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Logs of Test Holes and Wells

On the pages that follow are listed the logs of 25 test holes and wells in Kiowa County and one test hole (10) in Ford County. Logs 1 to 19 are of test holes drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys (Fig. 6), logs 20 to 23 are of water wells drilled by private drillers, and logs 24 to 26 are partial logs of oil tests. Except where noted samples of test holes were studied by Perry McNally and Bruce F. Latta.

1. Sample log of test hole 1 at the NW cor. sec. 4, T. 27 S., R. 16 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,094.2 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, fine to medium, gray and brown	4	4
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Sand, fine to medium, gray and brown; contains some fine gravel	7	11
		Silt, sandy, gray; contains orange-brov~m streaks	8	19
		Sand, fine, silty, greenish gray	20	39
		Gravel, fine to coarse, tan; contains some sand	24	63
		Silt and sand, fine; yellow tan to light gray; in part cemented with lime	7	70
		Gravel, fine to very coarse, silty	5	75
		Silt, sandy, limy, tan, greenish gray to light gray, and white	22.5	97.5
		Silt and sand, fine, limy, tan and light gray to white	28.5	126
		Gravel, fine to coarse, tan; contains some sand and tan sandy silt	24	150
		Sand, fine to coarse, brown contains some gravel	7	157
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and some sand, medium to coarse, tan	18	175
		Silt, sandy, limy, light gray	5	180
		Gravel, fine to very coarse, tan; contains some sand, silt, and pebbles of brown ironstone	84	264
		Silt and sand, fine, tan, gray, and orange brown	13	277
		Gravel, fine to medium, tan and brown; contains some sand and pebbles of ironstone	16	293
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Shale, dark gray to black; contains gypsum, pyrite, and thin beds of shell-limestone between 310 and 317 feet	24	317
	Cheyenne sandstone
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, hard, gray, and shale, hard, sandy	3	320
		Shale, sandy, hard, blue gray, and sandstone, fine-grained; contains gypsum, pyrite, and charcoal	13	333
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, gray; contains abundant small grains of pyrite and charcoal	7	340
		Siltstone, light gray; contains charcoal	9	349
Permian-Leonardian
		Shale, silty, dull red	11	360

2. Sample log of test hole 2 at the SE cor. sec. 20, T. 27 S., R. 16 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1041. Surface altitude, 2,095.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, fine to medium, silty, gray and greenish gray	16	16
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Sand and gravel, poorly sorted, tan	4	20
		Sand, fine to medium, silty, greenish gray	6	26
		Sand and silt, light gray	9	35
		Gravel, fine to coarse, tan; contains abundant pebbles of granitic rocks, a few pebbles of sandstone and ironstone, and a little sand	93	128
		Silt and clay, sandy, yellow and tan	2	130
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Shale, silty, light gray and yellow tan; contains thin beds of shell-limestone at 146, 147.5, and 149 feet	20	150
		Shale, blue gray and yellow tan; contains bed having cone-in-cone structure, thin beds of shell-limestone, and gypsum	10	160

3. Sample log of test hole 3 at the NE cor. sec. 29, T. 27 S., R. 17 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,150.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, fine to medium, gray	3	3
Quaternary and Tertiary (?)--Pleistocene and Pliocene (?)
	Meade and Ogallala (?) formations
		Silt, clayey, gray	4	7
		Silt, sandy, gray to brown; contains fine gravel in lower part	16	23
		Silt, sandy, gray to tan	8	31
		Gravel, medium to coarse, brown; contains some sand and silty clay. Gravel is composed of quartz, granite, and pebbles of brown sandstone	79	110
		Silt, sandy, brown and yellow brown; contains intermixed sand and gravel	9	119
		Gravel, coarse, brown; consists chiefly of quartz and granite, but also contains some sandstone. Contains some finer gravel and sand	20	139
		Sand, fine to coarse, silty, tan	6	145
		Silt, gray to tan; contains some sand and gravel, and pebbles and fragments of white caliche	15	160
		Gravel, brown, poorly sorted; consists chiefly of pebbles of brown ironstone	3	163
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Shale, light blue gray and yellow tan	13	176
		Shale, gray and yellow tan; contains thin beds of shell-limestone at 176, 178, 181, and 183 feet	9.5	185.5
		Shale, black	4.5	190

