The Geothermal Well is a geothermal mine located in Harney county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,101 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Geothermal
Lat, Long: 42.3281, -118.60190
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Geothermal Well MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Geothermal Well
Secondary: Hot Lake
Commodity
Primary: Geothermal
Location
State: Oregon
County: Harney
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Geothermal
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): BLOOMQUIST, B., ET AL., 1985, EVALUATION AND RANKING OF GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE FOR ELECTRICAL GENERATION OR ELECTRICAL OFFSET IN ID, MT,OR, WA: PREPARED BY BONN. POW. ADMIN., DOE, BY WASH. STATE ENERGY OFFICE, WAOENG-85-02A BP-13609-1, 504 P.
Reference (Deposit): MUFFLER, 1978, USGS CIRCULAR 790, P. 54.
Reference (Deposit): BLACK, G.L., 1994, DIGITAL DATA AND SELECTED TEXTS FROM LOW-TEMP. GEOTHERMAL DATABASE FOR OR: OR DEPT. GEOL. & MIN. INDUSTRIES OPEN FILE REPT O-94-09, 15 P., DISKETTE (1.4M).
Reference (Deposit): BLACKWELL, D.D., KELLEY, S.A., AND EDMISTON, R.C., 1986, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THERMAL DATA FROM BORAX LAKE GEOTHERMAL PROSPECT, OR: GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES COUNCIL TRANSACTIONS, VOL. 10, P. 169-174.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MAP GMS-10, 1978.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 14, 1970.
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