KGS--Hamilton and Kearny Counties--Well Logs 28-59

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Listed in the following pages are the logs of 70 wells and-test holes in Hamilton and Kearny counties, including 27 test holes drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys (1-27), 32 water wells (28-59), and 11 oil- and gas-test wells (60-70). The locations of the test holes are shown in figure 2 and most of the wells are shown on plate 2. About two-thirds of the logs were made by well drillers, and many of the drillers' rock names have been changed to conform with geologic terminology. "Gyp" or "gyp rock" has been interpreted to mean caliche, and "soapstone" has been changed to shale or clay. The term "sandrock" is used by drillers to describe a rock, that is so well consolidated that no casing is needed to prevent caving. In the Dakota and Cheyenne formations this has been interpreted to mean sandstone and in the Tertiary and Quaternary deposits it implies a consolidated sand and gravel deposit (often called mortar bed). Much of the Ogallala formation has been logged by well drillers as clay, but in those wells from which cuttings were available for study it was found that much of the so-called clay was silt.

28. Log of former railroad well at Lakin in sec. 27, T. 24 S., R. 36 W., drilled in May, 1900. (Authority, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Loam	12	12
	Sand and gravel	28	40
	Clay	3	43
	Clay, blue	12	55
	Sand, fine, blue	11	66
	Sand, fine	86	152
	Clay, blue	2	154
	Clay, yellow	2	156
	Sand and gravel	20	176
	Conglomerate (probably gravel)	8	184

29. Log of former railroad well at Lakin in sec. 27, T. 24 S., R. 36 W., drilled in August, 1901. (Authority, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Loam	12	12
	Sand and gravel	28	40
	Clay	3	43
	Clay, blue	12	55
	Sand, blue	99	154
	Clay, yellow	2	156
	Sand and gravel	32	188
	Conglomerate (probably gravel)	3	191

30. Log of former railroad well at Lakin in sec. 27, T. 24 S., R. 36 W., drilled in September, 1901. (Authority, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Loam	12	12
	Sand and gravel	28	40
	Clay	15	55
	Sand, blue	29	84
	Clay, blue	68	152
	Sand and gravel	43	195
	Conglomerate (probably gravel)	2	197

31. Log of railroad well at Lakin in sec. 27 T. 24 S., R. 36 W., drilled in 1919. (Authority, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Alluvium
	Loam	7	7
	Sand and gravel	24	31
	Clay, yellow	3	34
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Sand, blue (water at 110 feet)	73	107
	Clay, blue	7	114
	Sand, coarse (water at 125 feet)	8	122
	Sand, blue	5	127
	Clay, blue	8	135
	Sand, coarse, red (water)	4	139
	Sand and gravel; yellow (water)	20	159
	Clay, yellow	7	166
	Sand and gravel; yellow (water at 177 feet)	21	187
	Sand and gravel; red (water)	16	203
	Clay, sandy, yellow	3	206
	Sand and gravel; coarse (water)	14	220
	Rock	1	221

32. Log of railroad well at Kendall in sec. 25, T. 24 S., R. 39 W. (Authority, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa, Fe Railway Company.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Alluvium
	Soil, gravel, and sand	53	53
Dakota formation
	Sandstone	56	109
	Lignite	2	111
	Clay	3	114
	Sandstone, gray (soft water)	38	152
	Clay, very hard	2	154
	Sandstone, gray	13	167
	Shale, hard	48	215
	Sandstone, gray (soft water)	53	268
	Shale	23	291
	Sandstone	6	297
	Shale	35	332
	Sandstone, black	3	335
	Shale	13	348
	Sandstone, gray (soft water)	19	367
Kiowa shale
	Shale, gray	58	425
Cheyenne sandstone
	Sandstone, brown	5	430
	Clay, brown	23	453
	Clay, sandy	23	476
	Sandstone, light gray	17	493
	Fire clay	3	496
Permian redbeds
	Redbeds	41	537

