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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.

101. Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 4, T. 25 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,080.4 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, brown; contains fine to very fine sand33
Silt, compact, light gray; contains fragments of caliche,36
Silt, brown and gray; contains caliche410
Silt, compact, tan to gray1424
Sand, very fine to fine428
Silt, white230
Sand, very fine to fine1141
Sand, fine, to gravel, fine; contains a small amount of gray silt445
Gravel and sand; fine to coarse550
Sand, very fine to medium1060
Sand and gravel, fine to coarse; contains gray and buff silt2080
Silt, dark blue gray; contains fine to coarse gravel888
No sample recovered (probably sand)1098
Silt, tan and white; contains fine sand, fine gravel, and caliche38136
Gravel, fine; contains light gray-green clay5141
Silt, compact, dark tan17158
Gravel, coarse. Consists of materials derived from the Dakota formation8166
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, light gray and buff4170
102. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 20, T. 25 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,074.2 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, compact, gray, and fine sand33
Silt, brown, and fine sand36
Silt, gray to white and tan; contains a few nodules of caliche1622
Silt, gray and tan; contains very fine to fine sand427
Silt, light gray to buff; contains caliche431
Gravel and sand; fine to coarse2960
Silt, gray, tan, and yellow; contains caliche2080
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine33113
Silt, compact, varicolored5118
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine14132
Silt, compact, dark tan12144
Gravel, fine to coarse. Pebbles consist of caliche and of materials from the Dakota formation7151
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, varicolored9160
103. Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 2.9, T. 25 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,078.8 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, brown, and very fine to fine sand55
Sand, very fine to coarse1823
Sand, very fine to medium; contains a small amount of brown silt1740
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine2262
Silt, tan and gray; contains caliche1173
Gravel, fine, to sand, fine2093
Silt, gray; contains caliche12105
Sand, fine to coarse10115
Gravel, and sand, fine to coarse57172
Cretaceous--Comanchean  
Kiowa shale  
Clay, light gray9181
Clay, light gray to dark gray, and fine-grained sandstone; contains fragments of fossil shells9190
104. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 5, T. 25 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,171.1 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, brown, and fine sand55
Silt, gray; contains fine gravel49
Silt, gray; contains fine sand and fine gravel1524
Gravel, fine, to sand, fine832
Gravel, coarse, to sand, medium1850
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine; in part cemented; contains a small amount of yellow and buff silt2373
Silt, gray and tan; contains caliche2598
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Sandstone, fine-grained, hard, brown, and ironstone2100
Clay, yellow and light gray, and ironstone20120
105. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 12, T. 25 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,144.2 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, drak gray33
Silt, blocky, hard, light gray36
Sand, fine to coarse511
Sand, very fine to medium, brown1425
Sand, fine to coarse; contains tan and gray silt631
Gravel and sand; fine to coarse2455
Gravel, coarse to fine; contains thin layers of yellow and gray clay and cemented sand3893
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine; in part cemented; contains gray silt699
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, varicolored; contains fine-grained hard yellow and white sandstone11110
106. Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 18, T. 25 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,166.8 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Sand, fine to very fine, and brown silt1111
Silt, soft, brown1425
Sand, very fine to medium, light brown732
Sand, very fine to medium, light brown; contains brown silt1345
Silt, gray; contains fragments of caliche and a small amount of fine gravel348
Sand, fine, to gravel, fine1765
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse772
Sand, fine to coarse; contains a small amount of fine to coarse gravel and gray silt1890
Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand10100
Sand, fine, to gravel, fine36136
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse6142
Sand and gravel, fine to coarse; contains fragments of caliche, gray silt, and ironstone22164
Silt, tan and gray21185
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, varicolored; contains fragments of buff fine-grained sandstone and ironstone5190
107. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 17, T. 25 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,187.7 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, brown, and fine sand55
Silt, compact, brown813
Silt, red brown and gray; contains fine sand417
Sand, fine to very fine1835
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse3570
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand2494
Silt, white and light gray; contains caliche21115
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand9124
Silt, gray and tan; contains a small amount of fine gravel16140
Gravel, fine to coarse. Pebbles consist of sandstone and ironstone derived from the Dakota formation13153
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, varicolored7160
108. Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 25, T. 25 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,142.5 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, brown, and fine sand55
Silt, gray, contains fine to coarse gravel, and fine sand,49
Silt, light gray; contains caliche and medium gravel615
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse3045
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains a little buff silt3277
