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18-31-15cc--Sample log of test hole in the SW cor. sec. 15, T. 18 S., R. 31 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,929.7 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Soil, dark, sandy	3	3
		Silt and fine sand, soft, clayey, tan gray; contains abundant gastropod shells	11	14
		Sand, fine, clayey, brown	2	16
		Silt and fine sand, clayey, brown; contains gastropod shells and cemented zones	2	18
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche and clay, fine sandy, limy, light gray, more tan at base	18	36
		Sand, fine, clayey, brown, and limestone, gravel, and caliche intermixed	7	43
		Sand to coarse gravel, cemented, brown	6.5	49.5
		Sand, fine, clayey, brown, and caliche fragments and pebbles; hard beds at 49 1/2 feet and 51 feet	10.5	60
		"Mortar bed", tan	5	65
		Silt and fine sand, clayey, limy, tan to brown	5	70
		Sand and gravel, partly cemented, brown; contains some intermixed sandy clay	7.5	77.5
		Caliche, hard, light gray	1.5	79
		"Mortar bed", fine grained, light gray to tan, and caliche	7	86
		Sand, fine, clayey, light gray, and gravel	8	94
		"Mortar bed", fine grained, light gray to tan	10	104
		"Mortar bed", sand to coarse gravel, gray brown	7	111
		Clay, limy, light gray, and sand and gravel	7.5	118.5
		Sand and gravel, partly cemented	24.5	143
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, clayey, dull yellow	2	145
		Chalk, clayey, dirty brown to black	5	150

18-32-9aa2--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE sec. 9, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1951. Surface altitude, 2,973.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Soil, silt, and clay, black	3	3
		Silt, tan gray to gray green; contains some fine sand	12	15
		Clay and silt, limy, tan to light tan	6	21
		Silt and fine sand, limy, light tan	7	28
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains some limy silt	2.5	30.5
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Sand and cemented fine sand. Hard layer at 34 feet, 1 1/2 feet thick; contains some nodular sandy limestone	9.5	40
		Clay and sand, cemented, interbedded, tan	8	48
		Sand and clay, interbedded, limy; clay is tan to light tan	10	58
		Clay, limy, silty, soft, light tan to gray white; contains some sand interbedded	8	66
		Clay and silt, limy, tan to light tan; contains imbedded coarse sand and fine gravel	3.5	69.5
		Clay, sandy, tan brown, and fine sand, cemented	10.5	80
		Sand, fine, cemented, tan brown; contains some tan sandy clay and brown silt	8.5	88.5
		Sand, fine to coarse, limy, cemented	11.5	100
		Sand, coarse to fine	10	110
		Sand, coarse to fine; contains a 1/2-foot clay stringer at 117 feet	20	130
		Sand, fine to coarse, and limy silt	13	143
		Sand, coarse to fine; contains interbedded clay stringers, light tan to tan white	5	148
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation
		Chalk, yellow tan; contains some coarse imbedded sand and white chalky clay	10	158
		Chalk, clayey, yellow	5	163
		Chalk, clayey, medium hard, gray	3.5	166.5

18-32-17cd--Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. SW sec. 17, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,956.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn and Meade formations undifferentiated
		Soil, dark	1.5	1.5
		Silt, sandy, tan	1.5	3
		Soil, silty, black	3.5	6.5
		Silt, limy, light gray to tan; contains lime-cemented nodules, snail shells, and shell fragments	4.5	11
		Silt, clay, medium gray; contains shell fragments	17	28
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel, brown gray	4	32
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel and clayey silt, brown gray	6	38
		Silt, fine sand, and limy clay, tan and gray	5	43
		Silt and clay, limy, light gray	3	46
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, limy, light gray; contains streaks of yellow-brown clayey sand and medium sand to fine gravel	8	54
		Gravel, brown; contains a few thin beds of gray silt and clay	6	60
		Gravel, brown; contains abundant waterworn caliche pebbles and some limy silt	7	67
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light gray; contains some tan to brown cemented sand	8	75
		Caliche, hard, light gray to white	5	80
		Pebbles and fragments of "mortar bed", fine grained, unconsolidated, brown	4.5	84.5
		Gravel, poorly sorted, brown, partly consolidated at base; contains abundant pebbles of "mortar bed" and of caliche	15.5	100
		"Mortar bed", gray	2	102
		Sand, fine, to coarse gravel, brown	13	115
		Sand and gravel, partly consolidated "mortar bed", brown	1.5	116.5
		"Mortar bed", fine grained, light pink to tan	5.5	122
		Sand and gravel partly consolidated, brown; contains abundant caliche fragments	14	136
		Clay, hard, blocky, chocolate brown	1.5	137.5
		Sand, medium, to coarse gravel, brown	9.5	147
		"Mortar bed", fine grained, partly consolidated, tan	11	158
		Silt, light tan	3	161
		Sand, coarse, to coarse gravel, quartz	4.5	165.5
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, silty, yellow tan, some light gray	6.5	172
		Chalk, clayey, brownish black to blue black	8	180

