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Table 2 Geothermometer calculations for USU Camas-1 and Project Hotspot (Freeman 2013) wells

From: Validation of Play Fairway Analysis of the geothermal potential of Camas Prairie, south-central Idaho, by an exploration well

Well	Quartz¹	Chalcedony¹	Na/K²	Na/K³	Na–K–Ca⁴	Na–K–Ca–Mg⁵	K²/Mg³
USU Camas-1	126	98	123	144	125	97	82
KB-38	134	107	135	155	142	86	80
KB-52	119	91	123	143	130	90	72
KB-63	123	95	120	140	130	83	73
MH-5,726	179	157	134	154	139	133	117
KA-1	164	141	143	163	139	125	80

All values in ^oC
¹Fournier, 1977
²Fournier, 1979
³Giggenbach, 1988
⁴Fournier and Truesdell, 1973
⁵Fournier and Potter, 1979

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