33. Log of railroad well at Syracuse in sec. 7, T. 24 S., R. 40 W. (Authority, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Alluvium
	Soil, sand, and gravel (water level 20 feet)	33	33
Graneros shale
	Shale, black	32	65
	Talc (probably shale)	2	67
	Shale, black	38	105
	Shale, light	5	110
	Clay, blue	15	125
Dakota formation
	Sand rock (water rose to a level 65 feet below land surface)	5	130
	Shale, black	10	140
	Limestone, white (probably shale)	25	165
	Clay, white	10	175
	Soapstone (probably shale)	10	185
	Shale, gray	10	195
	Sand rock	15	210
	Clay,light gray	10	220
	Sand rock, soft	5	225
	Clay, white	30	255
	Slate, brown (probably shale)	10	265
	Clay, white	5	270
	Shale, light	10	280
	Clay, white	10	290
Kiowa shale
	Shale, black	9	299
	Shale, light	16	315
	Shale, black	89	404
	Rock, hard	2	406
	Shale, black	6	412
Cheyenne sandstone
	Sand rock, white (water rose to a level 135 feet below land surface)	28	440
	Shale, light	20	460

34. Log of former railroad well at Syracuse in sec. 7, T. 24 S., R. 40 W. (Authority, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Alluvium
	Loam	10	10
	Sand and gravel	14	24
	Clay	9	33
Graneros shale
	Shale, black I	117	150
Dakota formation
	Shale, gray	31	181
	Sandrock (water rose to a level 70 feet below land surface)	4	185
	Shale, gray	17	202
	Sand rock (water rose to a level 58 feet below land surface)	5	207
	Shale, gray	13	220
	Sand rock, white	5	225
	Shale, gray	10	235
	Sand rock, white	2	237
	Clay, white	12	249
	Sand rock, white	6	255
	Shale, gray	7	262
	Sand rock, brown	3	265
	Shale, gray	18	283
	Sand, white	3	286
	Shale, gray	5	291

35. Log of former railroad well at Syracuse in sec. 7, T. 24 S., R. 40 W. (Authority, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Alluvium
	Sand and gravel	62	62
Graneros shale
	Shale	68	130
Dakota formation
	Clay, white	31	161
	Shale, sandy, dark brown	9	170
	Sand	12	182
	Clay, white	38	220
	Sand and shale	4	224
	Limestone (probably shale)	4	228
	Clay, white 0	27	255
	Sand	12	267
	Clay, white	13	280
	Sand, dark	26	306
Kiowa shale
	Shale	94	400
Cheyenne sandstone
	Shale, sandy, dark	58	458
	Rock, red, and shales, variegated (water rose to a level 75 feet below land surface)	7	465

36. Log of former railroad well at Syracuse in sec. 7, T. 24 S., R. 40 W., drilled in 1900. (Authority, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Alluvium
	Loam	10	10
	Sand, gravel, and silt	51	61
Graneros shale
	Shale	59	120
Dakota formation
	Clay	3.6	123.6
	Sandstone (water)	89.4	213
	Shale	27	240
	Clay, white	10	250
	Sandstone	34	284

37. Log of railroad well (100) in NE NE sec. 24, T. 24 S., R. 41 W., drilled in 1923. (Authority, David Millsap.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Pleistocene
	Sand and gravel (water level, 14 feet)	15	15
	Sand and gravel, coarse	48	63
Graneros shale
	Shale, black	20	83

38. Log of railroad well at Coolidge in sec. 23, T. 23 S., R. 43 W., drilled in January, 1903. (Authority, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Alluvium
	Loam	18	18
	Sand and gravel (water level, 23 feet)	34	52
	Clay, sandy	14	66
Graneros shale
	Shale	13	79
	Lime and shale	26	105
Dakota-Cheyenne formations
	Sand rock, white (water rose to a level 46 feet below land surface)	25	130
	Shale	58	188
	Sand rock (water rose to a level 12 feet below land surface)	14	202
	Clay, white	10	212
	Sand rock (water rose to a level 1 foot below land surface)	88	300
	Shale	12	312

