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GEOTHERMAL INFORMATION LAYER

FOR OREGON RELEASE 2

GEOTHERMAL INFORMATION LAYER FOR OREGON RELEASE 2

STATE OF OREGON
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES
www.OregonGeology.org
Larry Givens, Governing Board Chair
Vicki S. McConnell, Director and State Geologist
Andree V. Pollock, Assistant Director, Geologic Survey and Services
Rachel R. Lyles Smith, Project Operations Manager
Ian P. Madin, Chief Scientist

(GTILO Release 2)
By Clark A. Niewendorp, Tracy R. Ricker, Kelley W. Rabjohns, and Shane H. Brodie

2012

PLATE 1
NOTICE
This map cannot serve as a substitute for site-specific investigations by qualified practitioners.
Site-specific data may give results that differ from those shown on the map.
The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors.

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INTRODUCTION

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The Geothermal Information Layer for Oregon (GTILO) is the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries (DOGAMI) geospatial database system that currently stores and manages Oregon's geothermal
resource information. In this release of GTILO (GTILO-Release 2), there are two Esri shapfiles called
GTILO-2_Geothermalspring_database and GTILO-2_Geothermalwell_database. A brief description of the
data each shapefile contains is provided below. This map displays these data and shows those areas in
Oregon that either have been investigated for geothermal resource potential or show potential for a geothermal resource. Please read each shapefiles metadata and visit http://www.oregongeology.org for addition details.

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Map Projection Information:

Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
Units: International Feet
Central Meridian: -121.00
Standard Parallel: 1: 43.00
Standard Parallel: 2: 45.5
Latitude of Oregon: 42.00
Datum: North American 1983

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responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of these data for a specific application. In no event will the
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries be liable for any damages, including lost profits,
lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or inability to use the
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Geo-Heat Center Western States Geothermal Databases CD-ROM.

Geothermal Areas Database of the U.S.
Geothermal information from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) online database.
Southern Methodist University (SMU) Geothermal Laboratory online database.
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Research, University of Nevada, Reno, online database.
University of Idaho, Department of Geological Sciences, Moscow, Idaho.
United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System and National Hydrography
Dataset.
DOGAMI Mineral Land Reclamation and Regulation program, Albany, Oregon, files of geothermal
prospect permits and geothermal well permits.
Oregon Water Resources Division (OWRD) water well database.
DOGAMI unpublished and published geothermal reports, maps, and databases, accuracy of which
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The data depicted on this map are attributed partly to the following sources:

Free access to data used in GTILORelease 2 can be obtained at http://repository.usgin.org/collection.

Please contact the Nature of the Northwest Information Center to purchase GTILORelease 2.

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There are 690 points on this map that represent Oregons thermal springs. These springs are produced by
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springs having temperatures greater than 18.3C (65F) information. Understand that there is no universally accepted definition of a thermal spring.

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GTILORelease 2 compiled by Clark A. Niewendorp,

Tracy R. Ricker, Kelley W. Rabjohns, and Shane H. Brodie
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
2012
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