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News of Geothermal Energy Development in Colorado:

the 5 ft 7 inches View

Paul MorganColorado Geological Survey

for the

Denver Meeting of the Colorado Geothermal Working Group

28 June, 2012

Here, There, and Everywhere Upper Arkansas Valley, MT Surveys:

Poncha Hot Springs Mt Princeton

Aspen: drilling at ~1000 feet, to continue in the fall Gypsum: drilling permitted Raton Basin: pm session, Karoline Bohlen Pagosa Springs: Michael Whiting Other exploration, e.g., Rico, Cañon City

Embayment, San Luis Valley, etc. National Geothermal Database System

Colorado Databases New Data Collection

Upper Arkansas ValleyPoncha Hot Springs

Hot fault dipping to NNE

Low-resistivity body onprojection of fault

Upper Arkansas Valley Mt. Princeton

National Geothermal Database System – Colorado DatabasesCompleted Databases:

Thermal springs & wells, water chemistry, geothermometry; geothermal bibliography; heat flow & geothermal gradient maps; bottom-hole-temperatures (BHTs), corrected BHTs & BHT geothermal gradients; draft BHT gradient maps of individual sedimentary basins; active fault data.

Databases In Progress:Temperature-depth logs; thermal conductivity data;

radiogenic heat production data; co-produced fluids; earthquakes.

National Geothermal Database System – New Data CollectionGeothermal Gradients/Heat Flow

Poncha Hot Springs, Cañon City Embayment, …

Radiogenic Heat ProductionMajor granitic bodies, all ages, statewide

Water and Gas ChemistrySelected springs, statewide: pm session, Elisabeth

Easley

12-month record of Temperature/FlowSelected springs, statewide

THANK YOU

Acknowledgements: Colleagues in the geothermal community who continue to develop the contributions of clean, green, sustainable geothermal resources to the culture and economy of Colorado.

For Further Information http://geosurvey.state.co.us/

Energy ResourcesGeothermal

Paul Morgan tel: 303 866 2611 extn 8333 e-mail: paul.morgan@state.co.us