Chemical analyses of waters from the Boundary Creek thermal area, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Thompson JM and Hutchinson RA. 1981. Chemical analyses of waters from the Boundary Creek thermal area, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Open-File Report. 81-1310. United States Geological Survey. Menlo Park, CA
Samples from springs along and near Boundary Creek were analyzed to assess changes in thermal activity that might result from exploitation of Island Park geothermal resources. Chemical analyses of water samples from hot springs, geysers, and pools emerging in Yellowstone National Park have been reported by various researchers for nearly one hundred years (Gooch and Whitfield, 1888; Alien and Day, 1935; White and others 1963; Noguchi and Nix, 1963; Scott, 1964; Rowe and others, 1973; Thompson and others, 1975; Thompson and Yadav, 1979; Stauffer and others, 1980). Until this work, springs issuing along and near Boundary Creek were not collected nor chemically analyzed because they are relatively remote. The possibility of geothermal exploration in the nearby Island Park Geothermal Area (IPGA) (Fig. 1) drew our attention to the hydrothermal activity in the southwestern corner of Yellowstone National Park. We have collected and chemically analyzed several samples of hot spring water and gas from this area in order to help assess changes in the thermal activity in the National Park that might result from exploitation of geothermal resources in the IPGA.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Thompson, John; Hutchinson, Roderick
- Date of Issue
- 1981
- Publisher
- United States Geological Survey
- Units
- HIST , YELL
- Keywords
- Boundary Creek, Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Chemistry, ehistory, Fluoride (F), Gases, Geothermal Resources, Geothermal Studies, Geysers, History, Hot Springs, hydrogen sulfide (H2SO4), Hydrothermal Activity, pH, Sulfur (S), Thermal Stratification, Water, Water Quality, Water Temperature