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18-11-15cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 15, T. 18 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,784.8 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, and clay, light-gray	2.5	2.5
		Silt, and clay; sandy, tan to brown, gray-white, and light blue-gray; contains nodules of caliche	77.5	80
		Silt, buff to light gray-brown	10	90
		Silt, tan, yellow-brown, and light-gray to blue-gray; and fine to medium sand	30	120
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand; derived from Cretaceous rocks; contains some coarse gravel and buff silt	20.5	140.5
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, light blue-gray; contains siderite pellets	3.5	144

18-11-19aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 19, T. 18 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,820.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, fine to medium, silty	31	31
	Sanborn formation (Pleistocene)
		Silt, buff and light-gray; contains nodules of caliche	47	78
		Silt and clay, tan and white; contains few pebbles of sandstone	3	81
CRETACEOUS
	Dakota formation (Gulfian)
		Clay, varicolored; contains small limonite nodules from 96 to 106 feet	56	137
		Clay, mottled light-gray and red; contains fine sand and sandstone pellets	4	141
		Clay, varicolored	32	173
		Clay, white; contains fine to medium sand and pyrite	7	180
		Clay, gray	6	186
		Clay, bright-green, and medium sand	5	191
		Clay, gray, and gray fissile shale; contains pyrite and thin beds of hard claystone	19	210
		Sandstone, fine-grained, white, and gray-white clay; contains pyrite	16	226
	Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
		Shale, gray	9	235
		Sandstone, fine-grained, partly calcareous, light-gray to white	3	238
		Clay, light-gray, interbedded with white fine-grained sandstone; contains some carbonaceous material	12	250
		Shale, gray and blue-gray	16	266
		Sandstone, fine-grained, very hard, calcareous, white to light-gray; contains pyrite	3.5	269.5
		Shale, light-gray to blue-gray; contains thin beds of light-gray fine-grained sandstone	33.5	303
		Siltstone, very hard, partly calcareous, sandy; contains pyrite	6	309

18-11-19bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 19, T. 18 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,799.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Sand, fine to medium, silty, gray to buff	4	4
		Silt and clay; brown to buff and gray-green; contains some sand and nodules of caliche	5	9
		Sand, fine to medium	3	12
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, light-gray and yellow	6	18
		Sandstone, fine-grained, and light-gray, red, and yellow sandy clay	7	25
		Clay, light- to dark-gray and mottled gray and red	73	98
		Sandstone, fine-grained, hard, calcareous, light-gray to buff	1	99
		Clay, light blue-gray, mottled red and yellow	45	144
		Clay, gray-white, interbedded with white fine-grained sandstone	3	147
		Shale, dark blue-gray and green; contains some sandstone and pyrite	9	156
		Shale, gray	7	163
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white; interbedded with gray shale	7	170
		Clay, pyritic, sandy, blue-gray	6	176
		Clay, gray-white to light blue-gray; contains some sandstone, carbonaceous material, and pyrite	20	196

18-11-20dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1946.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, gray and gray-brown	7	9
		Sand, very fine to fine, buff	3	12
		Silt and sand, buff to brown	11	23
		Silt, sandy, tan to brown and gray to white	12	35
		Sand, very fine to fine, and silt	11	46
		Silt, sandy, gray, white, and brown	16	62
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, varicolored	12.5	74.5

18-11-24bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 24, T. 18 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,771.8 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil; dark-gray	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, tan to brown and gray	8	10
		Silt, sandy, buff; contains caliche	64	74
		Silt and clay; sandy, light-gray and buff	36	110
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand; derived from Cretaceous rocks; contains some buff silt	3	113
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, light-gray and yellow, and some "ironstone"	3	116

18-11-31cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 31, T. 18 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1946.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1	1
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, sandy, gray and brown	7	8
		Sand, very fine to medium	3	11
		Silt, sandy, buff	16	27
		Silt and very fine to fine sand; partly iron-stained, buff,	8	35
		Silt, sandy, tan to brown and gray to white	45	80
		Silt, light-brown; contains gravel composed of sandstone, "ironstone," caliche, and clay pebbles	4	84
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone, red, tan, and brown, and a small amount of white clay	18	102

18-11-36aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 36, T. 18 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, August 1946. Surface altitude, 1,749.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Sand, very fine to fine, and silt; dark-gray	3	3
		Sand, very fine to fine, and silt; light gray-buff; contains some concretionary calcium carbonate	4	7
		Silt, light-gray; contains much very fine to fine sand	29	36
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and sand	7	43
		Sand, very fine to medium, and silt; gray	5	48
		Silt, calcareous, buff, and very fine sand; contains some concretionary calcium carbonate	30	78
	Meade formation
		Silt, light-gray, and very fine sand; contains a few "ironstone" pebbles	7	85
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand	9	94
		Sand, fine, and silt; light-buff	6	100
		Gravel, medium to fine, and sand	5	105
CRETACEOUS--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Sandstone, fine, white	13	118