39. Partial log of well of the city of Syracuse in sec. 7, T. 24 S., R. 40 W. (Cited by Darton, 1920.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Graneros shale
	Shale, black		122
Dakota-Cheyenne formations
	Sandstone, hard	8	130
	Clay, white	4	134
	Shale, sandy, compact	16	150
	Clay, white	4	154
	Sandstone	24	178
	Shale, sandy	36	214
	Limestone (probably shale)	10	224
	Clay, white	6	230
	Shale, sandy	22	252
	Sandstone	28	280
	Shale, black	12	292
	Sandstone, dark	18	310
	Soapstone (probably shale)	12	322
	Shale, dark	6	328
	Soapstone (probably shale)	6	334
	Shale,blue	51	385
	Shale, sandy	17	402
	Sandstone, gray (water)	38	440
	Shale, sandy	8	448
	Limestone (probably shale)	4	452
	Sandstone, gray	12	464
	Shale, brown	4	468
	Clay, white	4	472
	Clay, sandy, white	6	478

40. Log of municipal supply well (293) no. 2 of the city of Lakin in sec. 27, T. 24 S., R. 86 W. (Authority, driller.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Soil, clay, and sand	70	70
	Clay	23	93
	Sand	2	95
	Clay, sandy	49	144
	Clay, tough	12	156
	Clay, sandy	51	207
	Sand	5	212
	Sandstone, soft	3	215
	Rock, soft	8	223
	Sand	10	233
	Rock, soft	4	237
	Clay, sandy	9	246
	Sand	27	273

41. Log of well (238) of August Kettler in SW sec. 9, T. 24 S., R. 35 W. (Authority, driller.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Soil, clayey	47	47
	Sand and gravel; calcareous	9	56
	Sand (water)	10	66
	Sand, blue, and clay	34	100
	Shale, gray (probably clay)	15	115
	Sand, calcareous	50	165
	Shale, blue (probably clay)	25	190
	Sand	30	220
	Sand and gravel	23	243
	Clay, brown	7	250
	Sand, fine	3	253

42. Log of test well of the Garden City Company in sec. 25, T. 22 S., R. 35~ W. (Authority, driller.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Soil and silt	19	19
	Sand, fine	53	72
	Sand	58	130
	Clay	12	142
	Sand	32	174
	Clay	10	184
	Gravel, coarse	22	206
	Clay	21	227
	Shale, blue	75	302

43. Log of well (208) of the Garden City Company in NW NW sec. 13, T. 23 S., R. 35 W. (Authority, driller.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene, and Pleistocene deposits
	Soil and clay	20	20
	Sand, fine (water level, 65 feet)	45	65
	Clay and sand	99	164
	Sand	28	192
	Clay, soft	44	236
	Sand (water rose to a level 76 feet below land surface)	129	365
	Gravel, coarse	18	383
Cretaceous
	Shale, blue	1	384

44. Log of well (211) of the Garden City Company in NW sec. 25, T. 23 S., R. 35 W. (Authority, driller.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Soil and clay	5	5
	Sand, red	10	15
	Clay	25	40
	Clay, sandy	10	50
	Sand, fine (water level, 52 feet)	10	60
	Clay	14	74
	Sand, fine	8	82
	Sand	190	272
	Clay	3	275
	Sand	6	281

45. Log of well of the Garden City Company in SW sec. 25, T. 23 S., R. 35 W. (Authority, driller.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Soil	15	15
	Sand, red	10	25
	Sand and clay (water level, 52 feet)	28	53
	Sand, fine	15	68
	Sand and clay	15	83
	Sand, red	20	103
	Sand and clay	25	128
	Sand	135	263
	Clay	10	273
	Sand, coarse	18	291
	Clay	3	294

