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Logs of Test Holes Drilled in Ellis and Russell Counties
During the course of the field work seven test holes were drilled with the portable hydraulic-rotary drilling machine owned by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, and operated by Ellis Gordon, driller, Leroy Fugitt and James Cooper. Samples were collected at the rig and a log was prepared in the field by James Cooper. The samples were later examined with a binocular microscope by Frye and the following logs were prepared:
| 1--Log of test hole 1, 185 feet east and 55 feet south of NW corner sec. 6, T. 14 S., R. 13 W., Russell County. Surface altitude, 1,849 feet. | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhorn limestone | |||
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Shale and limestone, interbedded, gray | 110 | 110 |
| Graneros shale | |||
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Shale, sandy, black | 20 | 130 |
| Dakota formation and Kiowa shale | |||
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Shale and clay; blue-black, plastic | 10 | 140 |
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Shale, sandy, and clay; containing siderite and pyrite | 30 | 170 |
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Shale, sandy, light gray and yellow, containing concretions of siderite | 30 | 200 |
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Sandstone, containing thin beds of shale, gray and pink, and carbonaceous material | 40 | 240 |
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Shale, silty, gray-white and red | 19 | 259 |
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Shale, mottled gray-white and red, containing small concretions of siderite | 26 | 285 |
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Shale, silty, gray, containing small concretions of siderite | 35 | 320 |
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Shale, sandy, mottled red and gray | 10 | 330 |
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Shale, sandy, dark gray, containing siderite | 30 | 360 |
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Shale, silty, gray, containing pyrite and siderite | 20 | 380 |
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Shale, sand, and siderite | 40 | 420 |
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Shale, silty, sandy, light to medium gray | 10 | 430 |
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Shale, sandy, blue-gray and red, containing some siderite | 20 | 450 |
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Shale, sandy, gray | 28 | 478 |
| Permian redbeds | |||
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Shale and sandstone; gray and red | 12 | 490 |
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Shale, silty, red | 10 | 500 |
| 2--Log of test hole 2, 21 feet east and 45 feet north of SW corner sec. 31, T. 15 S., R. 14 W., Russell County. Surface altitude, 1,919 feet. | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Tertiary (?) | |||
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Soil and mantle rock | ||
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Clay, silt, and sand, light tan to dark gray, containing grains of quartz. and feldspar | 13 | 13 |
| Greenhorn limestone | |||
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Limestone, pale yellow to tan | 12 | 25 |
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Shale, calcareous, gray, containing thin beds of limestone | 79 | 104 |
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Limestone and shale; interbedded | 20 | 124 |
| Graneros shale | |||
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Shale, brown-black, containing pyrite and thin beds of sand | 26 | 150 |
| Dakota formation and Kiowa shale | |||
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Shale, sandy, dark gray | 5 | 155 |
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Shale and sandstone; brown and gray; containing siderite | 17 | 172 |
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Shale, soft, black to gray-black | 6 | 178 |
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Sandstone and shale; buff to gray; containing siderite | 26 | 204 |
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Sandstone, fine-grained, and shale, gray to buff; interbedded | 17 | 221 |
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Clay, sandy, gray, containing siderite | 19 | 240 |
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Shale, sandy, gray to brown, containing siderite | 10 | 250 |
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Shale, silty, gray, containing carbonaceous material | 10 | 260 |
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Clay, sandy, massive to concretionary, gray to brown | 30 | 290 |
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Sandstone, fine-grained, gray to white, containing loosely cemented siderite | 10 | 300 |
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Clay and sandstone, fine-grained, white; containing siderite | 20 | 320 |
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Sandstone and shale, sandy; gray | 30 | 350 |
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Shale, sandy, and sandstone; containing siderite | 33 | 383 |
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Sandstone, medium to coarse, gray | 11 | 394 |
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Shale and clay; blue-gray to gray; containing siderite and charcoal | 51 | 445 |
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Shale, gray and red, containing pyrite and fragments of shell | 5 | 450 |
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Shale, fissile, black and gray | 20 | 470 |
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Shale, sandy, gray and red, containing pyrite | 7 | 477 |
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Sandstone, fine to coarse, gray to white | 20 | 497 |
| Permian redbeds | |||
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Sandstone, silty, brick-red | 43 | 540 |
| 3--Log of test hole 3, 80 feet north and 12 feet east of SW corner sec. 31, T. 12 S., R. 17 W., Ellis County. Surface altitude, 2,081 feet. | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tertiary (?) | ||||
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Soil and mantle rock | |||
