Digital maps of low- to moderate-temperature geothermal springs and wells in the Pacific Northwest: a contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project

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Title:
Digital maps of low- to moderate-temperature geothermal springs and wells in the Pacific Northwest: a contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
Abstract:
This report is one in a series of digital maps, data files, and reports generated by the US Geological Survey (USGS) to provide geologic information for the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP), a US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management interagency project. The various digital maps and data files that were provided by teh USGS and that are available in this and other reports are being used in a geographic information system (GIS)-based ecosystem assessment. The assessment will include a comprehensive analysis of past, present, and future ecosystem conditions within the general area of the Columbia River Basin east of the Cascade Mountains.
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    Derkey, Pamela D., and Johnson, Bruce R., 1996, Digital maps of low- to moderate-temperature geothermal springs and wells in the Pacific Northwest: a contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-689.

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  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.5
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -108.0
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.0
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.0
  3. What does it look like?
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-689/of95-689plates.pdf (PDF)
    PDF representation as 2 page-size plates of the geothermal springs of the Pacific Northwest.
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Calendar_Date: 1995
    Currentness_Reference:
    publication date
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
      This is a vector data set.
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      The map projection used is Albers Conical Equal Area.
      Projection parameters:
      Standard_Parallel: 43.0
      Standard_Parallel: 48.0
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.0
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 41.0
      False_Easting: 700000
      False_Northing: 0
      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
    GEOTEMPNW.PAT
    Location of geothermal resources (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    NAME
    Full name of geothermal resource (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    STATE
    State abbreviation where the geothermal resource is located (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    ValueDefinition
    CACalifornia
    IDIdaho
    MTMontana
    NVNevada
    OROregon
    UTUtah
    WAWashington
    COUNTY
    County in which the geothermal resource is located (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    TYPE
    type of geothermal resource (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    ValueDefinition
    collectorCollector well
    drainDrain for petroleum or gas well
    mineMine location
    springSpring location
    spring?probable spring
    tunnelDewatering tunnel
    water wellWater well location
    wellWell location
    well?Probable well location
    well-CLTCommercial low-T well
    well-ESTExploratory steam well
    well-flowingWell with flow
    well-INJInjection well
    well-NLTNoncommercial low-T well
    well-OILPetroleum well
    well-SWWell drilled to control spring flow
    well-TGTemperature gradient
    well-Xtype not confirmed0 but most appear to be high-T exploration wells
    Latitude
    Latitude of geothermal resource location (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    Range of values
    Minimum:39.0017
    Maximum:48.9732
    Units:degrees
    Resolution:0.0001
    LONGITUDE
    Longitude of geothermal resource location (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-199.7357
    Maximum:-107.5275
    Units:degrees
    Resolution:0.0001
    TEMP
    Temperature of geothermal spring (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    ValueDefinition
    -999.0unknown temperature
    Range of values
    Minimum:8.9
    Maximum:265.0
    Units:degree Celcius
    Resolution:0.1
    DEPTH
    Depth of well in meters (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    ValueDefinition
    -999.0Unknown depth
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.6
    Maximum:6492.3
    Units:meters
    Resolution:0.1
    FLOW
    Flow rate in liters per minute (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    ValueDefinition
    -999.0unknown
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.1
    Maximum:2550000.0
    Units:liters per minute
    Resolution:0.1
    PH
    pH value (Source: OFR-95-0689)
    ValueDefinition
    -99.00unknown
    Range of values
    Minimum:2.30
    Maximum:10.82
    Units:pH
    Resolution:0.01

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
    • Pamela D. Derkey
    • Bruce R. Johnson
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
    This product would not exist without the input of the many geoscientists whose work has previously been compiled to create datasets of geothermal water information. We had the simpler task of converting our predecessors' digital spreadsheet datasets to a single unified geographic information system format. We acknowledge the work of those geoscientists and the agencies that supported their compilations. Those agencies include the US Geological Survey, the US Department of Energy, the California Division of Mines and Geology, the Idaho Geological Survey, the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, the Oregon Institute of Technology Geo-Heat Center, the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. We particularly acknowledge Patrick Geehan, the Bureau of Land Management project coordinator for the Interior Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Management Project. Pat had the foresight to recognize that geology could contribute in many ways to ecosystem management and sought input from the US Geological Survey. We also gratefully acknowledge Patrick Muffler for his review of this report.
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    Derkey, Pamela D
    USGS-GEO-WRG-MRS
    W 904 Riverside Avenue
    Spokane, WA
    US

    509-368-3114 (voice)
    pderkey@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

To provide a digital geologic map database of low- to moderate-temperature geothermal springs and wells in the Pacific Northwest.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
    Youngs (1994) (source 1 of 7)
    Youngs, Leslie G., 1994, California low-temperature geothermal resources update -1993: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology.