46. Log of test well of the Garden City Company in sec. 1, T. 24 S., R. 35 W. (Authority, driller.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Sand and clay	30	30
	Sand	5	35
	Clay	15	50
	Sand, fine	5	55
	Clay	10	65
	Sand	4	69
	Clay	5	74
	Sand	6	80
	Clay	35	115
	Sand	15	130
	Clay	8	138
	Sand	16	154
	Clay	7	161
	Sand	25	186
	Clay	8	194
	Sand	36	230
	Boulders and sand	7	237
	Clay	4	241
	Boulders and sand	19	260
	Rock	2	262
	Clay	9	271
	Sand	23	294

47. Log of test well of the Garden City Company in sec. 13, T. 24 S., R. 35 W. (Authority, driller.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	3	3
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Sand, fine	8	11
	Gravel (water level, 13 feet)	14	25
	Gravel, coarse	19	44
	Clay	1	45
	Sand, fine	15	60
	Clay	105	165
	Sand	8	173
	Clay	57	230
	Sand	28	258
	Gravel	9	267
	Clay and rock	8	275
	Sand	10	285
	Clay and caliche	12	297
	Rock and clay	7	304
	Sand	17	321
	Clay	4	325
	Sand	45	370
	Rock	3	373
Graneros shale (?)
	Clay, blue	5	378

48. Log of well of the Garden City Company in sec. 17, T. 25 S., R. 36 W. Surface altitude, 3,020 feet. (Authority, driller.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Soil and sand	20	20
	Sand	27	47
	Clay	30	77
	Sand, fine	10	87
	Clay, soft, and sand	44	131
	Sand, fine, and clay	15	146
	Sand, fine, and shale	23	169
	Sand	15	184
	Shale, blue	12	196
	Sand and shale	12	208
	Shale, blue	21	229
	Sand	11	240
	Clay, hard, blue	6	246
	Clay, soft, yellow	24	270
	Clay	10	280
	Shale and gravel	17	297

49. Log of well (11) of Dan Huser at SE corner sec. 8, T. 21 S., R. 41 W. Surface altitude, 3,661.2 feet. (Authority, Mr. Huser)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and, Pleistocene deposits
	Sand and gravel (water at 165 feet)	175	175
Niobrara formation
	Chalk	185	360
Greenhorn-Graneros formations
	Shale and limestone	440	800
Dakota formation
	Sandstone (water rose to a level 375 feet below land surface)	50	850

50. Log of well (28) of Fred Behrendt inSW SE sec. 4, T. 22 S., R. 43 W. Surface altitude, 3,689.2 feet. (Authority, driller.)			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Pleistocene (?)
		Gravel	5	5
Niobrara formation
	Fort Hays limestone member
		Clay, white (probably limestone)	50	55
Carlile, Greenhorn, and Graneros formations
		Shale, blue to white	440	495
Dakota formation
		Sandstone (water rose to a level 370 feet, below land surface)	17	512

51. Log of well (29) of Jacob Behrendt in SE SE sec. 4, T. 22 S., R. 43 W. (Cited by Bass, 1926.)			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Niobrara formation
	Fort Hays limestone member
		Rock (probably limestone)	5	5
		Clay, white (probably limestone and shale)	35	40
Carlile, Greenhorn, and Graneros formations
		Shale, black	440	480
Dakota formation
		Sandstone (water rose to a level 355 feet below land surface)	36	516

52. Log of well (51) of Robert Hazlett in SE NE sec. 21, T. 23 S., R. 43 W. (Authority, Robert Hazlett.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Alluvium
	Sand and gravel (water level, 20 feet)	50	50
Graneros shale
	Shale, black	20	70
Dakota formation
	Sandstone (water rose to land surface)	40	110
	Shale	21	131
	Sandstone (water rose to a level 15 feet below land surface)	9	140