18-32-20aa--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,969.4 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn and Meade formations undifferentiated
		Soil, silty, dark	2.5	2.5
		Silt and sand, limy, light tan to light gray; contains a few caliche pebbles	9	11.5
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, gray to white; contains light-tan to light-gray limy silt and sand	12.5	24
		"Mortar bed", brown and tan; some partly consolidated white limy material near base	36	60
		Silt and sand, limy, tan; contains some gravel and fragments of "mortar bed"	6	66
		Caliche, light gray to white and tan, and "mortar bed", fine grained	1.5	67.5
		Sand, brown, and gravel, small pebbles of "mortar bed"	8.5	76
		Silt, brown	8.5	84.5
		Silt and sand, light gray and green gray	7.5	92
		Silt and sand, green gray, and gravel; some small white caliche pebbles	11.5	103.5
		Sand, gravel, and "mortar bed", partly consolidated, brown	6.5	110
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel and "mortar bed" pebbles, brown	5	115
		Silt and sand, brown	6	121
		Silt, sand, and fine to medium gravel, brown	9	130
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel; contains many white caliche pebbles	8	138
		Silt and sand, limy, light gray	2	140
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel, brown	5	145
		"Mortar bed", tan and light gray to white	6.5	151.5
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, clayey, cream colored	4.5	156
		Chalk, clayey, light yellow; 3-inch bed of yellow-tan to green blocky chalk at 156 feet	4	160

18-32-20bb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1940. Surface altitude, 2,951.4 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn and Meade formations undifferentiated
		Soil, sandy, limy, tan	1	1
		Silt and clay, tan	15.5	16.5
		Silt, clay, and scattered caliche, light gray	4.5	21
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel, brown	9	30
		Clay, silty, pale green; contains abundant gastropod shells	3.5	33.5
		Silt and clay, tan to brown	4.5	38
		Silt, clayey, brown; contains some limestone and loose sand	9	47
		Sand, fine, and silt and clay, tan to brown	7	54
		Sand, fine, silty, and clay, limy, light green	4	58
		Sand, fine, and silt and clay, tan to brown	2	60
		Sand, medium, to fine gravel, tan; contains mostly quartz pebbles, some caliche pebbles	11	71
		Clay, silty, light gray	2	73
		Sand, fine, and silt and clay, tan to brown	4	77
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains some silt, clay, and abundant rounded, waterworn caliche pebbles	11	88
		Sand, fine, silt, and clay, tan and light gray; contains abundant rounded, waterworn caliche pebbles	2	90
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light gray; contains a few thin softer beds	8	98
		Sand, fine, pink brown, and clayey silt	1.5	99.5
		Caliche, light gray, and tan cemented fine sand	4.5	104
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains abundant caliche pebbles and pink-brown silt and fine sand	14	118
		"Mortar bed", tan	3	121
		"Mortar bed", cemented fine sand, brown	2.5	123.5
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel	12.5	136
		Clay, limy, light gray, caliche, and cemented fine sand	7	143
		Sand and gravel; contains a few thin beds of caliche and a "mortar bed"	7	150
		Caliche, light gray and tan	7	157
		Sand, fine; contains loose pink-brown fine to coarse sand	3	160
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel, brown	11	171
		Caliche, hard, light gray and tan	7	178
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, yellow	17.5	195.5
		Chalk, dirty gray brown	4.5	200

