Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Core and Drill Site Photos

The Snake River Plain (SRP), Idaho, hosts potential geothermal resources due to elevated groundwater temperatures associated with the thermal anomaly Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot. Project HOTSPOT has coordinated international institutions and organizations to understand subsurface stratigraphy and assess geothermal potential. Over 5.9km of core were drilled from three boreholes within the SRP in an attempt to acquire continuous core documenting the volcanic and sedimentary record of the hotspot: (1) Kimama, (2) Kimberly, and (3) Mountain Home. The Mountain Home drill hole is located along the western plain and documents older basalts overlain by sediment. This submission includes photos of the core samples taken from the Mountain Home drill hole. Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta *Note - The archive file "MH Photos.zip" contains all of the photos associated with this submission in a more easily downloaded format

美国爱达荷州蛇河平原（Snake River Plain, SRP）因黄石-蛇河热点热异常引发的地下水温度升高，蕴藏潜在地热资源。HOTSPOT项目协调多国科研机构与组织，旨在探明地下地层结构并评估地热资源潜力。为获取能够完整记录该热点区域火山与沉积演化历史的连续岩心，研究团队在蛇河平原范围内的3口钻井中钻取了总深度逾5.9千米的岩心，这三口钻井分别为：(1) 基马马（Kimama）、(2) 金伯利（Kimberly）与(3) 芒廷霍姆（Mountain Home）。其中芒廷霍姆钻井位于平原西部，其岩心记录了被沉积物覆盖的古老玄武岩地层。本数据集包含取自该钻井的岩心样品照片，由项目合作者、阿尔伯塔大学的道格·施密特（Doug Schmitt）提供。注：存档文件"MH Photos.zip"以更便于下载的格式收录了本数据集关联的全部照片。