53. Log of State well in NE NE sec. 36, T. 23 S., R. 39 W. (Cited by Haworth, 1897.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	8	8
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	"Gypsum" (caliche)	6	14
	Sand and gravel	57	71
	Rock, solid	28	99
	Sand and gravel	6	105
	"Gypsum," red (caliche)	5	110
	Clay, sandy	20	130
	Gravel and boulders	12	142
	Sand, fine, yellow	13	155
	Gravel	9	164
	Clay	6	170
	Sand and gravel (water level, 180 feet)	10	180
	Gravel	7	187
	Sand, fine	5	192
Carlile shale (?)
	Shale, compact, yellow	4	196

54. Log of community well (54) at Coolidge in NE NW sec. 23, T. 23 S., R. 43 W. (Authority, P..A. Bauer, driller.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Alluvium
	Soil and sand (water level, 16 feet)	16	16
	Gravel	34	50
Graneros shale
	Shale, black	40	90
	Shale, sandy, hard	16	106
Dakota formation
	Sandstone (water rose to a level 15 feet below land surface)	45	151
	Shale	5	156

55. Log of well (57) of J. W. Egger in SW NE sec. 24, T. 23 S., R, 43 W. Surface altitude, 3,340.91 feet. (Authority, J. W. Egger.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Alluvium
	Sand and gravel (water level, 12 feet)	58	58
Graneros shale
	Shale	38	96
Dakota formation
	Sandstone (water rose to a level 8 feet below land surface)	53	149
	Shale	26	175
	Sandstone	25	200
Kiowa shale
	Shale	49	249
Cheyenne sandstone
	Sandstone (water rose to a level 5 feet above land surface)	38	287

56. Log of well of Mr. Beeler in SE sec. 9, T. 25 S., R. 41 W. (Cited by Darton, 1920.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Sand and gravel	210	210
Graneros shale
	Shale, sandy, hard	40	250
Dakota-Cheyenne formations
	Sandstone	20	270
	Clay, white	35	305
	Lime (probably shale)	13	318
	Shale, hard	12	330
	Clay, white	40	370
	Shale, variegated	20	390
	Rock and clay	26	416
	Sandstone, gray	14	430
	Shale, sandy, hard	24	454
	Sandstone, gray	15	469
	Clay, brown and white	35	504
	Sandstone and clay	20	524
	Sandstone, light gray	12	536
	Shale, black	3	539

57. Partial log of well in NE sec. 27, T. 25 S., R. 41 W. (Cited by Darton, 1920.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Dakota formation
	Shale, sandy, hard	34	170
	Sandstone	15	185
	Clay, white	15	200
	Limestone (probably shale)	10	210
	Sandstone	20	230
	Clay, white	2	232

58. Partial log of well in NW sec. 33, T. 25 S., R. 41 W. (Cited by Darton, 1920.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Graneros shale
	Shale, black	140
Dakota-Cheyenne formations
	Sandstone, gray	40	180
	Clay, white	30	210
	Shale, sandy, hard	50	260
	Limestone (probably shale)	22	282
	Shale, sandy, hard	23	305
	Sandstone, gray	53	358
	Clay, white	4	362

59. Log of well in sec. 6, T. 26 S., R 41 W. (Cited by Darton, 1920.)		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	18	18
Undifferentiated Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits
	Sand	7	25
	Sand, light	11	36
Graneros shale
	Slate, black (probably shale)	69	105
Dakota-Cheyenne formations
	Shale, brown	43	148
	Shale, sandy, light	122	270
	Slate, light (probably clay or shale)	10	280
	Sand, coarse, gray	10	290
	Slate, light (probably clay or shale)	30	320
	Slate, gray (probably clay or shale)	15	335
	Slate, light to dark (probably clay or shale)	35	370
	Lime, chalky, white	30	400
	Rock, red, soft	5	405
	Lime, pink	20	425
	Rock, red, soft	5	430
	Sand, soft	25	455
	Lime, sandy, containing pyrite.	15	470
	Lime, sandy, fine	38	508
	Sandstone, gray	72	580
	Sand, gray	32	612

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