Kyle Geology

Kyle Hot Springs is located in Pershing County, Nevada approximately twenty miles south of I-80 between Lovelock and Winnemucca. We have drilled six oil and gas exploration wells on this prospect and have encountered hot water zones that would be adequate to power a binary generator. A dehydration plant would also be feasible with close proximity to farming, interstate and rail transportation. A major transmission line runs within a mile of Kyle Hot Springs and a rural transmission line within fourteen miles. Over the years we have acquired seismic, magnetic, and soil gas data.

EXTRACTED FROM THERMAL WATERS OF NEVADA
LARRY J. GARSIDE
JOHN SCHILLING
1979
Kyle Hot Springs are located in S1, T19N, R36, Pershing County, Nevada. The locality is on the east edge of Buena Vista Valley less than 1 mile west of a mountain-front fault which cuts alluvium (Stewart and Carlson, 1976b). The springs and spring deposits are clearly associated with several intersecting sets of faults. North trending faults seem to be the principle conduits for thermal water (D.C. Noble, written communication, 1974). The spring area consists of a circular pool 6 feet in diameter which has little if any visible discharge. A low mound of siliceous sinter about 450 feet in diameter is present, and siliceous sinter and sulfur are presently being deposited. The odor of H(2)S is noticeable. The area has been used in the past as a health resort by a few people from Lovelock and other communities (Loeltz and Phoenix, 1955, p. 30-31). The maximum temperature has been variously reported at 159¾ F (Loeltz and Phoenix, 1955), 171¾ F (Mariner and others, 1974) and 204¾ F (Sanders and Miles, 1974). Mariner and others (1974) report that the spring deposits are mostly travertine with a trace of disseminated silica, and they estimate the thermal-aquifer temperature to be 340¾ F to 381¾ F by use of the silica and Na-K-Ca geothermometers. D. C. Noble (written communication, 1974) reports that spring deposits about 0.7 miles southeast of the present Kyle Hot Springs contain considerable amounts of siliceous sinter.