4. Sample of test hole 4 in the NW cor. sec. 5, T. 27 S., R. 18 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitudes, 2,205.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, fine to medium, gray tan and brown	9	9
	Meade (?) formation (Pleistocene)
		Silt, sandy, tan brown	7	16
		Sand, coarse, to gravel, coarse; consists predominantly of medium gravel but containg a few balls of yellow-tan silt	14	30
		Silt and sand, fine gray tan	9	39
		Sand, fine, to gravel, coarse; consists predominantly of medium and coarse gravel. A few pebbles in lower part are 1 inch in diameter	39.5	78.5
		Sand, fine, silty, tan to light gray; contains lime-cemented zones and a few large pebbles of "mortar bed	11.5	90
		Gravel, fine to coarse, tan; contains little sand	14	104
		Caliche, qoft, sandy, light gray to white	2	106
		Silt and sand, fine; tan brown	4	110
		Silt and clay, sandy, tan and yellow gray	4	114
		Gravel, fine to coarse, tan; consists predominantly of medium gravel but contains some sand	7	121
		Silt and sand, fine, lime-cemented, light gray to white	8	129
		Silt, sandy, tan and yellow tan; contains some silty clay	11	140
		Gravel, fine to coarse, tan; contains some sand and a few pebbles of abraded sandy caliche	35	175
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Clay shale, silty, sandy, gray tan. Poor sample	9	184
		Shale, sandy, light gray, and fine-grained hard gray sandstone	16	200
		Shale, silty, yellow tan; contains thin beds or concretions of ironstone	10	210
		Shale, silty, light gray; contains brown streaks	16	226
		Shale, sandy, blue gray	6	232

5. Sample log of test hole 6 in the NE cor. sec. 30, T. 27 S., R. 18 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,211.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, sandy, gray	3	3
Quaternary and Tertiary (?)--Pleistocene and Pliocene (?)
	Meade and Ogallala (?) formations
		Silt, sandy, gray and brown	2	5
		Silt and sand, fine; gray tan	7	12
		Sand, fine to medium, silty, tan and yellow brown	13	25
		Gravel, fine to coarse, limy, gray; contains pebbles of abraded white caliche	5	30
		Gravel, fine to coarse, gray tan; contains some sand and a few pebbles about 1 inch in diameter	65	95
		Silt, lime-cemented, soft, light gray and tan; contains some sand and beds of thin hard sandy caliche	4	99
		Sand, coarse, to gravel, coarse; gray tan; consists predominantly of fine to medium gravel	11	110
		Gravel, fine to very coarse, gray tan	10	120
		Gravel, fine to coarse, gray tan; consists predominantly of medium gravel but contains some sand	44	164
		Silt and sand, fine, lime-cemented, light gray to white	4	168
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Clay shale, sandy, light gray, yellow tan, and yellow brown; contains thin beds or concretions of red ironstone	26.5	194.5
		Shale, blue gray; contains pyrite and thin beds or concretions of red ironstone; also a hard sandy shale bed at 209 feet	15.5	210

6. Sample log of test hole 6 in the NW cor. sec. 26, T. 27 S., R. 20 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude 2,281.7 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, fine to medium, silty, gray brown	12	12
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Silt, sandy, gray tan	5	17
		Gravel, fine to very coarse, brown; contains some sand, a few clay balls, and some pebbles I inch or more in diameter. Gravel consists predominantly of quartz, feldspar, and granite	69	86
		Silt, sandy, limy, light gray	5	91
		Sand and gravel, poorly sorted, brown	23	114
		Silt and sand, fine, limy, tan to white	3	117
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala (?) formation
		Silt and sand, fine, lime-cemented, hard, light gray to white; contains sandy hard white caliche	5	122
		Silt and sand, fine, lime-cemented, white	7	129
		Silt, sandy, tan brown; contains nodules and stringers of lime	4	133
		Caliche, silty and sandy, white; grades downward into tan sandy silt	7	140
		Silt and sand, fine, limy, tan	20	160
		Silt, sandy, tan and greenish gray. At base is thin lens of medium to coarse gravel consisting of pebbles of red and red-brown ironstone, sandstone, and a few granules of quartz	18	178
Cretaceous
	Dakota formation (Gulfian)
		Clay, sandy, light gray; contains nodules of soft rbd hematite	12	190
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, light tan to white; consists predominantly of angular to subrounded grains of clear quartz and contains rounded pellets and fibrous fragments of hematite	44	234
		Sandstone, fine- to coarse-grained, tan; contains roiinded pellets of ironstone which may be partly cemented with iron. Also contains dark-gray shale between 250 and 260 feet	34	268
	Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
		Shale, blue gray	2	270
		Shale, sandy, light to dark gray; contains thin beds of yellow hard fine-grained sandstone at 276.5 and 292.5 feet	40	310
		Shale, dark gray; contains thin beds of hard shaly sandstone and a little pyrite	30	340
		Shale, dark gray, contains thin bed of white fine-grained sandstone at about 3,45 feet and thin beds of shelllimestone from 378 to 382 feet. A few shell fragments found above 378 feet	46	386
		Shale, dark gray; contains thin beds of white to light gray fine-grained sandstone between 386 and 390 feet	14	400
		Shale, thin-bedded, light gray to blue gray, contains a few thin beds of gray fine-grained sandstone	70	470
		Sandstone, fine-grained, hard, li-ht gray	2.5	470.5
		Shale, blue gray; contains a few fragments of shells and some pyrite	49.5	520
		Shale, sandy, light gray. Poor sample	10	530
	Cheyenne (?) sandstone (Comanchean)
		Sandstone, fine-grained, light gray and brown, and sandy hard gray shale. Samples very poor	59	589
Permian
	Undifferentiated redbeds
		Sandstone, very fine-grained, red brown, and silty shale	31	620

