| Title | Meager Creek Geothermal System, British Columbia, Part I: Exploration and Research Program |
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| Authors | Nevin, Andrew E.; Crandall, J. T.; Souther, J. G.; Stauder, J. |
| Year | 1978 |
| Conference | Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
| Keywords | Exploration; Reservoir Engineering; Canada; Vancouver; Meager Creek; Geologic Surveys; Dipole; Anomalies; Resistivity |
| Abstract | The Meager Creek geothermal area, 150 km north of Vancouver, B.C. centres on a large intermediate Cenozoic volcano. The reservoir systems feeding two independent hot springs on opposite flanks have been partially find by geologic mapping (Read), resistivity (Shore), shallow drilling, and other operations. Interim conclusions bearing on current explorations are that the targets are water dominated reservoirs at depths of 1000-2000 m in volcanic feeder pipes or nearby open fractures; that natural diffusion from these takes place slowly through weakly permeable fractured quartz diorite "basement"; and that the waters re-equilibrate with low temperature minerals and lose their geochemical memories in transit. The current program leans heavily on a newly developed pole-pole resistivity method (Shore), and is aimed at developing targets for 2000 meter exploratory drill holes. |