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GRANITE MOUNTAIN SITE VISIT REPORT SEPTEMBER 19‐21, 2009 By Dick Benoit & Gwen Holdmann October 19th, 2009 LOCATION Granite Mountain Hot Springs are located on the southern flank of Granite Mountain, a large rounded hill at the far eastern edge of the Seward Peninsula in Western Alaska. The center of the hot pool at Granite Mountain is at N 65o 22’ 08.63” and W 161o 15’ 25.56”. The area immediately around the thermal springs for hundreds of feet is largely covered by willows, which in turn are surrounded by tundra. The thermal spring can be accessed by snowmobile or ATV. There is an airstrip located about 2.2 miles NNE of the hot springs. There are 2 adjoining cabins located a few yards from the large thermal pool which was obviously dug by man for bathing purposes. The area is heavily impacted by refuse. An additional area discharging warm water was discovered during this work about 1000’ NE of the hot pool. BEDROCK GEOLOGY The rocks in the vicinity of the thermal springs consist of either high grade metamorphic rocks intruded by abundant granitic material or are migmatites. No attempt was made to try to map or define units within this complex as bedrock outcrops in less than 1% of the area. TOPOGRAPHIC SETTING The main hot spring area is on a gently planar slope dipping to the southeast. The main thermal springs are located at the lower edge of the planar slope about 40 to 50 vertical feet above the creek. A modest sized creek, which can locally be crossed on foot, drains off of Granite Mountain and flows toward the SW and SSW below the hot springs. This creek has a sharp change in direction from NE‐SW to NNE‐SSW adjacent to the thermal spring. Between the thermal springs and the creek there is a much steeper escarpment which can be as high as 30 to 40 feet. This escarpment rapidly diminished downstream of the thermal springs and gradually diminishes upstream over a distance of 1⁄2 mile. The total length of this escarpment is about 0.6 miles and it appears to be perhaps the most important geologic feature controlling the location of the geothermal system. Over 95% of the area is covered by tundra and willows. The only actual outcroppings of bedrock are two small areas located about 350’ east of the hot pool at the base of the escarpment on the north side of the cold stream. These are overlain by alluvium exposed on the face of the escarpment. A small percentage of the area consists of flat outcroppings of frost shattered rock generally broken into blocks less than a foot in diameter. In places these appear to be pattern ground (polygonal shapped). THERMAL FEATURES DESCRIPTION The Granite Mountain Hot Springs rather unremarkable. The main thermal area near the cabin(s) has been heavily modified by man with a pool about 75’ x 60’ being excavated with a dam on its lower side. The pool has a maximum depth of about 4’ with a soft bottom, generally covered by algae. There are 4 orifices tens of feet above the pool that produce water with a maximum temperature of 119 oF. These orifices are heavily coated with algae. In only one spot is a small area of cemented gravel visible. These springs do not precipitate any significant or noteworthy amount of travertine or sinter. The pool has 3 areas near its upper edge where bubbles signify additional inflow of thermal fluid. There is plenty of noncondensible gas available for sampling but there is no noticeable smell of hydrogen sulphide. No gasPDF Image | US Department of Energy Tribal Energy Program
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