Pagosa hot springs

Pagosa hot springs are a cluster of thermal pools located in the San Juan Basin of Archuleta County, Colorado.

Pagosa hot springs
Coordinates37°16′5″N 107°1′28″W
Typegeothermal spring
Temperature110 °F to 144 °F (62 °C)
Depth1002 feet

Geology

The Pagosa geothermal hot springs are located on the western slope of the Continental Divide. The sulfur-rich water emerging from what is called the "Mother Spring" has been measured between 110 °F and 144 °F (62 °C).[1] The water originates from 6,000 feet below the surface from volcanic activity.[2] The mineral content of the waters consist of arsenic, boron, chloride, fluoride, iron, lithium, manganese, magnesium, potassium, silica, sodium, sulfate and zinc.[3] The town of Pagosa Springs claim they are the world's deepest known geothermal hot springs.[4][5]

History

The springs are known to the Ute people as Pah gosah which is translated to mean either "healing water" or "water (pah) that has a bad smell (gosah)."[6] Before the arrival of Europeans, the springs were used by the Ancestral Puebloan people, and later by Ute, Navajo and Apache.[7][1]

  • Pagosa Hot Spring on the shore of the San Juan river, Colorado
  • The Mother Spring - Pagosa Hot Springs, Colorado
  • Pagosa hot springs in 1874, photograph: Timothy O'Sullivan
  • Man Bathing in Pagosa Hot Spring, 1874, photograph: Timothy O'Sullivan

References
  1. Gulliford, Andrew (2011). A Brief Human History of the Eastern San Juan Mountains. University of Colorado Press. pp. 203–212. ISBN 9781607320845. JSTOR j.ctt46nssv.19.
  2. "Pagosa Springs". Colorado Encyclopedia. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. "The Great Pagosa Hot Springs - Mineral Content". Pagosa.com. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. Boster, Seth (May 21, 2018). "World's deepest hot spring also site of Colorado luxury". The Gazette. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  5. "Deepest geothermal hot spring measured by plumb line". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  6. Hudson, Bill (July 14, 2015). "Taking the Heat, Part Two". Pagosa Daily Post. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  7. "History of Archuleta County". Archuleta County Colorado. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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