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Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Borehole Geophysics Database

Published by Utah State University | Department of Energy | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2020-01-08T23:27:10Z
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 Mountain Home drill hole is located along the western plain and documents older basalts overlain by sediment. Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta

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description 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 Mountain Home drill hole is located along the western plain and documents older basalts overlain by sediment. Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta
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DOI 10.15121/1148779
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/6622
issued 2012-11-11T07:00:00Z
keyword 
                                            [
  "Idaho",
  "Mountain Home",
  "Project HOTSPOT",
  "SRP",
  "Snake River Plain",
  "Yellowstone Hotspot",
  "borehole",
  "borehole geophysics",
  "borehole log",
  "dowhnhole geophysics",
  "gamma ray",
  "geochemistry",
  "geophysics",
  "geothermal",
  "image log",
  "magnetic susceptibility",
  "neutron",
  "potassium",
  "pressure",
  "resistivity",
  "temperature",
  "thorium",
  "uranium",
  "well data"
]
landingPage https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/284
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2020-01-08T23:27:10Z
programCode 
                                            [
  "019:006"
]
projectLead Mark Ziegenbein
projectNumber EE0002848
projectTitle Recovery Act: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "Utah State University",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
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title Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Borehole Geophysics Database

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