New York Canyon Geology

The New York Canyon Prospect is located at the southern end of Buena Vista Valley. It borders the New York Canyon Known Geothermal Resource Area (KGRA) to the north.
SMU Geothermal Database shows a well in T26N, R35E, section 36 to have a UN gradient C/KM of 358¾ C.EXTRACTED FROM THERMAL WATERS OF NEVADA
LARRY J. GARSIDE
JOHN SCHILLING
1979
Steam was reported to issue from a development drill hole at the New York kaolin deposit in 1963. The drill hole is approximately 140 feet deep, and is located in the vicinity of SW/4 S1, T25N, R35E. The kaolin deposit is of the shallow, hot-springs type and contains irregular bodies of associated siliceous sinter. The sinter is exposed at the surface and was encountered during drilling (K. Papke.personal communication, 1977). The sinter and thermal water occur near the mountain front along a fault scarp which cuts the alluvium. This fault is probably part of a young Basin-and-Range fault shown by Stewart and Carlson (1974) cutting the alluvium in southern Buena Vista Valley.