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Logs of Test Holes

The logs of 117 test holes drilled and augered by the U.S. Geological Survey and the State Geological Survey and three test holes drilled by O. S. Fent are given on the following pages.

T. 14 S. || T. 15 S. || T. 16 S. || T. 17 S.

14-8W-88add--Sample log of test hole in the SE SE NE sec. 18, T. 14 S., R. 8 W., west side of road, 29 feet north of 1/2-mile line; drilled September 2, 1964. Altitude of land surface, 1,759 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Chalk, dark-yellowish-orange; intermittent limestone beds	14	19
				Chalk, dark-gray; some bentonite seams	28	47
			Graneros Shale
				Shale, clayey, dark-gray	3	50

14-8W-21abb--Sample log of test hole in the NW NW NE sec. 21, T. 14 S., R. 8 W., south side of road, 44 feet east of 1/2-mile line; drilled September 2, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,741 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, medium-light-brown; contains some caliche	7	7
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Chalk, yellowish-orange in upper part, dark-gray in lower part, some bentonite	27	34
			Graneros Shale
				Shale, clayey, dark-gray	6	40

14-9W-4ccc--Sample log of test hole in the SW cor. sec. 4, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., east side of road, 100 feet north of intersection; drilled September 1, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,764 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Chalk, yellowish-orange; contains thin bentonite seams	45	50
				Chalk, dark-gray, some bentonite seams	55	105
			Graneros Shale
				Shale, grayish-black, noncalcareous	5	110

14-9W-12ccc--Sample log of test hole in the SW cor. sec. 12, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., east side of road, 82 feet north of center of road; drilled September 2, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,758 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Limestone, chalky, light-yellowish-orange in upper part, dark-gray in lower part	25	30
				Chalk, dark-gray, several thin bentonite seams	41	71
			Graneros Shale
				Shale, clayey, dark-gray, noncalcareous	9	80

14-9W-17aaa--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 17, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., south side of road, 45 feet west of intersection; augered June 13, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,764 feet; dry hole.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, sandy, light-brown	5	5
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Chalk, light-yellowish-gray	5	10

14-9W-17baa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE NW sec. 17, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., south side of road at "2-mile line; augered June 13, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,736 feet; dry hole.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, clayey, dark-brownish-gray	5	5
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Chalk, light-yellowish-brown	3	8

14-9W-17bbb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 17, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., south side of road, 114 feet east of intersection; drilled August 29, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,689 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, clayey, dark-brown	5	5
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, clayey, medium-light-brown; contains some caliche in lower part	23	28
				Sand, medium to very coarse; contains some gravel in lower part	25	53
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Graneros Shale
				Shale, clayey, dark-gray; contains thin yellowish-orange sandstone streaks	7	60

14-9W-18abb--Sample log of test hole in the NW NW NE sec. 18, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., south side of road at 1/2-mile line; augered August 29, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,676 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, clayey, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, medium-light-brown	40	45
				Sand, fine to coarse; contains fine gravel in middle part	21	66
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, light-gray, some brown mottling	4	70

14-9W-18bbb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 18, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., east side of road, 105 feet south of intersection; augered August 29, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,671 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	4	4
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, light-brown; contains some fine sand	36	40
				Silt, light-brown, grading downward to silty sand	10	50
				Sand, fine to medium in upper part, grading downward to coarse sand and some fine gravel	10	60
				Gravel, fine, and coarse sand in upper part, grading downward to coarse gravel, cemented in lower part	9	69
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, medium- to light-gray	7	76

14-9W-23bbb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 23, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., east side of road, 50 feet south of intersection; augered June 16, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,704 feet; dry hole.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	2	2
				Silt, brown; contains caliche nodules	4	6
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Chalk, yellowish-orange	3	9

14-9W-23bcc--Sample log of test hole in the SW SW NW sec. 23, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., east side of road at ',2-mile line; augered June 16, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,685 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Nebraskan Stage
			Fullerton and Holdrege Formations
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
				Silt, medium-brown	5	10
				Silt, light-brown; contains some caliche	10	20
				Silt, light-brown	21	41
				Silt, yellowish-brown; contains some fine to coarse gravel	3	44
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, yellowish-orange	4	48
				Clay, medium-light-gray	5	53