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Clay and silt, containing grains of limestone, pyrite, quartz, and feldspar | 36 | 36 |
| Carlile shale | ||||
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Blue Hill shale member | |||
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Shale and clay; noncalcareous; gray to dark gray | 124 | 160 |
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Fairport chalky shale member | |||
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Shale, calcareous, gray to black | 88 | 248 |
| Greenhorn limestone | ||||
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Shale and limestone; gray and brown; interbedded | 102 | 350 |
| Graneros shale | ||||
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Shale, sandy, and sandstone, black and gray | 20 | 370 |
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Shale, fissile, dark gray and black | 30 | 400 |
| Dakota formation and Kiowa shale | ||||
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Shale, sandy, and sandstone, gray and brown | 30 | 430 |
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Sandstone, gray | 35 | 465 |
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Shale and clay; sandy; mottled red and gray; containing small concretions of siderite | 65 | 530 |
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Shale, sandy, and sandstone, light gray and yellow | 25 | 555 |
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Shale, mottled red, gray, and yellow | 29 | 584 |
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Shale, sandy, brown and gray, containing siderite and thin beds of sandstone | 36 | 620 |
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Sandstone, fine-grained, and shale, sandy, gray and tan | 50 | 670 |
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Sandstone, fine-grained, gray and red, containing fragments of charcoal | 40 | 710 |
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Shale, sandy, light gray, containing pyrite | 7 | 717 |
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Sandstone and shale, sandy; gray and light gray | 23 | 740 |
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Shale, dark gray-black and gray | 20 | 760 |
| Cheyenne sandstone | ||||
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Sandstone, well-sorted, light gray to white | 190 | 950 |
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Sandstone, poorly sorted, gray, and silt, red | 16 | 966 |
| Permian redbeds | ||||
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Siltstone, sandy, red | 14 | 980 |
| 4--Log of test hole 4, 1,870 feet south and 9 feet east of NW corner sec. 14, T. 12 S., R. 16 W., Ellis County. Surface altitude, 1,880 feet. | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
|
|---|---|---|---|
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Top soil | 4 | 4 |
| Carlile shale | |||
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Shale and clay, gray-brown | 28 | 32 |
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Shale, calcareous in lower part, black | 72 | 104 |
| Greenhorn limestone | |||
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Shale and limestone in thin alternating beds, gray and dark gray, containing foraminifera | 106 | 210 |
| Graneros shale | |||
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Shale, in part sandy, blue-gray | 5 | 215 |
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Shale and sandstone, thin-bedded, black | 33 | 248 |
| Dakota formation | |||
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Shale and clay; gray-white, pink, and yellow; containing a few sandy beds and siderite | 62 | 310 |
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Shale, red and gray, containing siderite | 20 | 330 |
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Shale and sandstone; gray | 34 | 364 |
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Shale and clay; red and gray; containing sandstone and siderite | 31 | 395 |
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Sandstone, gray, containing pyrite, siderite, and charcoal | 45 | 440 |
| 5--Log of test hole 5 in roadway at center E. line sec. 20, T. 14 S., R. 15 W., 12 feet east and 30 feet south of one-half mile post of sec. 20, Russell County. | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Soil | 5 | 5 |
| Tertiary | |||
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Clay, black and brown, containing quartz grains | 5 | 10 |
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Gravel and sand; containing clay and fragments of limestone | 17 | 27 |
| Greenhorn limestone | |||
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Shale and limestone; dark gray | 20 | 47 |
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Limestone, gray | 2 | 49 |
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Shale and limestone; dark gray | 3 | 52 |
| Graneros shale | |||
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Shale, blue-black, containing sandstone, pyrite, and glauconite | 38 | 90 |
| Dakota formation and Kiowa shale | |||
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Shale and sandstone, gray, containing clay and siderite | 10 | 100 |
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Shale, light gray, containing streaks of brown and red siderite | 34 | 134 |
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Shale, light gray, and sandstone, brown and gray | 27 | 161 |
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Clay shale, gray and red, containing siderite and a few thin beds of fine sandstone | 79 | 240 |
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Sandstone and shale; brown and gray; containing charcoal and siderite | 20 | 260 |
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Clay shale, gray to brown, containing siderite and beds of sandstone | 120 | 380 |
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Shale and sandstone; gray and tan; containing pyrite | 10 | 390 |
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Shale, gray and tan, containing pyrite | 25 | 415 |
| Cheyenne sandstone (?) | |||
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Sandstone, very fine, silty, white | 62 | 477 |
| Permian redbeds | |||
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Sandstone, fine-grained, pink and red | 23 | 500 |
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