Cyrovolcanos

So I am working on an idea for a new short story and it has led me to researching cryovolcanos. I have been reading quit a bit about what is theorized about them. I don't think we have observed one directly but have found evidence that they exist on say Saturn's Moon Titan.

But there is still something that I haven't quit figured out fr sure and I would love some help if anyone has any ideas.

Firstly, even though Cryovolcanos doesn't erupt molten rock, I am still assuming that some amount of heat must be involved. I have read that scientists believe that the heat generated is caused by Tidal Friction but might also be caused by deposits of translucent materials creating a small Greenhouse effect under the ice.

But my question is, exactly how hot would a cryovolcano be? We know it must be hot enough to melt ice but that really isn't telling me much. I am wondering if humans could build a habitat in a cyrovolcano on one of these cold worlds and it produce enough heat to keep them warm? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I appreciate the replies. Yeah, I am not talking about a perminent settlement here, I am talking about a place where people come, stay a month or two and then go and new team comes in...sort of like a scientific outpost. I was reading about an extinct cryovolcano that scientists believe they have found on Titan. The thing about Titan is it actually does have a fairly substantial atmosphere and based on my research, I do not believe a pressure suite would be required, but regardless...yeah...you would need an oxygen supply as well not to mention protection from that extreme cold. I get all of that. Basically, it really could work with what I am doing to put the base underground, in fact I kind of envisioned it being built into of one of these extinct or semi-extinct cryovolcanos. I thought there might be someway that the inhabitants of his outpost might could be using the energies that created the cryovolcano to their advantage.

I think that heating a habitat, even underground on Titan would take a tremendous amount of Energy being how cold it is which is why I thought about this as a possibility. I honestly never could figure out what temperatures were like under the ice to cause a cryovolcano. Most articles I have read seem to agree that some amount of heat is required...I just have never found what kind of heat...it might not be much heat at all in which case this idea wouldn't work....

Hmm, I wonder. Titan is known for it's Liquid Methane Rain and Lakes of Liquid Methane...maybe this could be used as a fuel for heating? But then again, looking at this realistically I don't think the government would allow a compound or settlement to use Titans Liquid Methane. Maybe I am wrong but I think there would be a lot of people upset about us tampering with Titan environment. I have already heard people mention that we may be seeding Mars with Microorganisms with all the probes and rovers we have sent..

Just some things going through my mind. I want my story to take place in a pretty extreme environment. I know I can pretty much do what ever I want as the author regardless of whether it makes sense scientifically or not (ie Star Wars) but I am a huge fan of realistic science fiction and would like for my story to be at the very least plausible.

I wonder if there is a why to ask NASA?

Edit:

I contacted NASA on their website contact form and asked this question...not sure when or if I will get a response. According to the below website "A cryovolcano produces plumes that may be a hundred or more degrees hotter than the frozen surface matter." Of course if say on Titan, the cyromagma is 100 degree F. hotter than the surface, it is still going to be about 100 degree F. below Zero....so I am still not sure if this will work.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-cryovolcano.htm

According to wikipedia which is certainly not a reliable source, Titan is primarily composed of Water Ice and Rocky Materials. If there is Water then there is oxygen...but that has been done. I actually thought that I had come up with an idea that was seminew. I don't think I have read about a base built into a cryovolcano. I have read that there is evidence of possible Plate Techtonics on Titan so unless being used as a source of heat, I don't think it would be practical to build a base into a dormant cryovolcano, it would just be to dangerous that the benefits would not be enough to balance out against the danger. The only reason why I was using the cryovolcano was because I thought nobody else had...oh well, back to the drawing board.

You are correct of course, water would not automatically mean Oxygen but converting water to Oxygen is something that we already have the technology to do even today. I have already read articles about people championing a full time moon base. They were talking about melting down the ice deposits found on the moon and converting the oxygen into rocket fuel.

I was just saying that I THINK it would be very plauseable for an instillation to create Oxygen from the deposits of Water ice on Titan if they have the technology to over come the other vast challenges.