18-32-21ba--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. NW sec. 21, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,975.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Soil, dark	5	5
		Silt and clay, tan; contains a few snail shells and shell fragments	10	15
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light gray to white and tan	7	22
		"Mortar bed", fine grained, tan	3	25
		Sand, medium to coarse, cemented, green gray and brown; contains "mortar bed" and caliche pebbles	7	32
		"Mortar bed", brown	4.5	36.5
		Sand, medium, to fine gravel, lime cemented, gray, brown, and yellow tan	6.5	43
		"Mortar bed", hard, tan; contains fine to coarse sand	4	47
		Sand, fine, to medium gravel, brown	3	50
		Sand, coarse, to medium gravel, brown	7	57
		"Mortar bed", gray; contains coarse sand and fine gravel	6	63
		Silt and sand, limy, light gray and light tan, and caliche	1.5	64.5
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel, limy, light gray and brown	2	66.5
		Clay, silty, blocky, hard, khaki colored	6.5	73
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel, brown	6	79
		Silt and sand, lime cemented, tan and gray	4	83
		Sand, fine, to medium gravel, brown; contains "mortar bed" fragments	9	92
		"Mortar bed", tan	14.5	106.5
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, clayey, white to yellow	2.5	109

18-32-22bb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 22, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,967.4 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Soil, dark	5	5
		Silt, tan	7	12
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, soft, light gray to pink tan	4	16
		Caliche, hard, light gray to pink tan	9	25
		Sand and gravel, partly cemented, brown	5	30
		"Mortar bed", tan	3	33
		Sand, fine, and medium gravel, brown; contains "mortar bed" fragments	4	37
		"Mortar bed", brown	3	40
		Sand, coarse, and medium gravel, brown; contains a "mortar bed"	7	47
		"Mortar bed", brown	5	52
		Sand, coarse, and coarse gravel, brown	7	59
		"Mortar bed", fine grained, tan; contains some sand and gravel	11	70
		Caliche, hard, white and light tan	14	84
		"Mortar bed", tan; contains lime cement, sand, few fragments of Niobrara chalk	12	96
		"Mortar bed", tan; contains coarse sand to medium gravel, abundant fragments of Niobrara chalk	6	102
		"Mortar bed", soft, tan; contains fine to coarse sand	15	117
		"Mortar bed", hard, tan; contains fine to coarse sand	6	123
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, chalky, yellow and white	13	136
		Chalk, clayey, silty, soft, brown and black; 3-inch coal bed at 139 feet	4	140
		Chalk, clayey, silty, brown	7	147
		Chalk and clay, dark gray to dark brown; contains fragments of bright-blue chalk	3	150

18-32-24bb--Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 24, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,969.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Soil, dark	4	4
		Silt and fine sand, clayey, tan; contains fragments of gastropod shells	18	22
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light gray to tan	3	25
		Caliche and clay, fine, sandy, limy, light gray	8.5	33.5
		Sand, fine, clayey, brown	2	35.5
		Clay, limy, light gray; contains fine sand and thin caliche beds	5.5	41
		Sand, fine, clayey, brown	2	43
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel, brown	9	52
		"Mortar bed", tan	7	59
		Sand, fine, clayey, brown	3	62
		Sand, fine, clayey, and gravel, partly cemented, limy, brown and tan	8	70
		Sand, coarse, and medium gravel, brown	15	85
		"Mortar bed", fine grained, tan	2	87
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown to tan	10	97
		Caliche fragments, angular, hard	8	105
		Caliche fragments, angular, hard, and sand and gravel	2	107
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains abundant fragments of hard yellow-tan limestone	5	112
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel, partly cemented, brown to light gray	12	124
		Caliche, light gray, and tan fine-grained "mortar bed"	6	130
		Caliche, hard, light gray	5	135
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, chalky, yellow and white	12	147
		Chalk, clayey, dark brown to black	13	160

18-33-12aa--Drillers log of well in the NE NE sec. 12, T. 18 S., R. 33 W., Scott County; Hershel Richter, owner, Weishaar and Son, driller. Surface altitude, 2,964.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Clay	54	54
		Sand, hard	6	60
		Clay, sandy	30	90
		Sand	7	97
		"Jip" [caliche], hard	8	105
		"Jip" and clay	17	122
		Sand	5	127
		"Jip" and sand, hard	20	147
		Sand	5	152
		"Jip" and clay	13	165
		Sand, fine	10	175
		Sand and clay	12	187
		Sand	33	220
		Sand, fine, dirty	7	227
		Clay, sandy	8	235
		"Soapstone" [shale]	5	240

