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19-15-5dda--Sample log of test hole in the NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec. 5, T. 19 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,985.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil; gray	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, light-gray, yellow-gray, and tan; contains caliche nodules and limestone and sandstone fragments from 18 to 29.5 feet	27.5	29.5
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Graneros shale
		Shale, thin bedded, blue-gray and yellow, and brown to white fine-grained sandstone	10.5	40

19-15-11aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 11, T. 19 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 19.45. Surface altitude, 1,944.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, gray, tan, and brown; contains caliche nodules in lower 20 feet	28	30
		Silt, yellow-gray to buff; contains fragments of Cretaceous rocks	21	51
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone, medium-grained, white, and light-gray clay	7	58

19-15-12da--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. SE 1/4 sec. 12, T. 19 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,956.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil; dark gray	2.5	2.5
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, gray to brown	5.5	8
		Silt, brown to light-buff; contains fragments of sandstone	8.5	16.5
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, brown, and light blue-gray clay	1.5	18

19-15-16bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW car sec. 16, T. 19 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,972.1 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2.5	2.5
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark gray-brown and greenish-gray	5.5	8
		Silt and clay; tan to buff; contains caliche nodules	10	18
		Silt, buff, and sandstone and "ironstone" rubble	1	19
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Graneros shale
		Clay, light blue-gray and yellow; contains iron pellets	4	23

19-15-16cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 16, T. 19 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,984.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil; gray	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt, buff to light-brown and gray	19	21
		Silt, sandy, buff; contains caliche nodules	42	63
		Silt, gray	12	75
		Silt, tan; contains sandstone rubble	4	79
		Silt, sand, and gravel; lime-cemented; coarse gravel composed of sandstone and "ironstone" fragments	5	84
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, light-gray mottled red	6	90

19-15-21cc. --Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 21, T. 19 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,928.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt, tan to gray	9.5	11.5
		Silt, sandy, buff; contains caliche nodules	63.5	75
		Silt and clay; gray to blue-gray; contains sandstone fragments and shells	18	93
		Clay, sandy, buff	13	106
		Sand and fine to coarse gravel; silty, poorly sorted	19	125
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone and clay; gray	5	130

19-15-33bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 33, T. 19 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,986.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt, tan to brown	10	12.5
		Silt, sandy, tan; contains caliche	37.5	50
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone, fine-grained, red-brown	15	65

20-11-12bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 12, T. 20 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1943. Surface altitude, 1,761.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1.5	1.5
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt, yellow-gray; contains some fine sand to fine gravel	5.5	7
		Silt, sandy, yellow-gray; contains caliche	9	16
		Clay, silty, black, green, and buff	2	18
		Gravel, fine to coarse	12	30
		Gravel, fine to medium; contains some medium to coarse sand and yellow-brown clay	7	37
CRETACEOUS--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Clay, silty, light-gray	16	53
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, yellow-brown	13	66
		Clay, light-gray to gray; contains thin beds of white, light-gray, and yellow-brown sandstone and pyrite	44	110
		Shale, fissile, dark-gray; contains a thin bed of hard limestone at 135 feet and pyrite	40	150
		Siltstone, lignitic, gray-brown	2	152
	Cheyenne sandstone
		Siltstone, sandy, light gray-green	17	169
PERMIAN
		Siltstone and very fine-grained sandstone; red-brown	6	175

20-11-30dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 30, T. 20 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1943. Surface altitude, 1,806.4 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
QUATERNARY
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, fine to medium, silty	8	10
		Sand, fine to coarse, and silt; gray and tan	10	20
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains some fine gravel, silt, and caliche	20	40
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and sand	21	61
		Silt, sandy, buff	12	73
		Gravel, fine; contains some sand and medium gravel	27	100
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains some fine to medium gravel and layers of silt	80	180
		Silt, gray and buff; contains some sand and fine to medium gravel	15	195
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand	8	203
		Silt, sandy, light-gray	4	207
PERMIAN
		Shale, silty, white to dark-red	13	220
		Shale, silty, red-brown	14	234

20-12-21bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 21, T. 20 S., R. 12 W., Barton County; drilled, 1948. Surface altitude, 1,844.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, fine to medium, and silt	3	3
		Silt and fine to coarse sand	4	7
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Silt and clay; gray and green-gray	19	26
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains some fine gravel and silt	24	50
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand	15	65
		Silt, yellow and gray; contains fine to medium sand and gravel	13	78
		Gravel, fine to medium, and medium to coarse sand	8	86
		Silt, sandy, yellow, and clay	3	89
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and sand	23	112
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel	8	120
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand	16	136
CRETACEOUS--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Sandstone, medium-grained, white, yellow, and brown	9	145
		Clay, light- to dark-gray, and a few thin beds of sandstone	25	170
		Clay, gray, and dark-gray fissile shale; contains pyrite, calcite, and shells	40	210
		Clay, sandy, gray; contains lignite from 214 to 215 feet and pyrite	5	215
	Cheyenne (?) sandstone
		Siltstone, sandy, gray-white	15	230
		Silt and clay; sandy, light blue-gray	10	240

