Water vapor from venting pipes at the Caithness geothermal plant, above Steamboat Springs, Washoe County
Photographer: Jon Price 1989

photograph of geothermal map
Cartography by NBMG 2000

Video clip of the Fly Ranch Geyser, Washoe County. This is not a natural geyser but a leaking geothermal well that was drilled in 1964. The hot-spring deposits consist of siliceous sinter and travertine, and the red and green colors are caused by thermophilic algae. (Information from Road Log for Field Trip to San Emidio Desert, Gerlach, Fly Ranch Geyser and Orient Farms, by Dennis T. Trexler and Michael B. Stewart, High Rock Holding LLC.)
Photographer: Jon Price 4 June 2003

Video clip of the Fly Ranch Geyser, Washoe County. This is not a natural geyser but a leaking geothermal well that was drilled in 1964. The hot-spring deposits consist of siliceous sinter and travertine, and the red and green colors are caused by thermophilic algae. (Information from Road Log for Field Trip to San Emidio Desert, Gerlach, Fly Ranch Geyser and Orient Farms, by Dennis T. Trexler and Michael B. Stewart, High Rock Holding LLC.)
Photographer: Jon Price 4 June 2003

Fly Ranch Geyser, Washoe County. This is not a natural geyser but a leaking geothermal well that was drilled in 1964. The hot-spring deposits consist of siliceous sinter and travertine, and the red and green colors are caused by thermophilic algae. (Information from Road Log for Field Trip to San Emidio Desert, Gerlach, Fly Ranch Geyser and Orient Farms, by Dennis T. Trexler and Michael B. Stewart, High Rock Holding LLC.)
Photographer: Jon Price 4 June 2003

Fly Ranch Geyser, Washoe County. This is not a natural geyser but a leaking geothermal well that was drilled in 1964. The hot-spring deposits consist of siliceous sinter and travertine, and the red and green colors are caused by thermophilic algae. (Information from Road Log for Field Trip to San Emidio Desert, Gerlach, Fly Ranch Geyser and Orient Farms, by Dennis T. Trexler and Michael B. Stewart, High Rock Holding LLC.)
Photographer: Jon Price 4 June 2003

Fly Ranch Geyser, Washoe County. This is not a natural geyser but a leaking geothermal well that was drilled in 1964. The hot-spring deposits consist of siliceous sinter and travertine, and the red and green colors are caused by thermophilic algae. (Information from Road Log for Field Trip to San Emidio Desert, Gerlach, Fly Ranch Geyser and Orient Farms, by Dennis T. Trexler and Michael B. Stewart, High Rock Holding LLC.)
Photographer: Jon Price 4 June 2003

The Thumb, a few hundred meters north of the Fly Ranch Geyser, Washoe County. This travertine mound continues to be built by water leaking from a well drilled in 1916. The red and green colors are caused by thermophilic algae. (Information from Road Log for Field Trip to San Emidio Desert, Gerlach, Fly Ranch Geyser and Orient Farms, by Dennis T. Trexler and Michael B. Stewart, High Rock Holding LLC.)
Photographer: Jon Price 4 June 2003

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