Jackpot (updated 2004)

Shoshone Warm Springs are located in SW¼ SW¼ Sec. 11, T47N, R65E along Shoshone Creek about 8 km southeast of Jackpot. They have a reported temperature of 35ºC (Trexler and others, 1979, Table 1). To the southwest of the warm springs about 2 km are two hot water wells; Y-3 II Ranch Fish Pond Well No. 3 and Y-3 II Ranch Fish Pond Well No. 4, both drilled in 1988 and located on the Y-3 Ranch. These wells, SE¼ SW¼ Sec. 15 T47N, R65E and SW¼ SE¼ Sec. 15 T47N, R65E respectively (Barton and Purkey, 1993, p. 12), have reported temperatures of 36.7°C and 41.7°C (NBMG files). Catfish were raised for sale as food in the early 1990s using warm water from the Y3 Ranch wells. Lack of sufficient geothermal fluid is reported to have ended the operation by 1993. One 42°C spring was sampled in this area in Sec. 15, T47N, R65E. The chalcedony temperature is less than the measured discharge temperature and the Na-K-Ca temperature is only slightly greater (60°C) than the measured temperature.

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