Geothermal assessment of a portion of the Escalante Valley, Utah

Abstract

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High-temperature geothermal resources of Utah

“…Samples 33, 34, and 39 have high TDS values ranging from l,592 to 1,646 ppm and are enriched in N a, Ca, SO 4' and Cl as compared to other Escalante Valley samples exclusive of thermal areas. Klauk and Gourley (1983) report that Li versus B plots for these samples were similiar to Li/ B plots for Thermo Hot Springs samples, suggesting a geothermal anomaly in the area north of Zarie. They applied the mixing model of Truesdell and Fournier (1977) to sample 33 and derived a temperature of 128°C, which is reasonable because the Na-K-Ca temperature of 103°C is probably low due to mixing.…”

“…Sample 1, about 15 km northwest of samples 33, 34, and 39, has an even higher TDS value (2,486 ppm) due largely to Cl content. Other chemical parameters and geothermometer temperatures (table 2) are similiar for the four samples, thus increasing the size of the geothermal anomaly described by Klauk and Gourley (1983).…”

“…A literature search to compile existing chemical data on water samples in the Sevier thermal area with temperatures greater than or equal to 20°C was conducted. Data were taken from the following sources: Bliss, 1983;Capuano and Cole, 1982;Cole, 1983;Goode, 1978;Klauk and Gourley, 1983;Lee, 1908;Mariner and others, 1983, McHugh and others, 1980Moore, 1980;Mower and Cordova, 1974;Mundorff, 1970;Sandberg, 1963;and Union Oil Company, 1978d, 1978e, 1979b. The analyses were entered into the elemental analysis program ELE at the ESL/ UURI which generates trilinear diagrams and calculates geother-mometers (Withrow, 1983).…”

The Newcastle geothermal system Iron County, Utah

“…The valley is filled with more than 300 m (1,000 ft) of alluvial, colluvial, fluvial, lacustrine, and aeolian unconsolidated and semi-consolidated deposits (Klauk and Gourley, 1983, p.3). Klauk and Gourley (1983, The valley is situated between two major, roughly east-west trending mineral (or igneous) belts. The Pioche-Mqsvale mineral belt (26 Ma) lies to the north, and the Delamar-Iron Springs mineral belt (20 Ma) lies to the south (Rowley and others, 1979).…”

Evaluation of low temperature geothermal potential in north central Box Elder County, Utah

“…Only a small p a r t o f t h i s information i s p e r t i n e n t t o t h e hydrology and geothermal occurrences o f north-central Box Elder County, Utah. i n v e s t i g a t i o n s such as those by Klauk and Gourley (1983), Struhsacker e t al., (1983), Glenn e t al., (19801, deVries (19'821, and Mariner and Willey (1976) Analogous were h e l p f u l i n e s t a b l i s h i n g presentation methods and data i n t e r p r e t a t i o n . Mundorff (1970) published a study on most o f the major thermal springs i n He found t h a t waters i n northwestern Utah generally had low Heylmun (1966) and Goode (1978) might be underlain with hot, s a l i n e water, and t h a t the geothermal gradient f o r t h i s area may be abnormally high.…”