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Abstract
Introduction
Geography
Subsurface Rocks
Outcropping Rocks
Structural Geology
Ground Water
Well Records
Logs of Test Holes
References
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Logs of Wells and Test Holes
Given on the following pages are logs of 15 test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey of Kansas and logs of 22 wells and test holes obtained from drillers and other sources. Additional logs of test holes are on file at the State and U.S. Geological Survey offices, Lawrence, Kans., and may be consulted there.
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| 15-22E-16ddb--Sample log of test hole in the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec. 16, T. 15 S., R. 22 E., on road shoulder about 280 feet west of creek; angered August 1954. Altitude of land surface, 924 +/- feet. |
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Roadfill | 1 | 1 |
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Pleistocene Series |
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Terrace deposits, undifferentiated |
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Silt, sandy, tannish-brown | 3 | 4 |
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Silt and clay, very sandy, dark-grayish-brown | 8 | 12 |
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Silt and clay, grayish-brown; contains about 50 percent chert, limestone, and quartz sand and gravel | 8 | 20 |
| Pennsylvanian System | | |
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Upper Pennsylvanian Series |
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Missourian Stage |
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Shale, clayey, calcareous, bluish-gray | 2 | 22 |
| 15-22E-17bbc--Driller's log of well in the SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec. 17, T. 15 S., R. 22 E.; drilled by Carl Moore and Son for John Erskin estate, November 1957. Altitude of land surface, 1,033 +/- feet; reported depth to water, 125 feet. |
| | Thickness
(feet) | Depth
(feet) |
| Soil | 2 | 2 |
| Clay | 19 | 21 |
| Limestone | 22 | 43 |
| Shale | 5 | 48 |
| Limestone | 11 | 59 |
| Shale | 8 | 67 |
| Limestone | 17 | 84 |
| Shale | 66 | 150 |
| Sandy shale (water) | 30 | 180 |
| Limestone | 5 | 185 |
| Shale | 12 | 197 |
| Limestone | 8 | 205 |
| Shale | 17 | 222 |
| Limestone | 13 | 235 |
| 15-23E-18ccc--Driller's log of well in the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 23 E.; drilled by Carl Moore and Son for L.A. Butts, March 1956. Altitude of land surface, 1,065 +/- feet; reported depth to water, 35 feet. |
| | Thickness
(feet) | Depth
(feet) |
| Soil | | |
| Clay | 6 | 9 |
| Boulders | 2 | 11 |
| Sandy clay | 5 | 16 |
| Limestone | 10 | 26 |
| Shale | 3 | 29 |
| Limestone | 2 | 31 |
| Shale | 2 | 33 |
| Limestone | 19 | 52 |
| Shale | 7 | 59 |
| Red bed | 3 | 62 |
| Shale | 2 | 64 |
| Limestone | 3 | 67 |
| Shale | 2 | 69 |
| Limestone | 16 | 85 |
| Shale | 24 | 109 |
| Limestone | 1 | 110 |
| Sandy shale | 4 | 114 |
| Sandstone (water) | 12 | 126 |
| Sandy shale | 4 | 130 |
| Shale | 27.5 | 157.5 |
| 15-24E-4aba--Driller's log of well in the NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec. 4, T. 15 S., R. 24 E.; drilled by Carl Moore and Son for Arthur Van Daele, August 1956. Altitude of land surface, 1,023 +/- feet. |
| | Thickness
(feet) | Depth
(feet) |
| Topsoil | 2 | 2 |
| Clay | 5 | 7 |
| Boulders | 3 | 10 |
| Shale | 12 | 22 |
| Lime (water at 40 feet) | 64 | 86 |
| Shale | 20 | 106 |
| Lime | 9 | 115 |
| Shale | 2 | 117 |
| Lime, soft | 3 | 120 |
| Shale | 3 | 123 |
| Lime, sandy | 4 | 127 |
| Shale | 6 | 133 |
| Rock, red | 2 | 135 |
| Shale | 15 | 150 |
| Lime | 5 | 155 |
| Slate black | 1 | 156 |
| Shale | 23 | 179 |
| Lime | 1 | 180 |
| Shale | 15 | 195 |
| Lime | 1 | 196 |
| Shale | 4 | 200 |
| 15-25E-6caa--Driller's log of well in the NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec. 6, T. 15 S., R. 25 E.; drilled by J.D. Judd and Son for Francis Hodge, 1943. Altitude of land surface, 1,092 +/- feet; reported depth to water, 27 feet. |
| | Thickness
(feet) | Depth
(feet) |
| Soil | 4 | 4 |
| Clay | 6 | 10 |
| Lime shells | 8 | 18 |
| Red bed | 10 | 28 |
| Sandstone (water) | 6 | 34 |
| Shale | 8 | 42 |
| Limestone | 82 | 124 |
| Shale | 29 | 153 |
| Limestone | 9 | 162 |
| Sandy shale | 16 | 178 |
| Limestone | 1 | 179 |
| Red bed | 6 | 185 |
| Shale | 7 | 192 |
| Limestone | 5 | 197 |
| Shale and slate (water) | 8 | 205 |
| Shale | 4 | 209 |
| Sandstone | 8 | 217 |
| Shale | 5 | 222 |
| Limestone | 5 | 227 |
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