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    • Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos

    Metadata Updated: January 20, 2025

    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

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Metadata Created Date January 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2025

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    Harvested from OpenEI data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2025
    Publisher Utah State University
    Maintainer
    Doi 10.15121/1148775
    Identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/6628
    Data First Published 2011-01-16T07:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2020-01-08T23:27:44Z
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 019:20
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    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250120143002
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    Harvest Source Title OpenEI data.json
    Homepage URL https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/290
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Program Code 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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