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Logs of Test Holes and Wells, continued

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14-26-30db1--Drillers log of test hole in NW SE sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 26 W. Drilled by Vern Litton November 22, 1955. Depth to water, 44 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, sandy 20 20
Terrace deposits
Sand and gravel 10 30
Clay 9 39
Sand and gravel 1 40
Sand, clayey; contains cemented layers 5 45
Gravel 2 47
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale 4 51

14-26-30db2--Drillers log of test hole in NW SE sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 26 W. Drilled by Vern Litton November 22, 1955. Depth to water, 48 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, sandy at base 29 29
Terrace deposits
Sand and gravel 3 32
Clay, sandy; contains some gravel 18 50
Clay 27 77
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale 1 78

14-26-30dc1--Drillers log of test hole in SW SE sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 26 W. Drilled by Vern Litton November 22, 1955. Depth to water, 48 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, sandy at base 22 22
Terrace deposits
Sand and gravel 13 35
Clay 10 45
Sand and gravel 1 46
Clay; contains some gravel 5 51
Clay, sandy 24 75
Sand and gravel 4 79
Clay 2 81
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale 1 82

14-26-30dc2--Drillers log of test hole in SW SE sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 26 W. Drilled by Vern Litton November 22, 1955. Depth to water, 45 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, sandy 21 21
Terrace deposits
Sand and gravel 9 30
Clay, sandy 57 87
Sand and gravel; contains shale pebbles 17 104
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale 1 105

14-26-30dd1--Drillers log of test hole in SE SE sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 26 W. Drilled by Vern Litton November 22, 1955. Depth to water, 42 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, sandy 20 20
Terrace deposits
Clay, sandy 55 75
Sand and gravel 19 94
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale 1 95

14-26-31aa--Sample log of test hole in NE NE sec. 31, T. 14 S., R. 26 W., 300 feet south of sec. cor. and 14 feet west of center line of road. Drilled by State Geological Survey September 4, 1952. Surface altitude, 2,434.8 feet; depth to water, 41.00 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, tan gray 7 7
Silt, compact to sandy, light tan 4 11
Silt, tan yellow 1 12
Terrace deposits
Sand, fine to coarse, silty 3 15
Clay, silty, tan yellow; contains some sand 34 49
Clay, light gray to tan gray; contains some sand 20 69
Clay, sandy, light gray; contains gravel and chalk fragments in lower part 6 75
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale, compact, clayey, calcareous, dark gray to blue gray 5 80

14-26-32cc--Sample log of test hole in SW SW sec. 32, T. 14 S., R. 26 W., 15 feet north of intersection and 13 feet east of center line of road. Drilled by State Geological Survey September 5, 1952. Surface altitude, 2,412.1 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, sandy, dark brown 1 1
Silt, tan gray 8 9
Silt, fine, sandy, light tan 6 15
Terrace deposits
Silt, compact, tan yellow 17 32
Sand, fine to coarse; contains clay layer at 35 feet 11 43
Gravel and pebbles, predominantly chalk fragments; contains some silt 1 44
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale, clayey, yellow gray 1 45
Shale, clayey, calcareous, blue gray 2 47

14-27-6cc--Sample log of test hole in SW cor. sec. 6, T. 14 S., R. 27 W., 30 feet east of sec. cor. and 5 feet north of center line of road. Drilled by State Geological Survey September 18, 1957. Surface altitude, 2,569.3 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, tan to brown 5 5
Silt, sandy, reddish brown 4 9
Silt, sandy, white to tan 8 17
Silt, soft, yellow 3 20
Silt, sandy, yellow 6 26
Sand; contains chalk pebbles 2 28
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale, yellow 2 30

14-27-20bb--Drillers log of well in NW NW sec. 20, T. 14 S., R. 27 W. Drilled by H. W. Coberly. Depth to water, 52.10 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt 10 10
Terrace deposits
Clay, sandy, brown 5 15
Clay, sandy, white 5 20
Sand and gravel 12 32
Gravel 6 38
Clay, white 14 52
Clay, sandy 9 61
Sand 4 65
Sand; contains clay streaks 10 75
Gravel 8 83
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale .5 83.5

