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Logs of Test Holes and Wells, Page 1 of 8

On the pages that follow are listed the logs of 127 test holes and water wells and 3 partial logs of oil-test wells in Barton and Stafford Counties. Of the logs, 106 are of test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey (Fig. 9), 20 are of test holes and water wells drilled by private drillers, and 3 are partial logs of oil tests. The samples of test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey were collected and studied in the field by O.S. Fent, C.K. Bayne, or Delmar Berry and were studied in the office by me.

16-15-9cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 9, T. 16 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled 1945. Surface altitude, 2,008.0 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil, gray-brown1.51.5
QUATERNARY
Undifferentiated Pleistocene
    Silt, gray, buff, and brown5.57
    Silt and clay, light-gray and fine gravel, sand, and caliche1.58.5
    Gravel, fine to medium, and sand; contains caliche and some coarse gravel6.515
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Carlile shale
    Shale, calcareous, yellow217

16-15-11cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 11, T. 16 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,988.9 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill and soil33
QUATERNARY
Undifferentiated Pleistocene
    Silt, greenish-gray and brown811
    Silt and clay, white to light-gray; contains fine gravel, sand, and caliche6.517.5
    Gravel, fine to medium, and sand0.518
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Carlile shale
    Shale, calcareous, yellow and white220

16-15-21aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 21, T. 16 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 2,005.0 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill and soil33
QUATERNARY
Undifferentiated Pleistocene
    Silt, greenish-gray to yellow-gray710
    Silt, light-gray to brown; contains fine gravel and sand,818
    Gravel, fine to medium, and sand624
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Carlile shale
    Shale, calcareous, yellow125

16-15-22dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 22, T. 16 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,999.4 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
QUATERNARY
Undifferentiated Pleistocene
Silt, gray, buff, and brown1515
    Silt, sandy, buff; interbedded with fine to coarse sand from 18 to 20 feet722
    Gravel, fine to medium, and sand1436
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Carlile shale
    Shale, calcareous, dark-gray339

16-15-23aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 28, T. 16 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,978.0 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill and soil33
QUATERNARY
Undifferentiated Pleistocene
    Silt and clay, gray and yellow811
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Carlile shale
    Shale, calcareous, white, yellow, and yellow-brown415

16-15-25cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 25, T. 16 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,996,9 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill22
QUATERNARY
Undifferentiated Pleistocene
    Silt, gray, brown, and buff; contains nodules of caliche2527
    Gravel, fine to medium, and sand835
    Sand and gravel, lime-cemented, very hard, white0.535.5
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Carlile shale
    Shale, calcareous, yellow and white4.540

16-15-33aad--Sample log of test hole in the SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec. 33, T. 16 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,998.9 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil, dark-gray33
QUATERNARY
Undifferentiated Pleistocene
    Silt, gray and gray-brown69
    Silt and clay, sandy, yellow110
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Carlile shale
    Shale, calcareous, yellow1020

17-11-17cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 17, T. 17 ,S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,859.5 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill and soil, dark-gray22
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
Sanborn formation
    Silt and clay, greenish-gray1012
    Silt, buff; contains sandstone pebbles from 50 to 52 feet and caliche nodules throughout4052
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Graneros shale
    Clay, gray and white, and yellow and white fine- to medium-grained sandstone456

17-11-32cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 32, T. 17 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,824.8 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill and soil, gray-brown22
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
Sanborn formation
    Silt and clay, gray to brown35
    Silt, sandy, buff1520
    Silt and clay, buff, gray-buff, light-gray, and light-brown; contains fine to medium sand and nodules of caliche80100
    Silt, sandy, gray-buff; contains sandstone and "ironstone" pebbles in lower part11111
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Dakota formation
    Clay and shale, yellow and gray-white, and white fine- to medium-grained sandstone4115

17-12-29dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 29, T. 17 S., R. 12 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,849.4 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill and soil3.53.5
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
Slope deposits
    Silt, gray to brown9.513
    Silt, buff and gray; contains many weathered fragments derived from Dakota formation and Greenhorn limestone1528
CRETACEOUS
Dakota formation (Gulfian)
    Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white; contains some limonite and gray, white, and red clay1442
    Clay, light- to dark-gray and mottled red and yellow; contains some fine to medium sand4385
    Clay, light- to dark-gray mottled red and yellow, interbedded with sandstone from 85 to 92 feet, 100 to 104 feet, and 127 to 131 feet65150
    Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white; contains thin beds of dark-gray clay and carbonaceous material31181
    Clay, gray and red50231
Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
    Shale, sandy, dark-gray; contains pyrite9240
    Clay, light-gray, interbedded with white fine-grained sandstone; contains pyrite14.5254.5
    Sandstone, fine-grained, white, and light-gray shale1.5256
    Shale, light- to dark-gray; contains much fine to medium sand and some pyrite; interbedded with sandstone from 278 to 286 feet58314
    Sandstone, fine-grained, hard, gray, and blue-gray sandy shale; contains thin bed of hard pyritic sandstone at 314 feet8322
    Shale, sandy, dark blue-gray to black, and fine-grained hard sandstone; contains some pyrite48370

