Annotated Geothermal Bibliography of Utah
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ANNOTATED GEOTHERMAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UTAH Karin E. Budding arld Miriam H. Bugden, Compilers UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of UTAH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 121 1986 STATE OF UTAH Norman H. Bangerter, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Dee C. Hansen, Executive Director UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY Genevieve A twood, Director BOARD James H. Gardner, Chairman ................................................. University of Utah Kenneth R. Poulson ............. ........................................ Brush Wellman, Inc. Jo Brandt ................................................................... Public-at-Large Robert L. Haffner ........................................ American Gilsonite/Chevron Resources Samuel C. Quigley ....................................................... Tower Resources, Inc. Lawrence Reaveley . .. Reaveley Engineers & Associates Ralph A. Miles, Director, Division of State Lands. .. ex officio member UGMS EDITORIAL AND ILLUSTRATIONS STAFF J. Stringfellow ....................................................................... Editor Leigh M. MacManus, Carolyn Olsen ............................................... Editorial Staff Kent D. Brown, James W. Parker, Patricia H. Speranza ............................... Cartographers A vailable from National Technical Information Services U.S. Department of Commerce 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 NTIS Price Codes: Printed Copy AO Microfiche AO DISCLAIMER This book was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or as sumes any legal liability or reponsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. References herein to any specific commer cial product, process, or service by trade name, trademake, manufacturer, or other wise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. ANNOTATED GEOTHERMAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UTAH Karin E. Budding and Miriam H. Bugden, Compilers UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of UTAH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 121 1986 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction. 1 Author Index ........................................................................................ Government-Funded Geothermal Projects List and Geothermal Developments in Utah. .. 57 National Studies ..................................................................................... 57 Statewide Studies. .. 57 Regional Studies within Utah .......................................................................... 59 Local Hot Spring or Thermal Area Studies ............................................................... 62 Current Activities. .. 71 Currently Developed Thermal Areas. .. 72 Geographic Index ........... ~ .......................................................................... 74 United States. .. 74 Regional-Western United States ...................................................................... 74 Basin and Range Province. .. 74 Colorado Plateau ................................................................................ " 75 Utah ............................................................................................... 75 Counties ........................................................................................... 75 Thermal Areas .................. , . .. 80 ILLUSTRATION Figure 1. Map of Utah counties, thermal areas, and physiographic provinces listed in the geographic index. .. 73 High-temperature areas have geological and geophysical references in bibliography. ANNOTATED GEOTHERMAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UTAH Karin E. Budding and Miriam H. Bugden, Compilers INTRODUCTION AUTHOR INDEX The geothermal bibliography of Utah was compiled ABOU-SA YED, A. S., Buchholdt, L. M., and Jones, A. H., under Department of Energy (DOE) Grant DE 1977, Studies of geothermal reservoir stimulation by hy FG07-84IDI2543. