Field Mapping At Lightning Dock Geothermal Area (Kintzinger, 1956)

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

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Exploration Activity: Field Mapping At Lightning Dock Geothermal Area (Kintzinger, 1956)

Exploration Activity Details
Location	Lightning Dock Geothermal Area
Exploration Technique	Field Mapping
Activity Date
Usefulness	useful
DOE-funding	Unknown

Exploration Basis

Water wells had produced boiling water so research was initiated

Notes

Based on reports of hot wells Kintzinger made shallow soil temperature measurements in the field using thermistors and mapped the thermal anomaly for the first time.

References

• P. R. Kintzinger (1956) Geothermal Survey of Hot Ground Near Lordsburg, New Mexico