7. Sample log of test hole 7 at the NE cor. sec. 20, T. 28 S., R. 16 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,1584 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, silty, dark-gray	4	4
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Kingsdown silt
		Silt, sandy, light gray, tan, and brown; contains limy zones and nodules of caliche	45	49
		Silt and sand, fine, brown; contains coarse sand and fine gravel in upper part and lime-cemented zones in lower part	27	76
		Silt, sandy, tan; contains some gravel	14	90
	Meade formation
		Gravel, fine to coarse, tan; contains some sand and tan sandy silt	40	130
		Gravel, medium to coarse, tan; contains some fine sand to fine gravel, sandy silt, and balls of clay	12	142
		Gravel, fine to medium, sandy, tan; contains a few balls of clay	8	150
		Sand and gravel; tan; consists predominantly of medium to coarse gravel; contains some pebbles and cobbles	40	190
		Gravel, fine to medium, tan, in part cemented by lime carbonate; contains some sand and silt	39	229
		Silt, sandy, yellow tan	1	230
		Sand, fine to coarse, tan; contains some fine gravel	30	260
		Sand and gravel, poorly sorted, tan to brown; contains pebbles of red-brown sandstone and ironstone and white chert	16	276
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Shale, silty, dark gray	4	280

8. Sample log of test hole 8 in the SW cor. sec. 29, T. 28 S., R. 18 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,284,3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, sandy, gray	5.5	5.5
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Kingsdown silt
		Silt, sandy, tan	28.5	34
	Meade formation
		Sand, fine to coarse, tan	6	40
		Silt and sand, fine, tan	2	42
		Sand, fine to coarse, tan; contains some silt	50	92
		Sand and gravel, poorly sorted; contains balls of yellow-tan silty clay	28	120
		Gravel, medium; contains some sand	18	138
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala (?) formation
		Silt and sand, fine, yellow tan	10	148
		Silt and sand, fine, lime-cemented, light gray to white	4	152
		Sand, fine to medium, lime-cemented, light gray	6	158
		Silt and sand, fine, tan	2	160
		Silt, sandy, limy, tan	2	162
		Silt, clayey, gray, brown, and yellow tan; contains some gravel	4	166
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, gray	5	171
		Clay shale, light blue gray; contains gypsum and a thin bed of gray hard sandstone at 171 feet	91	180
		Clay shale, light to dark blue gray, sandy in lower part	20	200

9. Sample log of test hole 9 in the NW cor. sec. 9, T. 28 S., R. 1,9 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,281.9 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, sandy, gray	1	1
Quaternary
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, fine to coarse, tan	19	20
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Sand, medium, to fine gravel, tan	19	39
		Silt, sandy, tan	9.5	48.5
		Silt, sand, and gravel; tan to brown, poorly sorted; containing a few nodules of lime	9.5	58
		Gravel, fine to coarse, sandy, tan and brown	52	110
		Sand, fine, to medium gravel; poorly sorted	5	115
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala (?) formation
		Silt and sand, fine, limy, tan and light gray	12	127
		Sand, fine, to medium gravel; poorly sorted; contains balls of limy sandy silt	10	137
		Silt and sand, fine, tan and light gray; contains fine red- brown sand and white caliche	9	146
		Sand, fine to medium, tan	5	151
		Sand, fine, to coarse gravel; consists mostly of coarse sand and fine gravel	13	164
		Silt, sandy, limy, light gray and yellow tan	16	180
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, silty, light gray	10	190
		Clay, gray and yellow tan; contains pellets of hematite and iron-cemented sandstone	15.5	205.5
		Shale, light gray to blue gray; contains pyrite	4.5	210
		Shale, blue gray; contains thin beds or lenses of gray fine-grained sandstone in lower part	20	230