18-33-12dd--Drillers log of test hole in the SE SE sec. 12, T. 18 S., R. 33 W., Scott County; Dr. P. Palmer, owner, Weishaar and Son, driller. Surface altitude, 2,970 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Clay	50	50
		Sand	12	62
		Clay	8	70
		Sand	15	85
		"Jip" [caliche]	40	125
		Rock	2	127
		"Jip" rock	3	130
		Sand rock, hard	5	135
		Sand and "jip"	5	140
		"Jip"	25	165
		"Jip" rock	10	175
		Clay and "jip"	6	181
		Sand, fine, fair	29	210
		"Soapstone" [shale]	2	212

18-33-19aa--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 19, T. 18 S., R. 33 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 3,049.9 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Soil, sandy, dark	1	1
		Silt and sand, fine, clayey, tan	11	12
		Silt, limy, gray to tan, and fine sandy clay; contains scattered caliche pebbles	12	24
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, hard, light gray to tan, limy, clayey, and silt and fine sand	9	33
		Caliche, unconsolidated, and cemented fine to medium sand, brown	7	40
		Sand, fine to medium, partly cemented, brown; contains some gravel	6.5	46.5
		"Mortar bed", gray to tan	3.5	50
		Sand and gravel, partly cemented, poorly sorted	2	52
		"Mortar bed" and clayey fine sand	8	60
		"Mortar bed"; contains some clayey fine sand	15	75
		"Mortar bed", brown and tan, and fine-sandy brown clay	6	81
		"Mortar bed" fragments, sand, and gravel; contains some plastic silt and fine sand	9	90
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains some sandy clay and "mortar bed" fragments	4	94
		"Mortar bed", brown; contains some sand, gravel, and fine sandy clay	10	104
		Sand and gravel, partly cemented, brown; contains a few yellow fragments of Niobrara chalk	4	108
		Silt and sand, fine, limy, clayey, light gray to tan	6	114
		"Mortar bed", gray and tan; contains abundant fragments of hard yellow Niobrara chalk, sand, and gravel	6	120
		Silt and sand, fine, clayey, tan	4	124
		Sand and gravel, brown	4.5	128.5
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, silty, dull yellow	5.5	134
		Chalk, clayey, dirty gray to blue black	6	140

18-33-23aa--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 23, T. 18 S., R. 33 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,956.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn and Meade formations undifferentiated
		Soil, sandy, dark	4	4
		Clay, silty, gray; contains a few caliche pebbles	4	8
		Silt and sand, fine, clayey, light gray green; contains a few caliche pebbles	6	14
		Clay, silty, dark gray to black	5	19
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains some clayey silt and fine sand	3	22
		Silt and fine sand, clayey, medium gray; contains waterworn caliche pebbles and fragments of gastropod shells at 40 to 48 feet	31	53
		Sand and gravel, poorly sorted, brown; contains abundant waterworn caliche pebbles; predominantly coarse	13	66
		Silt and fine sand, limy, clayey; contains waterworn caliche pebbles	6	72
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light gray, limy, and clayey silt and fine sand; drilled fairly hard	9	81
		Sand, medium, and medium gravel, brown; contains abundant caliche and limestone fragments; thin lenses of tan fine-grained "mortar bed" at 91 and 93 feet	16	97
		"Mortar bed", tan to gray	4	101
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains some fragments of "mortar bed"	6	107
		Silt and fine sand, limy, clayey, light gray to tan; contains a few thin hard lenses of mortar bed	4	111
		"Mortar bed"; contains thin beds of clayey limy silt and fine sand	5	116
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains limy plastic silt and fine sand and abundant caliche	10	126
		"Mortar bed", hard at 126 to 127.5 feet, 128.5 to 129.5 feet, and 132 to 133.5 feet, interbedded with softer material	8	134
		Sand, brown, to fine gravel; contains a few thin lenses of "mortar bed" at 134 to 136 feet, and a thin bed at 139 feet	10	144
		"Mortar bed", tan; contains some sand and gravel intermixed	8	152
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, silty, creamy tan; thin bed of dark-gray clay shale at 154 feet; more yellow with depth	20	172
		Chalk, clayey, dirty gray to blue black	8	180

