A hot spring is present in the SW¼ SW¼ SE¼ Sec. 21, T14N, R20E near the west side of Hot Springs Mountain on the eastern margin of the Carson Valley (Glancy and Katzer, 1975). The reported temperature is 50-51°C (Lyles, 1985; Glancy and Katzer, 1975), with a flow rate of 1330 L/min (Reed and others, 1983, p. 38), although Mariner and others estimated a reservoir temperature of 31ºC using a silica geothermometer (1983, p. 105). The spring is located along the trace of a north-striking fault having Quaternary displacement; it has reportedly been diverted about 30 m west of its original discharge point (Lyles, 1985). Hot water wells are reported from about 1 km south of the hot springs along the trend of the fault, and 38°C springs are reported in a marsh area about 1.5 km northwest of Saratoga Hot Springs in an area developed for the Incline Village Sewage Treatment Facility (NE¼ NE¼ Sec. 20, T14N, R20E; Lyles, 1985). The geothermal anomaly that extends south of the spring was confirmed by a 2-m temperature probe survey (Flynn and others, 1980). Trexler and others (1980) reported gravity and temperature gradient data for the area. Lobster raising has been proposed for Saratoga Hot Springs, but no facilities were developed.
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Saratoga Hot Springs.