14-9W-26bcc--Sample log of test hole in the SW SW NW sec. 26, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., east side of road at "2-mile line; augered Tune 16, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,668 feet; dry hole.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Nebraskan Stage
			Fullerton and Holdrege Formations
				Silt, clayey, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
				Sand, medium	4	9
				Sand, coarse to very coarse; contains much caliche	3	12
				Sand, coarse	3	15
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, light-gray	4	19
				Clay, medium-gray	5	24

14-9W-31bab--Sample log of test hole in the NW NE NW sec. 31, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., edge of field, 0.35 mile east of section corner; augered June 22, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,660 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Graneros Shale
				Shale, weathered, clayey and silty, light-gray to grayish-brown, some yellowish-orange mottling	15	15
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Siltstone, light-gray and dark-yellowish-orange; contains some fine sand	4	19

14-9W-31bbb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 31, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., east side of road, 100 feet south of intersection; augered June 14, l~61. Altitude of land surface, 1,684 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, clayey, dark-grayish-brown	4	4
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Graneros Shale
				Shale, weathered, clayey, dark-gray	2	6
				Shale, weathered, clayey, light-brown and medium-gray; some reddish-brown staining	4	10
				Shale, medium-gray, and some yellow streaks	7	17

14-9W-32baa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE NW sec. 32, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., center of road at "2-mile line; augered June 22, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,646 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, clayey, dark-grayish-brown	4	4
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, light-brown; contains some fine sand in lower part	20	24
				Sand, fine to coarse; contains silt in lower part	17	41
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, yellowish-gray	2	43

14-9W-32bbb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 32, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., east side of road at fence corner; augered June 14, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,618 feet; depth to water, 12.0 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, clayey, dark-grayish-brown	4	4
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Sand, fine; contains much silt; fine gravel in lower part	19	23
				Clay, silty, light-brown	4	27
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained	10	37

14-9W-33aaa--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 33, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., south side of road, 80 feet west of intersection; augered June 15, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,630 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent Stage
				Soil	2	2
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, clayey, brown; contains some medium sand	4	6
				Sand, fine; contains some coarse sand and fine gravel	4	10
				Clay, light- to dark-gray; contains some coarse sand and fine gravel	4	14
				Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel; contains silt streaks in middle part	28	42
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Siltstone, light-grayish-yellow	3	45

14-9W-33baa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE NW sec. 33, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., South side of road at "2-mile line; augered June 15, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,642 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	3	3
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, clayey, medium-brown; contains a few large caliche nodules	17	20
				Sand, fine, and fine to medium gravel	34	54
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, red and light-gray	1	55

14-9W-33bbb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 33, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., east side of road, 85 feet south of intersection; augered June 14, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,641 feet; depth to water, 41.0 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	4	4
				Silt, clayey, medium-grayish-brown	5	9
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, light-grayish-brown; contains coarse sand and fine gravel in lower part	4	13
				Silt, greenish-gray; contains much fine sand in lower part	14	27
				Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel; contains some silt	23	50
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, medium-light-gray	15	65

14-9W-34aaa--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 34, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., south side of road, 60 feet west of intersection; augered June 16, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,668 feet; dry hole.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Nebraskan Stage
			Fullerton and Holdrege Formations
				Silt, clayey, dark-grayish-brown	3	3
				Silt, brown	2	5
				Silt, clayey, dark-brown; contains fine sand	3	8
				Sand, fine, silty; contains much caliche	2	10
				Sand, medium to very coarse; contains some gravel; gravel increases in lower 3 feet	13	23
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, medium-dark-gray mottled red	7	30
				Clay, medium-gray, and much red clay; some iron-cemented nodules	10	40

14-9W-34baa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE NW sec. 34, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., south side of road at '/'2-mile line; aug6red June 15, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,639 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
				Silt, reddish-brown; contains caliche	5	10
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, clayey, light-yellowish-gray; contains caliche	5	15
				Silt, reddish-brown; contains fine sand and caliche	10	25
				Silt, reddish-brown, and much Very fine sand	13	38
				Silt and sand	17	55
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, light-gray and yellowish-orange; contains some red clay	10	65