18-34-2cc--Drillers log of test hole in the SW SW sec. 2, T. 18 S., R. 34 W., Scott County; Don Christy, owner, Weishaar and Son, driller.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Clay	22	22
		"Jip" [caliche]	21	43
		Sand and "jip"	18	61
		Rock	4	65
		"Jip"	6	71
		Clay and "jip"	15	86
		Rock	5	91
		"Jip" sandstone, fine, dirty	39	130
		Sand, fine	2	132
		Sand, fine, and "jip" stone	16	148
		"Jip"	14	162
		"Soapstone"	4	166
		Shale	4	170

18-34-4aa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE sec. 4, T. 18 S., R. 34 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1951. Surface altitude, 3,132.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil; clay and silt, black	3	3
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, tan gray; contains some fine sand	15	18
		Clay, silty, tan to tan brown; contains some brown silt	5	23
		Clay, silty, limy, light tan	5	28
		Clay, silty to sandy, gray to tan	2	30
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, limy, tan to light tan	6.5	36.5
		Silt and clay, limy, light tan to gray white	8.5	45
		Clay, silty and sandy, tan	10	55
		Sand, coarse to fine; contains some fine to medium gravel and some limy clay	4	59
		Caliche, silty, hard, light tan to white	20	79
		Clay, sandy, tan brown; contains some limy silt	15	94
		Sand, coarse to fine; contains imbedded tan-brown clay	5	99
		Clay, sandy, tan	2.5	101.5
		Clay, very sandy, brown	4.5	106
		Sand, fine to medium, limy, silty	9	115
		Sand, clayey, fine to medium, tan brown	10	125
		Sand, medium to fine	11	136
		Sand, fine to medium; contains some gray silt and some limestone	10	146
		Clay, silty, yellow	12	158
		Sand, fine to medium	12	170
		Sand, fine to medium, silty	3	173
		Clay, sandy, tan	2	175
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation
		Clay and weathered shale, yellow to yellow green	6	181
		Chalk, clayey, gray	3	184

18-34-5dc--Drillers log of test hole in the SW SE sec. 5, T. 18 S., R. 34 W., Scott County; O. A. Clark, owner, Weishaar and Son, driller.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Clay	25	25
		"Jip" [caliche]	22	47
		Sand, hard	8	55
		"Jip", hard	7	62
		Clay and "jip"	18	80
		Sand, fine, and "jip"	15	95
		"Jip"	17	112
		Sand, tight	15	127
		Clay	5	132
		Sand, fine	34	166
		Rock	3	169
		"Soapstone"	5	174
		Shale	6	180

18-34-18bb--Drillers log of well in the NW NW sec. 18, T. 18 S., R. 34 W., Scott County; Rex Brush, owner, Weishaar and Son, driller. Surface altitude, 3,158 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Clay	18	18
		Clay and "jip" [caliche]	13	31
		Sand, hard	37	68
		"Jip" and sand	10	78
		Clay and "jip"	6	84
		Sand, light	5	89
		Rock	2	91
		Sand	27	118
		Sand, hard	2	120
		Sand	9	129
		"Jip" and sandstone	7	136
		Rock	3	139
		Clay	3	142
		Rock	2	144
		"Soapstone"	4	148
		Shale	2	150

18-34-22bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 22, T. 18 S., R. 34 W., Scott County, drilled by State Geological Survey, 1940. Surface altitude, 3,123.8 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Soil, sandy, dark brown	1	1
		Silt and fine sand, limy, light tan	3	4
		Silt and fine sand, tan to brown; contains abundant gastropod shells	13	17
		Silt and fine sand, clayey, limy, light gray to brown	8	25
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light gray; hard at 25 to 27 feet	12	37
		Sand, medium to coarse, partly cemented, brown	4	41
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel, partly cemented, brown; contains abundant black carbonaceous fragments	7	48
		"Mortar bed", hard, gray	5	53
		Sand to medium gravel, poorly sorted, brown to gray; thin semi cemented beds at 56 and 58 feet	7	60
		Sand, coarse, to medium gravel, brown; contains thin semicemented beds, coarser at 70 to 98 feet	38	98
		Sand, fine, limy, clayey, soft, light gray to tan	3	101
		Sand and gravel, semiconsolidated, fairly hard caliche bed at 108 feet; gray semi cemented "mortar bed" at 116 to 120 feet	23	124
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, yellowish gray; contains some white bentonite	3	127
		Chalk, soft and sticky, dull brown to black	8	135