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey draulic fracturing, draft final report: Terra Tek Report, (UGMS) staff assisting in the compilation included no. TR 77-119, 78 p. Kathleen A. Murphy, Patricia H. Speranza, and Sandra N. ADHIDJAJA, J. I., 1981, Study of major geologic struc Eldredge. tures indicated by gravity data in the Richfield lx2 The following sources were used in compiling the bibli degree quadrangle, Utah: Salt Lake City, Utah, Uni ography: 1) UGMS Bibliography of Utah Geology, 2) versity of Utah, unpublished Masters thesis, 77 p. GEOREF, 3) DOE Energy Data Base, 4) Annotated and In ADHIDJAJA, J. I., Cook, K. L., and Serpa, L. F., 1981, dexed Bibliography of Geothermal Phenomena, 5) Earth Complete Bouguer gravity anomaly map of Jordan Science Laboratory/University of Utah Research Institute Valley, Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey publications, 6) U.S. Geological Survey publications, 7) Open-File Report, no. 39, scale 1:62,500. UGMS publications, 8) graduate theses, 9) Geothermal AERIAL SURVEYS, 1978a, Cove Fort-Sulphurdale Resources Council publications, 10) United Nations KGRA residual aeromagnetic map covering 190 square symposia, and 11) private industry publications. We have miles in Dog Valley: Earth Science Laboratory/Universi attempted to include all of the Utah geothermal references ty of Utah Research Institute Open-File Report, no. through 1984. Some 1985 citations are listed. Geological, UT/CFS/ESL-l, scale 1:62,500. geophysical, and tectonic maps and reports are included if .Flight parameters included. they cover a high-temperature thermal area (. on fig. 1) be AERIAL SURVEYS, 1978b, Cove Fort-Sulphurdale cause this information is critical to the understanding of a KGRA residual aeromagnetic map covering 190 square geothermal resource. miles in Dog Valley: Earth Science Laboratory/Universi Those references which directly pertain to a geothermal ty of Utah Research Institute Open-File Report, no. resource are annotated. The annotations are intended to UT/CFS/ESL-2, scale 1:24,000, two sheets. inform the reader of the information contained in the arti Flight parameters included. cle, not to summarize the results. ALEINIKOFF, J. N., Nielson, D. L., Hedge, C. E., and Accompanying the bibliography is a list and description Evans, S. H., Jr., in press, Geochronology ofPrecambri of geothermal projects and commercial geothermal devel an and Tertiary rocks from the Mineral Mountains, opments in Utah from 1966 to the present that have been south-central Utah, in Shorter contributions to isotope wholly or partially funded through Federal or State pro research: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1622. grams. The references listed in the project descriptions are ALLEN, E. G., Pera, E. M., Smedley, J. E., and Lutz, G. keyed to the bibliography. Most of this work is by govern A., 1977, Leasable mineral and waterpower land classifi ment agencies or universities. Private or industry-funded cation map of the Ogden quadrangle, Utah: U.S. Geolog geothermal developments are not listed. ical Survey Open-File Report 77-604, scale 1:250,000. The following organizations provide information and publications on geothermal resources in Utah. State divi ALLEN, T. S., 1983, Roosevelt Hot Springs unit develop sions in the Department of Natural Resources include the ment (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geolo Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, Division of Water gists Bulletin, v. 67, no. 8, p. 1329. Rights, and the Utah Energy Office. Federal agencies in the Date of unitization of Roosevelt Hot Springs unit; cur Department of the Interior include the U.S. Geological rent production plans; outline of development proce Survey Public Inquires Office and the Division of Water duresfrom 1976 to 1984. Resources. The Earth Science Laboratory of the University AMES, L. L., Jr., and Sand, L. B., 1959, Halloysite formed of Utah Research Institute is another source of information in a calcareous hot springs environment (Utah), in Swi and publications. neford, A., ed., Clays and clay minerals: International The references are indexed geographically either under Earth Science Monograph Series, v. 2, p. 378-385. 1) United States (national studies), 2) regional-western ANDERSON, R. E., 1978, Quaternary tectonics along the United States or physiographic province, 3) intermountain seismic belt south of Provo, Utah: Brig Utah-statewide and regional, or 4) county. Reports con ham Young University Geology Studies, v. 25, pt. 1, p. cerning a particular hot spring or thermal area are listed 1-10. under both the thermal area and the county names. The ANNO, G. H., Dore, M. A., Grijalon, R. L., Lang, G. D., thermal areas indexed are shown on figure 1 (on page 73). and Thomas, F. J., 1978, Hybrid geothermal/fossil 2 Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, Bulletin 121 power plants: a site specific analysis: American Nuclear BAKER, C. H., Jr., 1968, Thermal springs near Midway, Society, Transactions, v. 28, p. 15-16. Utah, in Geological Survey research: U.S. Geological ARMSTRONG, R. L., 1963, K-Ar ages of volcanics in Survey Professional Paper 600-D, p. D63-D70. southwestern Utah and adjacent Nevada, in Heylmun, Describes thermal springs and associated tufa mounds; E. B., ed., Geology of southeastern Utah: Intermountain chemical analyses of waters and tufa deposits; inferred Association