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Lyon County Geohydrology

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Part 1: Rock Formations of Lyon County, by Howard G. O'Connor

Introduction
Location and geography
Field work
Previous geologic work
Acknowledgments
Stratigraphy of outcrops
Quaternary System
Tertiary System
Permian System
Pennsylvanian System

Part 2: Mineral Resources of Lyon County, by Howard G. O'Connor, Edwin G. Goebel, and Norman Plummer

Introduction
Economic geology of outcropping rocks
Limestone
Ceramic materials
Gravel and sand
Volcanic ash
Coal
Subsurface rocks
Stratigraphy and structure
Oil and gas

Part 3: Ground-water Resources of Lyon County, by Howard G. O'Connor

Ground-water resources
Source
Principles of occurrence
Unconfined water
Confined water
Artesian conditions
Ground-water recharge
Recharge and disposition of precipitation
Seepage from streams and ponds
Percolation from outside the area
Discharge of subsurface water
Evaporation and transpiration
Springs and seeps
Discharge by wells
Public water supplies
Industrial supplies
Availability of large ground-water supplies
Chemical character of water
Dissolved solids
Hardness
Iron
Fluoride
Nitrate
Sulfate
Chloride
Sanitary considerations
Ground-water regions in Chase County
Region A
Region B
Region C
Region D
Region E
Well-numbering system
Records of wells
Logs of test holes
References
Plates

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Kansas Geological Survey, Lyon County Geohydrology
Web version Sept. 2001. Original publication date March 1953.
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