18-35-2bb--Drillers log of test hole in the NW NW sec. 2, T. 18 S., R. 35 W., Wichita County; Leo Meeker, owner, Weishaar and Son, driller. Surface altitude, 3,189 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Clay	25	25
		"Jip" [caliche]	15	40
		Clay	7	47
		Sand	9	56
		"Jip"	9	65
		Sand and "jip"	9	74
		"Jip"	6	80
		Clay	5	85
		Sand, hard	20	105
		"Jip"	6	111
		Sand	6	117
		"Jip" and clay	4	121
		Sand, fine	20	141
		Sand	11	152
		Clay	6	158
		Sand, dirty, fine	15	173
		Sand, fine	5	178
		Clay and "jip"	5	183
		"Soapstone"	3	186
		Shale	2	188

18-35-14dc--Drillers log of test hole in the SW SE sec. 14, T. 18 S., R. 35 W., Wichita County; A. H. Conrady, owner, Weishaar and Son, driller. Surface altitude, 3,171.4 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Clay	42	42
		Sand	18	60
		Rock	2	62
		"Jip" [caliche]	5	67
		"Jip" rock	8	75
		"Jip" and sand	20	95
		Sand, dirty	10	105
		Clay	7	112
		Sand, dirty	10	122
		Clay	33	155

18-36-9bb--Drillers log of test hole in the NW NW sec. 9, T. 18 S., R. 36 W., Wichita County; Clark Kastner, owner, driller unknown. Surface altitude, 3,280.4 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Clay	15	15
		"Jip" [caliche]	12	27
		Clay and "jip"	49	76
		Sand and "jip"	11	87
		"Jip"	10	97
		Sand, fine, dirty	21	118
		Sand	6	124
		"Jip", fine, and sand	18	142
		Sand	3	145
		Clay	5	150
		Sand	5	155
		Clay	20	175
		Sand and claystone	12	187
		"Soapstone"	8	195
		Shale	5	200

18-36-20aa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE NE sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 36 W., Wichita County, drilled by State Geological Survey, September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,274.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, hard, clayey, dark brown	4	4
		Silt, light brown	6	10
		Silt, clayey, light brown	8	18
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, light gray	2	20
		Caliche, soft, sandy, light gray	10	30
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine to coarse gravel	15	45
		Clay	2	47
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine gravel	3	50
		Caliche, hard, white; contains opal	10	60
		Caliche, hard, brown to white; contains silt and fine sand	14	74
		Silt, sandy, brown	6	80
		Sand, medium to fine, and silt	40	120
		Sand, fine, and yellow silt	10	130
		Sand, fine to medium, and silt	10	140
		Sand, fine to coarse	10	150
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine gravel	12	162
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, yellow brown	9	171
		Chalk, gray; contains a small amount of yellow shale	2	173
		Chalk, gray	7	180

18-37-19bb--Drillers log of test hole in the NW NW sec. 19, T. 18 S., R. 37 W., Wichita County; Herb Barr, owner, Weishaar and Son, driller.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Clay	32	32
		Clay and "jip" [caliche]	10	42
		"Jip"	6	48
		Rock	4	52
		"Jip" rock	8	60
		Sand and "jip"	10	70
		Rock	10	80
		Clay	12	92
		Sand and "jip"	4	96
		Sand, tight	13	109
		Clay	12	121
		Sand, fine, tight	17	138
		Sand, little, tight	20	158
		Clay	6	164
		Sand, good	6	170
		Clay	5	175
		Sand	12	187
		Clay	18	205
		Shale	5	210

18-38-8aa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE NE sec. 8, T. 18 S., R. 38 W., Wichita County, drilled by State Geological Survey, September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,424.1 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark brown	2	2
		Silt, light brown	8	10
		Clay, light gray	3	13
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Sand, medium, red; contains silt and fine sand	9	22
		Caliche, sandy, hard, white	13	35
		Silt, sandy, hard, reddish brown	15	50
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel, partly consolidated	8	58
		Clay, silty, gray	2	60
		Clay, silty, gray; contains sand	7	67
		Clay and silt, brown; contains fine to medium sand	3	70
		Silt, sandy, hard, brown	10	80
		Silt, sandy, brown; contains clay	6	86
		Sand, medium to fine	4	90
		Sand, medium to coarse; contains fine sand	6	96
		Silt and fine sand, clayey, light tan	2	98
		Sand, medium to fine	2	100
		Sand, medium to fine; contains coarse sand	6	106
		Clay, soft, yellow	10	116
		Sand, medium; contains fine sand	2	118
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel	2	120
		Clay, light tan	7	127
		Clay, sandy, light tan	10	137
		Sand, fine to medium	3	140
		Sand, coarse to medium	5	145
		Gravel, fine, and coarse sand	5	150
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine gravel	8	158
		Clay, brown; contains fine gravel and coarse sand	2	160
		Gravel, fine to medium; contains silty clay	7	167
		Clay, calcareous, soft, brown	9	176
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine gravel	4	180
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel; contains layers of brown silty clay	10	190
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel	5	195
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, soft, yellow	6	201
		Chalk, gray	5	206