18-12-4bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 4, T. 18 S., R. 12 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,805.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt and clay; gray, gray-brown, and gray-green	11	13
		Silt, light-brown, and fine to medium sand	5	18
		Silt, light-brown, gray, and blue	11	29
		Silt, light-brown and blue, and very fine to medium sand	7	36
CRETACEOUS
	Dakota formation (Gulfian)
		Clay, light blue-gray and mottled red and yellow; contains limonite pellets from 48 to 50 feet and from 60 to 70 feet	40	76
		Clay, gray; contains streaks of carbonaceous material, pyrite, and thin beds of sandstone	12	88
		Clay, gray and green-gray, lignitic in lower part	13	101
		Sandstone, fine-grained, silty, gray-white	2	103
		Clay, gray; contains fine sand and thin beds of hard siltstone	7	110
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, light gray-brown to white, interbedded with gray carbonaceous clay	8	118
		Clay, light blue-gray and mottled red and yellow green; contains small iron pellets from 120 to 126 feet	52	170
		Clay, white	3	173
	Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
		Shale, sandy, dark-gray; contains pyrite	7	180
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, light-gray and gray clay	5	185
		Clay, pyritic, sandy, gray, and light gray-brown sandstone	13	198
		Sandstone, fine-grained, very hard, gray	1	199
		Clay, sandy, gray and blue-gray; contains pyrite and thin beds of sandstone	31	230
		Shale, gray; contains pyrite	26	256

18-12-16bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 16, T. 18 S., R. 12 W., Barton County; drilled, 1946.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt, clayey, light to dark-gray and black	10	10
		Silt, sandy, yellow-brown	3	13
		Silt, brown	2.5	15.5
		Clay and silt: light-gray to light-blue	2	17.5
		Silt, sandy, brown	2.5	20
		Silt, clayey, light-gray, light-blue, and buff	10	30
		Silt and clay; sandy, light to dark-gray,, brown and buff	28	58
		Silt and sand; tan to brown	5	63
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Shale, white to gray, red, and yellow	7	70

18-12-21cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 21, T. 18 S., R. 12 W., Barton County; drilled, 1946.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt, clayey, light-gray to black; contains shell fragments	12	12
		Silt, sandy, brown	5	17
		Silt, clayey, light-gray, buff, and brown	3	20
		Silt, brown	10	30
		Clay, blue-gray	20	50
		Clay and silt; blue-gray and buff	10	60
		Silt, sandy, buff to brown	10	70
		Silt, sandy, gray and blue-gray; contains fragments of sandstone, "ironstone," and shells	31	101
		Gravel, fine, sand, and silt; poorly sorted; derived mainly from Dakota formation	11	112
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Shale, blue-gray; contains pyrite	8	120

18-13-4aaa--Sample log of test hole in the NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec. 4, T. 18 S., R. 13 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,854.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Silt, yellow-gray and light tan; contains caliche nodules and sandstone fragments	7	7
CRETACEOUS
	Dakota formation (Gulfian)
		Sandstone, fine-grained, yellow, brown, and white, inter-bedded with blue-gray clay; contains some "iron stone"	21	28
		Clay, light blue-gray; contains very small pellets of hard sandstone	11	39
		Clay, light blue-gray, red, and yellow; contains hematite	34	73
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, yellow-brown	14	87
		Clay, blue-gray, red, and yellow; contains white fine-grained sandstone from 94 to 95 feet and "ironstone" from 153 to 158 feet	93	180
		Clay, light blue-gray; contains thin beds of coal from 185 to 186 feet and pyrite from 186 to 190 feet	10	190
		Clay, light-gray; contains pyrite	6	196
		Sandstone, very fine- to medium-grained, hard, gray	1	197
		Clay, light-gray to blue-gray, and pyrite	15	212
		Clay, gray-white; contains fine sand, thin beds of sandstone, and many small sandstone pellets	8	220
	Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
		Clay, gray	6	226
		Sandstone, fine-grained, hard, gray and gray-white	5	231
		Clay, light- to dark-gray; contains much sand and a few thin beds of sandstone	19	250
		Shale, gray	23	273
		Limestone, pyritic, very hard, sandy, gray-white	1	274

18-13-6dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 6, T. 18 S., R. 13 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,821.4 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt, gray and buff	28	30
		Silt, light-gray to blue-gray, and fine to coarse sand	20	50
		Sand, fine to coarse, and silt; contains some fine to medium gravel	20	70
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand; coarse material is Cretaceous derived	7	77
		Silt, sandy, gray-green and white	5	82
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and sand	6	88
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, light-gray and red	2	90