    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Contribution:
    Provided individual geothermal reports for the states of California
    Dansart, Kaufmann, and Mink (1994) (source 2 of 7)
    Dansart, William J., Kauffman, John D., and Mink, Leland L., 1994, Overview of geothermal investigations in Idaho, 1980 to 1993: Idaho Water Resources Research Institute Research Technical Completion Report.

    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Contribution: Provided individual geothermal reports for the states of Idaho
    Metesh (1994) (source 3 of 7)
    Metesh, John, 1994, Geothermal resources of Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology unpublished report submitted to Oregon Institute of Technology Geo Heat Center and to University of Utah Research Institute.

    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Contribution:
    Provided individual geothermal reports for the states of Montana
    Metesh (1994) (source 4 of 7)
    Garside, Larry J., 1994, Nevada low-temperature geothermal resource assessment: 1994: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 94-2.

    Other_Citation_Details: 84 pages, 1 plate, and 1 computer disk
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Contribution: Provided individual geothermal reports for the states of Nevada
    Black (1994) (source 5 of 7)
    Black, Gerald L., 1994, Digital data and selected texts from low-temperature geothermal database for Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Open-File Report O-94-9.

    Other_Citation_Details: 13 pages and 1 computer disk
    Type_of_Source_Media: digital
    Source_Contribution: Provided individual geothermal reports for the states of Oregon
    Blackett (1994) (source 6 of 7)
    Blackett, Robert E., 1994, Low-temperature geothermal water in Utah: a compilation of data for thermal wells and springs through 1993: Utah Geological Survey, Open-File Report 311.

    Other_Citation_Details: 74 pages, 2 plates and 1 computer disk
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Contribution: Provided individual geothermal reports for the states of Utah
    Schuster and Bloomquist (1994) (source 7 of 7)
    Schuster, J. Eric, and Bloomquist, R. Gordon, 1994, Low-temperature geothermal resources of Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open-File Report 94-11.

    Other_Citation_Details: 53 pages and 1 computer disk
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Contribution:
    Provided individual geothermal reports for the states of Washington
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: 1994 (process 1 of 2)
    Digital geothermal data from all the states except Washington were converted from a variety of spreadsheet programs into dBase IV database formatted files using Excel 5.0. The DBF files were converted into spatial GIS datasets for each state using PC ARC/INFO 3.4.2 and then exported to a SUN/ARC/INFO platform where they were combined to produce an integrated low- and moderate-temperature geothermal waters GIS for the Pacific Northwest.
    Date: 08-Jun-2009 (process 2 of 2)
    Creation of original metadata record Person who carried out this activity:
    Jennifer Lenz
    U.S. Geological Survey
    12201 Surise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 918
    Reston, VA
    USA

    703-648-6974 (voice)
    703-648-6560 (FAX)
    pschweitzer@usgs.gov
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    Digital geothermal data for the state of Wyoming were not available and, thus, not included in this report.
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    The sources of digital data for the geothermal springs and wells maps were individual geothermal reports for the states of California (Youngs, 1994), Idaho (Dansart, Kauffman, and Mink, 1994), Montana (Metesh, 1994), Nevada (Garside,1994), Oregon (Black, 1994), Utah (Blackett, 1994), and Washington (Schuster and Bloomquist, 1994). Locations of rivers and perennial streams used on the geothermal springs and wells maps were obtained from USGS 1:2,000,000 scale Digital Line Graphs (US Geological Survey, 1990).

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    Cindy Dean
    Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
    112 E. Poplar Street
    Walla Walla, WA
    USA

    (509) 522-4030 (voice)
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? US Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-0689
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with US Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for desciptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US Government.
  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 23-Feb-2015
Metadata author:
Peter N Schweitzer
USGS Midwest Area
Collection manager, USGS Geoscience Data Clearinghouse, http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/
Mail Stop 954
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
Reston, VA
USA

703-648-6533 (voice)
703-648-6252 (FAX)
pschweitzer@usgs.gov
Metadata standard:
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
This page is <https://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/95-689/metadata.faq.html>
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