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Well, 6.5 million tons of stone + say 20% for cribbage, ropes etc, + another 15% friction efficiency loss, etc.
In my head figure 3 billion gallons of water or so.
But thats actual work load, geysers aren't faucets you can turn on and off. As stated below pressure will find a way and alternate releases tend to be blown when geysers are capped.
So assuming an efficiency rating of 10%
(an enormously kind allowance, imagine using Old Faithful and adequatly using 1 out of every 10 gallons spewed)
Figure 30 billion gallons.
[
klemow.wilkes.edu]
this picture shows the erosion from a 25 GPM (12,960,000 gallons per year) in a far harder rock than sandstone.
Basically there should be SOME clear evidence of such flow.
Interestingly, sandstone erodes differently than harder rock;
[
andstone_erosion.jpg" rel="nofollow">commons.wikimedia.org]
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