14-9W-35cbb--Sample log of test hole in the NW NW SW sec. 35, T. 14 S., R. 9 W., east side of road, 25 feet south of 1/2-mile line; augered June 16, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,638 feet; depth to water, 57.5 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Nebraskan Stage
			Fullerton and Holdrege Formations
				Silt, dark-brown; clayey and sandy near bottom	10	10
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Sandstone, pale-yellowish-gray	56	66
				Clay, medium-gray; some red mottling	1	67

14-10W-7bcc--Sample log of test hole in the SW SW NW sec. 7, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., cast side of road, 64 feet north of 1/2-mile line drilled September 1, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,766 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
				Soil	3	3
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Chalk, yellowish-orange; thin bentonite seams	3	6
			Graneros Shale
				Shale, yellowish-orange in upper part, dark-gray in lower part; contains bentonite at 23 feet and thin sandstone beds below 25 feet	24	30

14-10W-8ddd--Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 8, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., west side of road, 30 feet north of intersection; augered June 22,. 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,744 feet; depth to water, 5.4 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Soil, silty, dark-grayish-brown	2	2
				Silt, olive-gray	2	4
				Silt, light-brown; contains residual limestone gravel in lower part	7	11
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Shale, clayey, calcareous, light-gray and light-brown	8	19

14-10W-13abb--Sample log of test hole in the NW NW NE sec. 13, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., south side of road, 14 feet east of 1/2-mile line; augered August 28, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,662 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, clayey, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, light-brown and light-pinkish-gray	15	20
				Clay, very silty, light-brown	8	28
				Sand, medium to coarse in upper part grading downward to fine to coarse gravel in lower part	25	53
				Gravel, medium to coarse	7	60
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Sandstone, fine-grained	10	70
				Sandstone and interbedded brown clay	10	80

14-10W-13bbb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 13, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., east side of road, 116 feet south of intersection; augered August 28, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,679 feet; depth to water, 56.0 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent Stage
				Soil	6	6
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, clayey, grayish-brown	7	13
				Silt, reddish-brown	17	30
				Sand, very fine to medium; contains material derived from rocks of Cretaceous age	40	70
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Shale, clayey, dark-gray	1	71

14-10W-14baa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE NW sec. 14, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., south side of road at 1/2-mile line; augered June 13, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,697 feet; dry hole.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Soil, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
				Silt, greenish-gray	5	10
				Silt, light-brown; contains caliche pebbles near base	13	23
		Nebraskan Stage
			Fullerton and Holdrege Formations
				Silt, dark-gray; contains much fine to coarse sand and fine to medium gravel; gravel increases downward	11	34
				Sand, fine to coarse, and fine silty gray gravel	4	38
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Shale, medium-dark-gray and yellowish-orange	2	40

14-10W-15aaa--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 15, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., south side of road at west fence line; augered June 13, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,726 feet; dry hole.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Soil, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
				Silt, light-brown	10	15
				Silt, yellowish-gray, some caliche nodules and gravel derived from the Greenhorn Limestone in lower part	20	35
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Limestone, chalky, light-yellowish-orange	2	37

14-10W-15baa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE NW sec. 15, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., south side of road at ',2-mile line; augered June 13, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,763 feet; dry hole.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown, grading downward to brown	6	6
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Limestone, chalky, yellowish-orange	9	15

14-10W-15bbb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 15, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., south side of road, 35 feet east of intersection; augered June 13, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,773 feet; dry hole.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, clayey, brown; contains a few caliche nodules in lower part	5	5
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Limestone, chalky, yellowish-orange	1	6

14-10W-16bcc--Sample log of test hole in the SW SW NW sec. 16, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., east side of road at '/2-mile line; augered June 22, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,717 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	4	4
				Silt, clayey, medium-brown; contains some gravel derived from rocks of Cretaceous age near base	11	15
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Shale, light-yellowish-orange	4	19

14-10W-20add--Sample log of test hole in the SE SE NE sec. 20, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., west side of road at 1/2-mile line; augered June 21, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,684 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Silt, slightly clayey, medium-light-brown; contains caliche nodules	18	18
				Sand, fine, very silty, brown	4	22
				Sand, medium to very coarse; contains some gravel	16	38
				Sand, medium to very coarse and fine gravel	16	54
				Sand, coarse to very coarse; contains some fine silty gravel near base	12	66
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, light-gray, mottled grayish-brown	2	68

