Water Sampling At Salt Wells Area (Henkle, Et Al., 2005)

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

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Exploration Activity: Water Sampling At Salt Wells Area (Henkle, Et Al., 2005)

Exploration Activity Details
Location	Salt Wells Area
Exploration Technique	Water Sampling
Activity Date	- 2005
Usefulness	useful
DOE-funding	Unknown

Exploration Basis

Adsorbed mercury soil geochemical surveys and radiometric geophysical surveys were carried out in conjunction with geologic mapping to test the application of these ground-based techniques to geothermal exploration at three prospects in Nevada by Henkle Jr. et al. in 2005. Mercury soil vapor surveys were not widely used in geothermal exploration in the western US at the time, although the association of mercury vapors with geothermal fluids, hot springs, and/or soils has been recognized at the Steamboat Springs, NV, Roosevelt Hot Springs, UT, Dixie Valley, NV, Noya, Japan, and Moana, NV geothermal areas.

Notes

Warm spring waters were sampled from the Rock Springs and from an artesian water well located approximately 520 m to the west-southwest (about 33m basinward of the “Pony Express” fault scarp).

References

• William R. Henkle Jr., Wayne C. Gundersen, Thomas D. Gundersen (2005) Mercury Geochemical, Groundwater Geochemical, And Radiometric Geophysical Signatures At Three Geothermal Prospects In Northern Nevada