Silt, light gray to white; contains caliche2198
Gravel, fine, to sand, fine5103
Silt, gray and tan, contains caliche and fine to coarse gravel20123
Gravel, fine, to sand, fine5128
Silt, gray; contains caliche9137
Sand, fine to coarse14151
Silt, gray; contains fragments of caliche and a small amount of fine gravel11162
Silt, tan and buff; contains fine gravel3165
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, varicolored; contains ironstone5170
109. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 30, T. 25 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,180.0 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, dark brown66
Silt, gray to light gray9.515.5
Sand and gravel, fine to coarse32.548
Silt, gray and buff351
Gravel and sand, fine to coarse1768
Silt, gray and tan, and fine sand573
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine31104
Silt, sandy, tan11115
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains caliche and gray and white silt21136
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, buff and gray; contains fine-grained buff to white sandstone4140
110. Sample log of test hole in. the NW NE sec. 4, T. 25 S., R. 10 W. Surface altitude, 2,160.5 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent  
Alluvium  
Silt, dark brown, and fine sand11
Sand, fine, brown34
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a small amount of sand,1822
Gravel, fine to medium; contains much sand628
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Sandstone, fine-grained, tan, white, and brown432
Sandstone, fine-grained, soft, light gray335
Sandstone, fine-grained, brownish yellow to gray; contains ironstone and yellow clay338
111. Sample log of test hole in the SW SW sec. 10, T. 25 S., R. 10 W. Surface altitude, 2,181.7 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent  
Alluvium  
Sand, fine to coarse, brown; contains silt22
Gravel, medium; contains much sand1113
Gravel, coarse to fine; contains a little sand619
Gravel, coarse; contains yellow-brown clay322
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine2042
Gravel, medium to fine; contains gray to brown clay446
Sand, fine, light gray450
Silt, clayey, brown to gray; contains medium to coarse gravel1161
Silt, clayey, gray3394
Sand, fine to coarse; contains a small amount of gray-green silty clay21115
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine20135
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, dark gray; contains fragments of charcoal and ironstone10145
112. Sample log of test hole in the NW NW sec. 26, T. 25 S., R. 19 W. Surface altitude, 2,198.6 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent  
Dune sand  
Sand fine to coarse, and brown silt77
Sand, fine to coarse; contains fine gravel1522
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand628
Silt, yellow brown and gray331
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand536
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains buff to white silt743
Silt, gray and buff548
Gravel, fine to coarse2775
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains fine sand and buff to gray silt2095
Silt, gray and buff; contains fine to coarse sand8103
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Sandstone, brown and yellow, and ironstone3106
Clay, blue gray and yellow4110
113. Sample log of test hole in the SW SW sec. 85, T. 25 S., R. 19 W. Surface altitude, 2,214.8 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Meade formation  
Silt, brawn, and fine sand22
Silt, dark gray55
Silt, gray; contains a small amount of coarse gravel,613
Silt, dark brown, and fine sand; in part consolidated1023
Gravel, fine to coarse, and yellow and buff silt831
Gravel, coarse, to sand, medium; contains thin layers of buff silt3667
Gravel, fine to coarse2491
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand15106
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains gray and buff silt27133
Gravel, fine; contains a small amount of silt2135
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Siltstone, tan and white; contains a small amount of brown sandstone6141
Clay, varicolored; contains ironstone and brown sandstone4145
114. Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 8, T. 25 S., R. 20 W. Surface altitude, 2,236.4 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil, dark brown to gray2.52.5
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Terrace deposits  
Silt, dull greenish gray3.56
Silt, blocky, brown28
Silt and clay, light brown to buff; contains a few nodules of caliche6775
Sand, medium to fine; contains light-gray to buff silt580
Sand, coarse to fine; contains fine gravel1090
Gravel, medium, to sand, fine; contains caliche and gray-green to light-buff silt and clay10100
Gravel, fine to medium; contains sand8108
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Sandstone, medium-grained, white to yellow brown6114
115. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 21, T. 25 S., R. 20 W. Surface altitude, 2,254.1 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil, gray 1 1
Quaternary--Pleistocene  
Terrace deposits  
Silt, dull greenish gray34
Silt, blocky, brown37
Silt and clay, buff; contains nodules of caliche3138
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains sand and gray silt139
Sand, fine to coarse, light buff; cemented with calcium carbonate140
Caliche, yellow to white; contains fine to coarse sand141
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, light blue gray and yellow445
116. Sample lag of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 28, T. 25 S., R. 20 W. Surface altitude, 2,222.5 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill22
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent  
Alluvium  
Silt, yellow gray, and fine to medium sand57
Silt, buff; contains fine to coarse sand411
Sand, fine to coarse, and dark gray silt; contains fine to coarse gravel920
Silt, dark gray, and sand, fine to medium323
Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a small amount of sand5.528.5
Cretaceous--Gulfian  
Dakota formation  
Clay, light gray and yellow, interbedded with fine- to medium-grained, yellow-brown sandstone1.530

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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