14-10W-20bcb--Sample log of test hole in the NW SW NW sec. 20, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., near fence corner at southeast corner of intersection; augered October 30, 1956. Altitude of land surface, 1,682 feet; depth to water, July 14, 1961, 41.9 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Kansan Stage
			Grand Island Formation
				Silt, compact, clayey, dark-brown	12	12
				Silt, clayey and sandy, light-tan	5	17
				Sand, coarse	5	22
				Sand, fine to medium, silty	3	25
				Sand, fine to coarse	7	32
				Sand, fine to coarse, very silty, tan	7	39
				Sand, fine to coarse; contains some fine gravel	2	41
				Sand, fine to coarse, contains some gravel and pebbles	2	43
				Sand, fine to medium	9	52
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Shale, clayey, dark-gray	1	53

14-10W-21bbb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 21, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., east side of road, 40 feet south of intersection; augered June 22, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,701 feet; depth to water, 16.7 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown, clayey	4	4
		Nebraskan Stage
			Fullerton and Holdrege Formations
				Silt, clayey, light-brown; contains some fine sand and caliche	5	9
				Silt, clayey, medium-brown; contains medium to coarse sand	32	41
Cretaceous System
	Upper Cretaceous Series
		Colorado Group
			Greenhorn Limestone
				Shale, clayey, medium-dark-gray	6	47

14-10W-29aaa--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 29, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., west side of road, 80 feet South of intersection; augered June 21, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,664 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, medium-brown	4	4
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Sand, medium to very coarse	5	9
				Sand, medium to very coarse; contains some very fine gravel	5	14
				Sand, medium to very coarse; contains fine to medium gravel	20	34
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, medium-light-gray	4	38

14-10W-29add--Sample log of test hole in the SE SE NE sec. 29, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., west side of road at "2-mile line; augered June 21, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,633 feet; depth to water, 7.0 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	5	5
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Sand, fine to very coarse; contains some silt	4	9
				Sand, medium to coarse	9	18
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Siltstone, light-gray, mottled red	6	24

14-10W-31cda--Sample log of test hole in the NE SE SW sec. 31, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., center of road at north pier of bridge; drilled by O. S. Fent, May 21, 1957. Altitude of land surface, 1,594.1 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Fluvial deposits
				Silt, sandy, grayish-brown	3.5	3.5
				Sand, medium and fine, and light-gray silt	12.5	16
				Silt, soft, sandy, gray	3	19
				Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to fine sand	5	24
				Wood	0.5	24.5
				Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to fine sand	2	26.5
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Shale, clayey, very hard, light-gray; contains thin sandstone and siltstone beds	6	32.5

14-10W-32aaa--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 32, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., west side of road, 35 feet south of section line; augered June 21, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,622 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent Stage
				Silt, sandy, dark-grayish-brown	1	1
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Sand, coarse to very coarse; contains some fine to coarse gravel	8	9
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, yellowish-orange and medium- to light-gray	2	11

14-10W-32daa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE SE sec. 32, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., center of road, 130 feet south of 1/2-mile line; augered June 21, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,568 feet; depth to water, 7.0 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Wisconsinan Stage
			Fluvial deposits (terrace)
				Silt, dark-grayish-brown	4	4
				Sand, fine; contains much silt	5	9
				Silt, clayey, dark-brown	5	14
				Sand, fine to medium, silty	5	19
				Sand, coarse to very coarse, and fine to medium gravel	13	32
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Clay, light-gray	1	33

14-10W-32ddd--Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 32, T. 14 S., R. 10 W., west side of road, 30 feet north of intersection; augered June 21, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,628 feet.					Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary System
	Pleistocene Series
		Recent and Wisconsinan Stages
			Eolian deposits
				Silt, clayey, dark-grayish-brown	6	6
		Kansan Stage
			Sappa and Grand Island Formations
				Sand, coarse to very coarse, and fine to very coarse gravel	9	15
Cretaceous System
	Lower Cretaceous Series
			Dakota Formation
				Sandstone, fine-grained, and interbedded grayish-yellow shale	3	18

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