18-38-17aa--Sample log of test hole in the NE NE NE sec. 17, T. 18 S., R. 38 W., Wichita County, drilled by State Geological Survey, October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,355.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Silt, sandy, light brown	.5	.5
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains coarse sand	19.5	20
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel	4	24
		Clay, sandy, yellow brown; contains fine to coarse sand and fine gravel at 39 to 42 feet	18	42
		Gravel, fine, and medium to coarse sand	7	49
		Clay, sandy, yellow brown; contains fine to coarse sand at 54 to 59 feet	10	59
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains fine to coarse sand and clayey silt	11	70
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	10	80
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains fine to coarse sand	10	90
		Gravel, fine to medium; contains medium to coarse sand, light-brown clayey silt, and fine sand	13	103
		Clay, sandy, yellow brown	3	106
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains a small amount of clay	4	110
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains yellow-brown sandy clay in thin layers	12	122
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, gray	6	128

18-38-17dd--Sample log of test hole in the SE SE SE sec. 17, T. 18 S., R. 38 W., Wichita County, drilled by State Geological Survey, September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,422.2 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark brown	2	2
		Silt, light brown	6	8
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, sandy, white	2	10
		Caliche, white; contains fine to medium gravel and coarse sand	10	20
		Caliche, sandy, white; contains many dendrites and fragments of opal	10	30
		Caliche, white; contains opal fragments	4	34
		Sand, medium to fine; contains coarse sand	6	40
		Sand, fine to medium	10	50
		Sand, fine to medium, and silt; contains gray clay	10	60
		Sand, fine to coarse, silt, and fine gravel	7.5	67.5
		Gravel, fine	2.5	70
		Gravel, fine, and coarse sand	2	72
		Clay, light brown; contains silt and fine sand	5	77
		Sand, fine to medium; contains coarse sand	3	80
		Sand, fine to medium; contains some coarse sand and fine gravel	10	90
		Sand, fine to medium; contains some coarse sand	3	93
		Clay, sandy, yellow; contains fine gravel	7	100
		Sand, fine to medium; contains yellow clay	10	110
		Sand, fine to medium; contains coarse sand	11	121
		Clay, yellow	2	123
		Sand, fine to medium	22	145
		Sand, coarse to medium	5	150
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine sand and fine gravel	8	158
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, soft, yellow	5	163
		Chalk, gray	7	170

18-38-20bb--Drillers log of well in the NW NW sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 38 W., Wichita County; Walter R. Gorsuch, owner, driller unknown. Surface altitude, 3,441 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	18	18
		"Gyp"-like rock ["mortar bed"]	36	54
		Sand	3	57
		Hard rock	11	68
		Clay	24	92
		Sand, soft	3	95
		Sand, hard	5	100
		Sand, soft, with hard streaks	7	107
		Clay, hard, yellow	2	109
		Clay, soft, yellow	16	125
		Sand	19	144
		Sand, hard, and clay	2	146
		Clay, white, and sand	4	150
		Sand	9	159
		Sand, hard, coarse	9	168
		Sand, extra coarse	5	173
		Clay, yellow	4	177
		Shale, dark	2	179

