Geothermal assessment of the lower Bear River drainage and northern East Shore ground-water areas, Box Elder County, Utah

Klauk, R.H.; Budding, Karin E.

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“…Stinking Spring (Utah) emerges through the normal faulted Mississippian Lodgepole Limestone Formation, which outcrops as cliffs and ledges north of the Great Salt Lake near the base of Little Mountain in the Wasatch Mountain Range (Klauk and Budding, 1984;Blacket and Wakefield, 2004;Bonny and Jones, 2007b). Thick microbial mats associated with diatoms, cyanobacteria, and sulfate reducing bacteria occur along the flow path (Bonny and Jones, 2007b).…”

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Controls on stable Sr-isotope fractionation in continental barite

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Barite precipitation typically occurs when barium rich fluids mix with sulfate rich fluids, however barite found in the modern continental environment suggests that biological activity can play an important role in barite formation by oxidizing sulfur and/or concentrating barium within microenvironments. These activities induce barite precipitation, and carry with them implications for studies of barite genesis. Strontium (Sr) is incorporated into the barite crystal structure during barite formation preserving a radiogenic and stable Sr-isotope signature in barite, providing information about its formation. Here we present Sr-isotope results from three artesian sulfidic springs with ongoing barite precipitation (Zodletone Spring, Oklahoma; Stinking Spring, Utah; and Doughty Springs, Colorado) to explore the controls on stable Sr-isotope fractionation during barite precipitation in a continental setting. Apparent stable Sr-isotope fractionation for all three sites ranged from −0.6‰ to~0.0‰ similar to previously published calculated values for equilibrium conditions and measured values of synthetic barite. However, clear relationships do not exist between water and barite chemistry in the natural systems, indicating that barite does not precipitate directly from solution, but heterogeneously within diverse microenvironments created by microbial biomass or on sediment surfaces. The dynamic microenvironments in a continental setting influence the apparent stable Sr-isotope fractionation during barite precipitation because of changing saturation conditions, Sr concentration and/or precipitation of different mineral phases (e.g., celestine). In order to better understand the geochemistry of barite deposits, future work is necessary to study the controls on radiogenic and stable Sr-isotope signatures of barite in the context of the temporally and spatially dynamic nature of the continental setting.

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“…They emerge through normal faulted Mississippian Lodgepole Limestone Formation, which crops out as cliffs and ledges north of Great Salt Lake on the south side of Little Mountain in the Wasatch Mountain Range (Blacket and Wakefield, 2004). The Stinking Springs aquifer emerges near the base of Little Mountain at ∼ 48°C, with TDS (total dissolved solids) averaging 15,500 ppm, and a discharge rate that has varied historically between 19 and 170 L/min (Klauk and Budding, 1984;Blacket and Wakefield, 2004).…”

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Diatom-mediated barite precipitation in microbial mats calcifying at Stinking Springs, a warm sulphur spring system in Northwestern Utah, USA

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2007

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“…The valley-wide study by Klauk and Budding (1984) The geothermal reconnaissance study by Klauk and Prawl (1984) Chemical geothermometer S a l t Lake County--The Jordan Valley i n S a l t Lake County has two geothermal systems with warm springs. One o f these, the Warm Springs f a u l t geothermal system, was i n v e s t i g a t e d by Murphy and Gwynn (1979b).…”

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Summary of low-temperature geothermal studies conducted by the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey from July 1, 1977 to December 31, 1984

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Geothermal assessment of the lower Bear River drainage and northern East Shore ground-water areas, Box Elder County, Utah

Cited by 3 publications

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Controls on stable Sr-isotope fractionation in continental barite

Controls on stable Sr-isotope fractionation in continental barite

Diatom-mediated barite precipitation in microbial mats calcifying at Stinking Springs, a warm sulphur spring system in Northwestern Utah, USA

Summary of low-temperature geothermal studies conducted by the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey from July 1, 1977 to December 31, 1984

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