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News of Geothermal Energy Development in Colorado: the 5 ft 7 inches View Paul Morgan Colorado Geological Survey for the Denver Meeting of the Colorado Geothermal Working Group 28 June, 2012
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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
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Upper Arkansas Valley Poncha Hot Springs Hot fault dipping to NNE Low-resistivity body on projection of fault
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Upper Arkansas Valley Mt. Princeton
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National Geothermal Database System – Colorado Databases Completed 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.
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National Geothermal Database System – New Data Collection Geothermal Gradients/Heat Flow Poncha Hot Springs, Cañon City Embayment, … Radiogenic Heat Production Major granitic bodies, all ages, statewide Water and Gas Chemistry Selected springs, statewide: pm session, Elisabeth Easley 12-month record of Temperature/Flow Selected springs, statewide
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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 Resources Geothermal Paul Morgan tel: 303 866 2611 extn 8333 e-mail: paul.morgan@state.co.us
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