18-40-5da--Sample log of test hole in the NE SE sec. 5, T. 18 S., R. 40 W., Greeley County, drilled by State Geological Survey, October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,615.8 feet. Water level, 121.1 feet October 4,1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark brown	.5	.5
		Silt, light brown	10.5	11
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light tan; contains a small amount of sand and gravel	6	17
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains some clayey fine sand and silt	3	20
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	7	27
		Silt and fine sand, clayey, white to light gray	1	28
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to medium gravel	6	34
		Sand, fine, and clayey silt; contains some medium to coarse sand and fine gravel	6	40
		Sand, fine to coarse, partly consolidated	6	46
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel; contains some brown clay and silt	9.5	55.5
		Sand, fine, and sticky light-tan silt	4.5	60
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains brown to gray clay	10	70
		Sand, fine; contains partly cemented, medium to coarse sand	8	78
		Silt and fine sand, sticky, light tan	2	80
		Silt and fine sand; contains some medium to coarse sand and fine gravel	5	85
		Sand, fine to coarse, and silt; contains fine gravel	5	90
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	10	100
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains yellow clay at 107 to 122 feet	22	122
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to medium gravel	10	132
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	8	140
		Gravel, fine to coarse	17	157
		Gravel, coarse; contains some coarse sand and gray clay	3	160
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel	5	165
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand	4	169
		Gravel, coarse, and yellow clay	3.5	172.5
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, yellow	8.5	181
		Chalk, gray	2	183

18-40-8ba--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. NW sec. 8, T. 18 S., R. 40 W., Greeley County, drilled by State Geological Survey, October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,631.3 feet. Water level, 130.6 feet October 6, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark brown	1	1
		Silt, light brown	16	17
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, soft, light tan	3	20
		Caliche, soft, sandy, light tan to brown	10	30
		"Mortar bed", light tan	19	49
		Silt, sandy, clayey, light tan	7	56
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains some clayey fine sand and silt	5	61
		Clay, sandy, limy, light tan	9	70
		Silt and fine sand, clayey; contains some medium to coarse sand	10	80
		Silt and clay, sandy, yellow brown; contains fine to coarse gravel at 90 to 100 feet	20	100
		Silt and fine sand; contains some coarse sand and fine to medium gravel at 105 to 107 feet	10	110
		Sand, fine, and silt; contains coarse sand and fine gravel and a small amount of yellow-brown clay	12	122
		Clay, sandy, calcareous, yellow brown	15	137
		Sand, medium to coarse; and fine to medium gravel	3	140
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains yellow clay	5	145
		Sand, fine	2	147
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains some yellow silt and clay at 150 to 152 feet	5	152
		Clay, sandy, yellow; contains some coarse sand and fine to medium gravel	2	154
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains some yellow clay	4	158
		Silt and fine sand, sticky, brown	5	163
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, calcareous, yellow to white	7	170
		Chalk, soft, yellow	4.5	174.5
		Chalk, soft, gray	2.5	177

18-40-9ba--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. NW sec. 9, T. 18 S., R. 40 W., Greeley County, drilled by State Geological Survey, October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,611.8 feet. Water level, 117.4 feet October 8, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark brown	3	3
		Silt, light brown	8	11
		Clay, calcareous, light tan	5	16
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Silt and clay, sandy, light tan	4	20
		"Mortar bed"	8	28
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	9	37
		"Mortar bed"	8	45
		Silt and fine sand, sticky, clayey; contains some coarse sand and fine to coarse gravel	5	50
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains a small amount of silt	10	60
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel	4	64
		Clay, light brown; contains coarse sand and fine to coarse gravel	6	70
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel; contains fine sand and silt and light-tan clay; contains more clay at 80 to 90 feet	20	90
		Clay, yellow to light tan; contains some coarse to medium sand	20	110
		Clay, tan	9	119
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel; contains some yellow clay at 128 to 130 feet	11	130
		Clay, sandy, yellow brown	6	136
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains some sandy yellow clay	14	150
		Clay, sandy, yellow	10	160
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, soft, yellow	5	165
		Chalk, gray	5	170

18-40-24aa--Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 24, T. 18 S., R. 40 W., Greeley County, drilled by State Geological Survey, September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,542.9 feet			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark brown	2	2
		Silt, light brown	25	27
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, sandy, white to light tan	2	29
		Caliche, hard, white	11	40
		Clay, silty, gray; contains a thin rust-colored layer at 40 feet	7	47
		Silt, sandy; contains some fine gravel	3	50
		Sand, fine to medium	8	58
		Caliche, white	2	60
		Silt, sandy, light brown	8	68
		Sand, fine to medium	12	80
		Sand, medium to coarse; contains some fine gravel	13	93
		Silt and fine sand, clayey, light tan	7	100
		Silt and fine sand, partly cemented, light tan to white	9	109
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation
		Chalk, soft, yellow	5.5	114.5
		Chalk, gray	5.5	120

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