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dc.contributor.authorWitcher, J.C.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-29T00:33:41Z
dc.date.available2018-09-29T00:33:41Z
dc.date.issued1982-05-01
dc.identifier.citationWitcher, J.C., 1982, Exploration for geothermal energy in Arizona Basin and Range, a summary of results and interpretation of heat flow and geochemistry studies in Safford Basin, Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-82-05, 51 p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/629530
dc.descriptionNumerous artesian wells in the Safford basin, southeast Arizona, discharge thermal water (30 to 500 degrees C) contained in sand and gravel aquifers stacked within and below an extensive silt and clay aquaclude. The artesian geothermal resource appears to be characterized chiefly by a conductive thermal regime in basin fill sediments, although hydrothermal convective systems apparently exist below the silt and clay in a few areas. A probable hydrothermal system is located 18 km south of Safford adjacent to U.S. 666 (Fig. 1). This system, the Artesia anomaly, is characterized by high soil mercury and high apparent heat flow (>167 mW/m 2) in a 3 km2) area. The Artesia anomaly is the subject of this report. (51 pages)
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesOFR-82-05
dc.relation.urlhttps://library.azgs.arizona.edu/item/AOFR-1552430176479-659
dc.rightsArizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectArizona Geological Survey Open File Reports
dc.subjectGraham County
dc.subjectSafford Basin
dc.subjectArizona
dc.subjecthydrothermal
dc.subjectgeothermal resources
dc.subjectgeochemistry
dc.subjectHeat flow
dc.subjectgeothermal
dc.subjectArtesia anomoly
dc.subjectBasin and Range Province
dc.subjectartesian wells
dc.titleExploration for geothermal energy in Arizona Basin and Range, a summary of results and interpretation of heat flow and geochemistry studies in Safford Basin, Arizona
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