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Map of Long Valley caldera showing locations of selected USGS hydrologic monitoring sites, the geothermal well field at Casa Diablo, and various geologic features referred to in the text. Numbered sites are described in the table below, which lists the maximum temperature in wells or the vent temperature in springs. The geologic features include Mammoth Mountain (the site of anomalous gas discharge that is killing trees), the Resurgent Dome (a highland region formed by repeated volcanic eruptions and magmatic uplift following the initial formation of the caldera 760,000 years ago), and the Inyo Craters Volcanic Chain consisting of numerous volcanic domes and phreatic craters that have erupted repeatedly over the past 10,000 years or so. |
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Big Alkali Spring |
Hot Spring near Big Alkali Lake |
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Big Springs |
Cold springs along Owens River |
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Colton Spring |
Hot spring activated by earthquakes in the 1980's, but ceasing to flow in 1991 as a result of pressure declines from geothermal development |
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Fish Hatchery Springs |
Four groups of spring vents; water used for fish rearing operations |
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Hot Bubbling Pool |
Hot pool with no surface discharge; fed by hot springs at temperatures of 93 °C |
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Hot Creek gorge Springs |
Numerous hot springs in and adjacent to an approximately 1-km long reach of Hot Creek |
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Little Hot Creek Springs |
Numerous hot springs that feed into Little Hot Creek |
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Well MBP-3 |
Geothermal production well at Casa Diablo |
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Wells SC-1, SC-2 |
Wells near Sherwin Creek Campground |
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Mammoth Creek at Hwy 395 |
Site for chemical sampling and discharge measurements |
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Hot Creek above gorge |
Site for chemical sampling and discharge measurements |
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Hot Creek at Flume |
Site for chemical sampling and discharge measurements |
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LVEW |
Site of Long Valley Exploration Well and adjacent water-supply well (SF) used for continuous pressure monitoring |
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LKT Well |
Well near Lookout Mountain used for continuous pressure monitoring |
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RDO-8 |
Well near Shady Rest Campground used for continuous pressure monitoring |
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CH10-B Well |
Well near Hot Creek Gorge used for continuous pressure monitoring |
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CW-3 |
Chance Well #3 near Hot Bubbling Pool |
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