17-14-6bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 6, T. 17 S., R. 14 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1972.13 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil, gray1.51.5
QUATERNARY
Undifferentiated Pleistocene
    Silt, gray and tan to brown; contains nodules of caliche14.516
    Silt and clay, sandy, calcareous, white and yellow420
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Carlile shale
    Shale, calcareous, light- to dark-gray and yellow; thin bed of gray hard limestone at 39 feet2141

17-14-35dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 35, T. 17 S., R. 14 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,832.1 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill22
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
Alluvium
    Silt and clay, sandy, light- to dark-gray, blue-gray and gray-green3840
    Sand, fine, to medium gravel; silty1656
    Silt, sandy, gray965
    Gravel, fine to very coarse, and sand; contains some gray clay772
    Silt, sandy, yellow-gray to blue-gray678
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Dakota formation
    Clay, white; contains sand and thin beds of fine-grained sandstone583
    Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white790

17-15-1dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 1, T. 17 S., R. 15 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,961.3 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
QUATERNARY
Undifferentiated Pleistocene
Silt, gray to brown44
    Silt and clay, light-gray and tan; contains caliche913
    Silt and clay, light gray; contains caliche, sand, and fine to medium gravel720
    Gravel, fine to medium, and sand3.523.5
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Carlile shale
    Shale, calcareous, buff and dark-gray; contains thin beds of limestone at 23.5, 26.5, 28, and 29.5 feet6.530

18-10-31cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 31, T. 18 S., R. 10 W., Rice County; drilled, August 1946. Surface altitude, 1,760.2 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
Sanborn formation
Sand, very fine to medium, and silt; dark-gray and gray-brown33
    Silt and clay, light greenish-gray; contains some fine to medium sand58
    Silt, calcareous, buff and tan; contains much medium fine sand2028
    Sand, fine to very fine937
    Silt, light-gray and buff, and medium to fine sand1451
    Silt, calcareous, tan; contains some fine sand and concretionary calcium carbonate2778
CRETACEOUS
Dakota formation (Gulfian)
    Clay, light-gray, mottled red and yellow1290
    Sandstone, silty, very fine to fine, gray and yellow-brown15105
Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
    Shale, fissile, blue-gray1106

18-11-2dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 2, T. 18 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1946. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill22
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
Sanborn formation
    Silt, sandy, tan to brown and dark-gray4.56.5
    Silt, buff, brown, and gray; contains nodules of caliche9.516
    Silt, sandy; contains caliche2945
    Silt, tan; contains sand, gravel, and caliche550
    Silt, sandy, white and tan to brown; contains some caliche2272
    Silt, tan; contains gravel from the Dakota formation577
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
Dakota formation
    Clay and shale, light-gray, red, and yellow1390

18-11-13dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 13, T. 18 S., R. 11 W., Barton County drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,768.0 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill2.52.5
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
Sanborn formation
    Silt and clay, light-gray, greenish-gray, tan, and brown; contains some caliche nodules104.5107
    Gravel, fine to coarse, sand, and silt; gray; gravel is derived from the Dakota2109
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian and Comanchean
Dakota formation and Kiowa shale, undifferentiated
    Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white to yellow, and light blue-gray and pale-yellow shale; contains bedded "ironstone" in upper part75184
    Clay, dull yellow2186
    Shale, fissile, blue-gray; contains limonite and pyrite11.5197.5
    Claystone, very hard, gray0.5198
    Shale, light blue-gray, and thin beds of hard limestone and sandstone15213
    Shale, gray and light-gray, interbedded with gray-white fine-grained sandstone; contains very hard calcareous zone at 213 to 214 feet and pyrite11224
    Shale, dark-gray; contains shell fragments between 224 to 232 feet and gypsum at 249 feet25249
Cheyenne (?) sandstone (Comanchean)
    Shale, sandy, White2251
    Siltstone, hard, white3254
    Shale, sandy, gray-pink and gray-white4258
    Shale, light greenish-gray, interbedded with fine-grained sandstone15273
PERMIAN
    Shale, red7280

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Kansas Geological Survey, Barton and Stafford Geohydrology
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