
Radiogenic Heat ProductionMajor granitic bodies, all ages, statewide
Water and Gas ChemistrySelected springs, statewide: pm session, Elisabeth
Easley
12-month record of Temperature/FlowSelected springs, statewide
THANK YOU
Acknowledgements: Colleagues in the geothermal community who continue to develop the contributions of clean, green, sustainable geothermal resources to the culture and economy of Colorado.
For Further Information http://geosurvey.state.co.us/
Energy ResourcesGeothermal
Paul Morgan tel: 303 866 2611 extn 8333 e-mail: [email protected]