Wine Cup Ranch (updated 2004)

Warm springs are located near the Wine Cup Ranch, in SW¼ NE¼ Sec. Sec. 25, T41N, R64E (Wine Cup Ranch 7.5-minute topographic map). The spring is reported to emit gas, and thus might have been considered "boiling" by some visitors (oral commun., Jan Roberts, 1994). Rush (1968b) reported two wells near the ranch buildings, in NW¼ NW¼ SE¼. Water from a 20.7(?) m well was reported to be 58.9 ºC (Rush, 1968b). Hot water from this well was piped to the ranch buildings and a swimming pool; the well is reportedly located near a fault ((Rush, 1968b). The Wine Cup Ranch well reservoir temperature was estimated to be 61°C/73°C using the silica and Na-K-Ca geothermometers, respectively (Mariner and others, 1983, p. 105).

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