Arizona Geological Survey Open File Reports
This text presents the results of the investigations for
geothermal energy resources in the Springerville and Clifton
areas of Arizona. The investigations focused on identifying
potential...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-80-01
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The IBM plant site south of Tucson, Arizona is favorably
located for potential geothermal utilization using natural
hot water. High temperatures were measured near the site
during geophysical...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-18
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The Hyder area consists of the Palomas Plain, Hyder Valley,
and the northern portion of the Sentinel Plain, Part of the area
is in western Maricopa County and the remainder is in Yuma County (...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-13
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Alternative sources of energy will have to be developed as the availability of traditional energy resources continues to diminish. Arizona is supplied with geothermal reserves which could potentially...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-11
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Alternative sources of energy will have to be developed as the availability of traditional energy resources continues to diminish. Arizona is supplied with geothermal reserves which could potentially...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-10
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Alternative sources of energy will have to be developed as the availability of traditional energy resources continues to diminish. Arizona is supplied with geothermal reserves which potentially could...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-08
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Hot (>30 degree C) water has been reported from the Safford
area for at least seventy years. The most notable hot water
occurrence, Indian Hot Springs, is located northwest of
Safford near Fort...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-02c
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Clifton Hot Springs are adjacent to one of two KGRA's
(known geothermal resource area) in Arizona, the Clifton
Hot Springs KGRA. Hot water up to 6l degrees C discharges from
numerous seeps...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-02b
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The "Springerville area," Apache County, Arizona
(Fig. 1) initially was selected (Hahman, personal commun.,
1977) as a site-specific target for geothermal exploration
on the basis of: 1...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-02a
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The principal research objective of this program is
the development of successful economic exploration techniques
for the location, evaluation and development of
low-to moderate-temperature...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-02
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This study focuses attention on Cenozoic sedimentary rocks in the
Basin and Range Province of Arizona. The known occurrences of uranium and anomalous radioactivity in these rocks are associated with...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-01
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The State of Arizona is participating in a geothermal energy
development and planning project for the Southwestern U.S.A., sponsored by the Department of Energy and the Four Corners Regional...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-78-05
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The principal research objective of this program is the development of successful economic exploration techniques for the location, evaluation and development of low- to moderate-temperature...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-78-01
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The Harquahala Plain and the Tonopah Desert are
two distinct physiographic features which comprise the
Harquahala - Tonopah study area in Yuma and Maricopa
Counties, Arizona (Figure I-I)....
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-14
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A preliminary assessment of the geothermal potential of
the western half of the northern Hassayampa Plain has been
made. A single shallow well with a measured temperature of
51 degrees C initially...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-17
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Eighteen sites were selected for heat flow drilling in
the Springerville-Alpine geothermal project area (Fig. 1).
The site locations were selected on the basis of a preliminary
site evaluation (...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-16
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The Big Sandy Valley is a north-trending valley located
south and east of Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona (Figure I-1).
Interstate 93 between Phoenix and Kingman travels along the
axis of the Big...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-79-15
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A subsurface stratigraphic study and preliminary investigation
of the geothermal resource potential of the Avra
Valley was undertaken in 1980. The area of investigation
is situated in Pima County...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-81-05
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The area examined in this report is located in the
extreme southwestern corner of Arizona, principally in the Sonoran
Desert subprovince of the southern Basin and Range province. A very
small...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-81-04
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Nine hundred and sixty-five natural radioactive occurrences of uranium,
some containing thorium, are known for Arizona. Of these, 328 localities
were the source of l8.l million pounds of U308...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-81-01
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