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Well Logs

Listed in the following pages are the logs of 144 wells and test holes in Pawnee and Edwards Counties, including 133 test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey of Kansas. The numbers of the logs correspond to the numbers used in the diagrammatic cross section (Pl. 3).

Logs entitled "sample log" are those for which the well cuttings were collected and studied. A "driller's log" is a written log obtained from a driller or from some other source.

T. 20 S. || T. 21 S. || T. 22 S. || T. 23 S. || T. 24 S. || T. 25 S. || T. 26 and 27 S.

88. Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 5, T. 24 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,076.2 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, brown; contains fine sand22
Silt, gray; contains fine to coarse sand35
Silt, brown; contains fine to coarse sand38
Silt, gray to brown; contains fine to coarse sand513
Sand, very fine to coarse1831
Gravel, fine; contains fine to coarse sand940
Gravel, fine; contains gray silt and fine to coarse sand,1050
Gravel, fine to medium, and fine to coarse sand2373
Gravel, fine to medium; contains fine sand and gray-green silt2093
Silt, dark gray to tan; contains very coarse gravel7100
Silt, dark gray to light gray8108
Silt, tan; contains a little gravel16124
Cretaceous--Gulfian and Comanchean  
Dakota formation (Gulfian)  
Clay, buff, yellow, and light gray; contains red clay and ironstone24148
Clay, gray15163
Shale, blocky, gray to buff; contains ironstone and fine yellow sandstone37200
Kiowa Shale (Comanchean)  
Shale, dark gray; contains hard gray sandstone and a few fragments of pyrite17217
Shale, dark gray; contains hard gray sandstone, pyrite, and fragments of fossil shells38255
Shale, dark gray; contains thin beds of dark-gray to black fissile shale and fragments of ironstone29284
Shale, dark gray; contains hard gray sandstone, pyrite, and fragments of fossil shells31315
Shale, fissile, gray and black; contains pyrite and charcoal13328
Shale, fissile, gray to black; contains many fragments of fossil shells and lesser amounts of charcoal, pyrite, and hard white sandstone5333
Cheyenne sandstone (Comanchean)  
Sandstone, fine-grained to very fine-grained light gray8341
Sandstone, fine-grained to very fine-grained light greenish gray11352
Permian  
Redbeds (Undifferentiated)  
Siltstone, brick red8360
89. Sample lag of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 21, T. 24 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,092.9 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, brown, and fine sand44
Silt, compact, dark gray to black48
Silt, compact, light gray311
Silt, brown; contains fine sand314
Sand, very fine to fine418
Silt, light brown; contains fine sand1028
Sand, very fine to fine, and light gray to buff silt1038
Silt, compact, white and buff; contains fragments of caliche846
Silt, buff and gray; contains fine to coarse sand and fine gravel551
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains fine to coarse sand2374
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains ironstone and buff clay,781
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains sand and gray to buff silt990
Silt, buff; contains fine sand393
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains fine to coarse sand and gray to buff silt12105
Silt, gray and tan; contains a little gravel40145
Silt, light blue gray16161
Silt, light gray to tan, and fine to coarse sand23184
Gravel, fine to medium, and fine to coarse sand6190
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, blue gray to tan; contains brown sandstone and fragments of ironstone10200
90. Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 20, T. 24 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,079.8 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, brown, and fine sand33
Silt, compact, light gray to dark gray47
Silt, brown to tan, and very fine to fine sand; contains fragments of caliche714
Silt, buff to gray; contains fine sand and fragments of caliche1125
Sand, fine to coarse; contains fine gravel and buff silt833
Silt, compact, light gray to white538
Silt, buff and gray; contains fine to coarse sand and a little gravel543
Silt, light gray; contains caliche, fine to coarse sand, and fine to medium gravel750
Gravel, fine to coarse, and fine to coarse sand; contains a small amount of buff silt74124
Gravel, fine, to sand, fine; contains light-gray silt4128
Gravel, fine, to sand, coarse; contains blue-gray silt5133
Silt, light gray, and fine gravel; contains fine to coarse sand29162
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine5167
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, varicolored, and ironstone23190
91. Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 6, T. 24 S., R. 17 W. Surface altitude, 2,123.3 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, compact, dark gray to black44
Silt, light gray; contains fine gravel48
Silt, soft, brown and gray; contains fine to coarse sand311
Silt, light gray to buff; contains fine gravel415
Sand, fine to coarse; contains fine gravel and gray silt2338
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse543
Silt, light gray and buff447
Gravel, fine to medium, and fine to coarse sand; contains buff silt1259
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains a small amount of gray and buff silt1170
Silt, compact, tan to gray1383
Silt, light gray to white; contains fine to medium gravel and fragments of caliche18101
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Sandstone, fine-grained, brown and white, and light-gray clay; contains fragments of ironstone9110
92. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 18, T. 24 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,128.4 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent  
Alluvium  
Silt, compact, and fine sand33
Sand, fine to coarse1114
Gravel, fine to coarse418
Silt, soft, tan and gray1937
Silt, gray, and fine sand1249
Silt, blocky, brown; contains caliche150
Silt, brown656
Sand, fine, white; contains silt965
Clay, light gray to buff368
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, varicolored; contains ironstone and brown sandstone371
93. Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 20, T. 24 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,193.7 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent  
Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)  
Sand, fine, and brown silt33
Sand, fine; contains silt and very fine sand2528
Meade formation (Pleistocene)  
Silt, dark brown634
Sand, fine to very fine438
Sand, fine to very fine, and silt; brown1856
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine49105
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, gray and buff5110
94. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 24, T. 24 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,1342 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, compact, dark gray44
Silt, light gray and brown; contains a small amount of fine gravel1115
Sand, very fine to medium, brown723
Sand, very fine to medium; contains a small amount of fine gravel932
Gravel and sand; fine to coarse1850
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains a small amount of gray and buff silt2070
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse1585
Silt, gray to tan; contains gravel38123
Silt, gray and white; contains fine gravel and fragments of caliche8131
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Sandstone, fine-grained, hard; contains yellow clay9140
95. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 36, 7'. 24 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,141.3 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, soft, brown33
Silt, compact, light gray to brown47
Sand, fine, and red and brown silt613
Silt, soft, gray and brown417
Sand, fine to coarse; contains fine gravel1229
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains a small amount of tan clay3261
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains buff to yellow silt970
Gravel and sand; fine to coarse979
Silt, compact, light gray to white; contains fine to coarse gravel31110
Silt, white and tan; contains caliche5115
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine; contains white to tan silt3118
Cretaceous--Gulfian and Comanchean  
Dakota formation (Gulfian)  
Clay, varicolored14132
Clay, varicolored; contains ironstone44176
Sandstone, fine-grained, very hard, gray; contains a small amount of pyrite2178
Siltstone, compact, gray; contains fine sand and tan blocky clay18196
Sandstone, fine-grained, gray22218
Kiowa shale (Comanchean)  
Clay, silty, gray; contains a few fragments of charcoal32250
Clay, silty, gray; contains gray sandstone and many fragments of pyrite16266
Shale, dark gray to black; contains gray fine-grained sandstone and fragments of fossil shells21287
Shale, dark gray to black; contains a few fragments of pyrite23310
Shale, dark gray to black, and black fissile shale30340
Shale, dark gray to black; contains fragments of charcoal and pyrite38378
Shale, soft, light gray4382
Shale, dark gray18395
Cheyenne sandstone (Comanchean)  
Sandstone, fine-grained, white20415
Shale, light greenish gray6421
Shale, light greenish gray; contains gray medium-grained sandstone21442
Permian  
Redbeds (Undifferentiated)  
Siltstone and shale; brick red8450
96. Sample log of test hole at the STV cor. sec. 9, T. 24 S., R. 19 W. Surface altitude, 2,184.0 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill22
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Terrace deposits  
Silt, yellow gray, contains a few nodules of caliche13
Silt, light brown25
Silt, buff; contains fine to coarse sand and nodules of caliche4449
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Sandstone, white; contains light blue-gray clay1160
Sandstone, brown363
97. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 28, T. 24 S., R. 19 W. Surface altitude, 2,1654 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil, silty, dark gray to black33
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent  
Alluvium  
Silt, dark brown; contains fine sand47
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse1118
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, buff and light blue gray220
98. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 3, T. 24 S., R. 20 W. Surface altitude, 2,289.4 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill 2 2
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Terrace deposits  
Silt, gray brown24
Silt, greenish gray37
Silt, blocky, brown512
Silt and clay, tan to buff; contains caliche and fine to coarse sand2032
Silt and clay, gray white; contains sand and many fragments of limestone133
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Greenhorn and Graneros formations (?)  
Shale, calcareous, yellow to gray; contains blue-white bentonite. Thin beds of limestone at depths of 33.5 and 39 feet841
Shale, noncalcareous, light blue gray; contains fine brown sandstone and white bentonite950
99. Sample log of test hole of the NW cor. sec. 15, T. 24 S., R. 20 W. Surface altitude, 2,260.4 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill1.51.5
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Terrace deposits  
Silt, light brown, and blocky brown silt3.55
Silt and clay, buff; contains nodules of caliche, fine gravel, and fine sand5459
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, yellow, and ironstone160
Clay, light blue gray767
Clay, varicolored370
Clay, varicolored; contains fine-grained sandstone1585
100. Sample lag of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 34, T. 24 S., R. 20 W. Surface altitude, 2,245.6 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Terrace deposits  
Silt, gray brown44
Silt, greenish gray to yellow gray48
Silt, blocky, brown311
Silt and clay, light brown to buff; contains a few nodules of caliche6475
Silt, light brown; contains fine to coarse sand883
Sand and gravel; hard, cemented with calcium carbonate386
Clay, light gray to light brown; contains fine to coarse sand490
Silt and clay, in part cemented, light brown and white; contains fine sand to medium gravel12102
Sand, fine, to gravel, medium8110
Silt, light brown; contains caliche9119
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine4123
Silt, light buff3126
Gravel, medium, to sand, medium8134
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, micaceous, light gray and yellow, interbedded with white fine-grained sandstone4138

T. 20 S. || T. 21 S. || T. 22 S. || T. 23 S. || T. 24 S. || T. 25 S. || T. 26 and 27 S.

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