20-13-9dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 9, T. 20 S., R. 13 W., Barton County; drilled, 1943. Surface altitude, 1,861.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
QUATERNARY
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Silt and fine to medium sand	10	12
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Silt, sandy, gray, and yellow-brown clayey silt	6	18
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains a little fine gravel	12	30
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand; contains coarse gravel from 58 to 72 feet	42	72
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone, fine-grained, brown, and pink and buff clay,	8	80
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, light to dark-brown, red, and white	30	110

20-14-1aa--Driller's log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 1, T. 20 S., R. 14 W., Barton County; drilled by the Layne-Western Company far the Kansas Power Company of Great Bend.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	1	1
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Clay	2	3
		Sand, coarse, and gravel	16	19
		Sand, fine, cemented	11	30
		Sand, coarse	3	33
		Magnesium and clay	5	38
		Sand and gravel	1	39
		Clay	7	46
		Sand, coarse, and gravel	25	71
		Clay, yellow	10	81
		Sand, coarse	7	88
		Sand, fine	7	95
		Sand and gravel	3	98
		Sand, fine	5	103
		Sand, coarse, and gravel	5	108
		Clay, sandy	5	113
		Sand, coarse, and gravel	5	118
		Sand, fine	2	120
		Clay, sandy	6	126

20-14-2da--Driller's log of test hole in the NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec. 2, T. 20 S., R. 14 W., Barton County; drilled by the Layne-Western Company for the Kansas Power Company of Great Bend.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	1	1
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Sand, fine	7	8
		Sand and gravel	13	21
		Clay	3	24
		Sand, fine	3	27
		Clay	14	41
		Sand, coarse	9	50
		Sand, fine	5	55
		Sand, coarse	5	60
		Clay, yellow	10	70
		Sand, coarse	5	75
		Clay, yellow	3	78

20-14-5cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 5, T. 20 S., R. 14 W., Barton County; drilled, 1943. Surface altitude, 1,905.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, silty, dark-brown	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Meade
		Silt, gray to yellow-brown	9	11
		Gravel, fine to very coarse; contains some fine to coarse sand	29	40
		Sand, fine to fine gravel; contains some medium to coarse gravel	14	54
		Silt, cream; contains caliche	2	56
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand; interbedded with buff silt	14	70
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand; contains some coarse gravel from 80 to 86 feet	16	86
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian and Comanchean
	Dakota formation and Kiowa shale, undifferentiated clay, silty, sandy, light-gray to yellow-brown, some mottled light-gray, red, and yellow				14	100
		Clay, mottled light-gray and red	20	120
		Siltstone, gray-white; contains sandstone pellets	8	128
		Clay, light- to dark-gray; contains some gray-black fissile shale, sandstone, and pyrite	32	160
		Siltstone, clayey, micaceous, dark-gray, and thin beds of tan sandy limestone	10	170
		Clay, light- to dark-gray, and gray-black fissile shale; contains thin beds of hard limestone	69	239
		Clay, light- to dark-gray, and dark-gray fissile shale; contains some sandstone and shells	47	286

20-14-10ad--Driller's log of test hole in the SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec. 10, T. 20 S., R. 14 W., Barton County; drilled by the Layne-Western Company for the Kansas Power Company of Great Bend.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	1	1
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Meade
		Clay	2	3
		Sand, coarse	7	10
		Sand and gravel	10	20
		Clay	2	22
		Sand and gravel	6	28
		Clay	2	30
		Sand and gravel	2	32
		Clay, yellow	13	45
		Sand and gravel	5	50
		Sand, coarse, and gravel	13	63
		Clay, yellow	10	73
		Sand and gravel	3	76
		Clay, yellow	2	78

20-14-16aaa--Driller's log of test hole in the NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec. 16, T. 20 S., R. 14 W., Barton County; drilled by the Layne-Western Company for the Kansas Power Company of Great Bend.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Meade
		Sand, coarse	6	8
		Sand and gravel	16	24
		Clay	1	25
		Sand and gravel	5	30
		Sand, coarse, and some gravel	8	38
		Clay, yellow	8	46
		Sand, fine	2	48
		Sand and gravel	12	60
		Sand, coarse	8	68
		Clay, yellow	7	75
		Sand, coarse	18	93
		Sand and gravel	7	100
		Sand, coarse	5	105
		Sand and gravel	3	108

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