18-13-9aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 9, T. 18 S., R. 13 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,805.2 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt and clay; light-gray to greenish-gray and light-blue; contains caliche nodules	16	18
		Sand, very fine to fine, and silt; brown	2	20
		Silt and clay; blue-gray	10	30
		Silt and clay; sandy, blue-gray and brown	7	37
CRETACEOUS
	Dakota formation (Gulfian)
		Clay, red, yellow-brown, and light- to dark-gray; contains some fine to medium sand	37	74
		Sandstone, silty, white to gray; contains some blue-gray shale and carbonaceous material	24	98
		Lignite, brown to black	1	99
		Sandstone, medium-grained, white; contains pyrite and some light-gray carbonaceous clay	25	124
		Shale, light-gray, and fine- to very coarse-grained sandstone	3	127
		Shale, partly carbonaceous, gray; contains sandstone pellets from 135 to 137 feet and thin beds of coal from 145 to 148 feet	21	148
	Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
		Shale, sandy, light-gray to dark blue-gray	18	166
		Sandstone, fine-grained, very hard, silty, white	3	169
		Shale, light- to dark-gray, interbedded with some light-gray very fine-grained sandstone	76	245
		Sandstone, very hard, calcareous, white; contains pyrite,	0.5	245.5

18-13-21aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 21, T. 18 S., R. 18 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,806.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil	3	3
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt and clay; gray-buff, light-gray to greenish-gray, light-brown, and yellow-brown	45	48
CRETACEOUS
	Dakota formation (Gulfian)
		Clay, sandy, carbonaceous, dark-gray and mottled yellow-brown	10	58
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white; contains thin beds of gray clay, lignite, and pyrite	5	63
		Clay, gray	7	70
		Sandstone, medium-grained, white, interbedded with gray shale; contains carbonaceous material and pyrite	8	78
		Clay, light-gray; contains pellets of hard iron-cemented sandstone	4	82
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white, interbedded with light-gray clay	8	90
		Clay, light-gray, red, and yellow; contains limonite and thin beds of sandstone	39	129
	Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
		Clay, sandy, pyritic, blue-gray	16	145
		Shale, hard, greenish-gray; contains pyrite and light-gray fine-grained hard lignitic sandstone	15	160
		Shale, light-gray	3	163
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, hard, pyritic, light-gray	4	167
		Shale, light- to dark-gray; contains thin beds of hard fine-grained sandstone and pyrite	22	189
		Sandstone, medium-grained, light-gray, and white shale; contains hard pyritic zone at 195.5 feet	8	197
		Shale, blue-gray	24	221
		Siltstone and sandstone, fine-grained; calcareous, light-gray; contains pyrite	3	224
		Shale, dark-gray, and gray sandstone	16.5	240.5
		Limestone, pyritic, sandy, white	0.5	241
		Shale, sandy, gray	10	251
		Sandstone, very fine- to medium-grained, white, and light-gray shale	10	261
		Sandstone, very fine-grained, pyritic, very hard	4	265

18-13-27cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 27, T. 18 S., R. 13 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,817.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, gray-brown	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt, sandy, brown	4	6
		Silt and clay; light-brown; contains caliche nodules	6	12
		Silt and clay; sandy, light-brown to gray	5	17
		Silt and clay; buff, gray, brown, and gray-green	13	30
CRETACEOUS
	Dakota formation (Gulfian)
		Clay, light- to dark-gray and red	20	50
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white to gray; contains some clay, carbonaceous material, and pyrite	13	63
		Shale, carbonaceous, dark-gray	15	78
		Sandstone, medium- to coarse-grained, yellow-gray, interbedded with gray shale	2	80
		Shale, very hard, gray-brown	2	82
		Clay, light-gray to gray-white; contains some sand and hard sandstone pellets	11	93
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white	2	95
		Clay, sandy, light-gray, red, yellow, and white; contains many sandstone pellets from 100 to 110 feet	33	128
	Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
		Shale and clay; dark-gray and greenish-gray	14	142
		Shale, dark-gray	11	153
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white to gray	2	155
		Shale, sandy, gray	11	166
		Sandstone, fine-grained, light-gray	2	168
		Sandstone, quartzitic, very hard, gray-white	0.5	168.5

18-13-31aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 31, T. 18 S., R. 13 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,913.8 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, gray and gray-brown	15	17
		Silt, buff and gray-buff; contains caliche nodules; many hard caliche-cemented beds from 73 to 90 feet	73	90
		Silt, sandy, buff	33	123
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand; derived from the Dakota formation	6	129
		Silt, buff, and weathered sandstone and "ironstone" fragments	2	131
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone, medium-grained, brown, and light blue-gray and yellow clay	9	140

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