14-28-3b--Drillers log of test hole in NW sec. 3, T. 14 S., R. 28 W. Drilled by Struckhoff Bros. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt 6 6
Terrace deposits
Gravel, coarse 5 11
Clay, blue; contains some gravel 1.5 12.5
Gravel, coarse 3.5 16
Clay 10 26
Gravel, coarse 3 29
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale .5 29.5

14-28-13aa--Sample log of test hole in NE cor. sec. 13, T. 14 S., R. 28 W., 500 feet south of sec. cor. and 5 feet west of center line of road. Drilled by State Geological Survey September 18, 1957. Surface altitude, 2,532.5 feet; depth to water, 35.40 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, light brown 5 5
Silt, sandy, reddish brown 3 8
Silt, reddish brown; contains caliche and sand layers near base 6 14
Sand, silty, light tan 3 17
Terrace deposits
Silt, sandy, light tan; contains some gravel 14 31
Sand, medium to coarse, silty 5 36
Silt, sandy, gray; contains some gravel 3 39
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Silt, clayey, yellow 2 41
Shale, blue gray 3 44

14-28-13dd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. sec. 13, T. 14 S., R. 28 W., 50 feet north of sec. cor. and 8 feet west of center line of road. Drilled by State Geological Survey September 19, 1957. Surface altitude, 2,490.8 feet; depth to water, 10.70 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, soft, tan 10 10
Terrace deposits
Silt, sandy, tan 5 15
Sand, clean 2.5 17.5
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale, hard, dark blue gray 8.5 26

14-28-24dd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. sec. 24, T. 14 S., R. 28 W., 20 feet north of sec. cor. and 5 feet west of center line of road. Drilled by State Geological Survey September 19, 1957. Surface altitude, 2,512.4 feet; depth to water, 44.00 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, gray 6 6
Silt, reddish tan 9 15
Terrace deposits
Silt, light tan; contains some caliche 3 18
Silt, yellow 8 26
Silt, sandy, tan 11 37
Sand 8 45
Sand, silty, tan 2 47
Sand and gravel, clean; contains chalk gravel 8 55
Sand and gravel, silty; contains chalk gravel in lower part 5 60
Silt, yellow to gray; contains gravel in lower part 8 68
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale, blue gray 2 70

14-28-25dd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. sec. 25, T. 14 S., R. 28 W., 80 feet north of sec. cor. and 5 feet west of center line of road. Drilled by State Geological Survey September 19, 1957. Surface altitude, 2,496.1 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, tan 8 8
Silt, reddish brown 6 14
Terrace deposits
Silt, light tan, sandy in lower part 13 27
Silt, light brown; contains some sand and gravel 5 32
Silt, brown 2 34
Silt, sandy, gray 4 38
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Silt, clayey, yellow 4 42
Shale, hard, blue gray 2 44

14-28-36dd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. sec. 36, T. 14 S., R. 28 W., 50 feet west of sec. cor. and 5 feet north of center line of road. Drilled by State Geological Survey September 19, 1957. Surface altitude, 2,532.0 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Soil and road fill 3 3
Silt, tan 2 5
Silt, sandy, reddish tan 2 7
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale, soft, weathered, yellow; contains limonite layer at 1.2 feet 13 20

14-29-16db--Drillers log of well in NW SE sec. 16, T. 14 S., R. 29 W. Drilled by H. W. Coberly June 1956. Depth to water, 49 feet. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt, sandy 20 20
Terrace deposits
Clay 30 50
Clay, sandy 10 60
Clay; contains thin sand layers 10 70
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale 5 75

14-29-17ac--Drillers log of test hole in SW NE sec. 17, T. 14 S., R. 29 W. Drilled by H. W. Coberly June 1956. Thickness,
feet		 Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
Peoria and Loveland Formations
Silt 10 10
Terrace deposits
Clay, yellow 15 25
Sand 5 30
Clay, tight, white 4 34
Clay, sandy 2 36
Clay, yellow 2 38
Clay; contains thin sand layers 4 42
Clay, blue green 10 52
Cretaceous--Gulfian
Niobrara Chalk--Smoky Hill Chalk member
Shale 4 56

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