10. Sample log of test hole 10 at the SE cor. sec. 36, T. .1,8 S., R. 21 W., Ford County, drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1940. Surface altitude, 2,372.2 feet. (Samples studied by Perry McNally and H. A. Waite.)			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Kingsdown silt
		Top soil, silty, brown	2	2
		Clay, soft, silty, limy brown	3	5
		Silt, soft, limy, light brown; contains nodules of lime	65	70
		Sand, fine, brown	3	73
		Silt, fine, sandy, brown; contains a few reddish-brown streaks	7	80
		Silt, fine, sandy, brown; contains a few pebbles	9	89
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Sand, fine to fine gravel	6	95
		Gravel, very coarse; comprises pebbles of quartz, granite, feldspar, basalt, and Greenhorn limestone, a few of which are as large as one-half inch in diameter	23	118
		Silt, limy, gritty, light gray	12	130
		Silt, limy, light gray; contains fragments of lime	18	148
		Silt, limy, and caliche; contains lenses of fine sand	2	150
		Silt, fine sandy, brown	1	151
		Gravel, fine to coarse, poorly sorted; contains fragments of brown sandstone and limestone	2	153
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Shale, clayey, fine sandy, limonitic, yellow. Drilled easily,	3	156
		Shale, clayey, light gray and green, sticky. Drilled fairly hard	4	160

11. Sample log of test hole 11 at the SW cor. sec. 9, T. 29 S., R. 16 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude 2,072.7 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, silty and sandy, tan	4	4
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Kingsdown silt
		Silt, sandy, tan; contains a little gravel	4	8
		Silt, limy, light gray to tan	7	15
	Meade formation
		Gravel, medium to coarse, tan; contains some medium to coarse sand and a few thin beds or lenses of yellow-tan silt	45	60
		Gravel, coarse, tan; contains some coarse sand to medium gravel and cobbles	55	115
		Silt, sandy, tan	10	125
		Silt and sand, fine; dark-tan; contains thin bed of lime-cemented fine sand at top	5	130
		Sand and gravel; silty; tan; contains pebbles of limestone, sandstone, ironstone, and igneous rocks	8.5	138.5
		Silt, sandy, yellow tan	4.5	143
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Shale, silty, blue gray to black	7	150

12. Sample log of test hole 12 at the SE cor. sec. 18, T. 29 S., R. 17 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,167.1 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Kingsdown silt
		Silt, sandy, dark gray	2	2
		Silt, sandy, tan to brown; contains nodules and thin beds of light gray to white caliche	49,	51
		Silt, limy, brown	2	53
		Silt, limy, sandy, light gray and tan; contains nodules and thin beds of sandy caliche	20.5	73.5
	Meade formation
		Gravel, fine to coarse, brown; contains pebbles as much as 1 inch in diameter	27.5	101
		Silt, clayey, dark tan	8	109
		Sand and gravel, poorly sorted, brown	14	123
		Silt, sandy, light gray; contains thin lenses of fine sand to medium gravel	7	130
		Sand, fine, silty, tan	2	132
		Caliche, hard, white	0.5	132.5
		Silt, fine, sandy, tan and gray tan; contains 4-inch bed of hard caliche at 139.5 feet	13.5	146
		Clay, sandy, silty, blue gray; contains snails in lower part	16	162
		Clay, silty, tan and gray	6	168
		Clay, silty, blue gray; contains fine to coarse sand and fine gravel	5	173
		Sand, fine, to medium gravel, brown; contains fragments of shell	8	181
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Clay shale, dark blue; contains 3-inch bed of shells at 183 feet and 6-inch bed of shells at 185.5 feet	9	190

13. Sample log of test hole 13 in the SE cor. sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 19 W, drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,285.4 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, silty, brown	0.5	0.5
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Kingsdown silt
		Silt, tan; contains small nodules of caliche	3.5	4
		Silt, limy, tan	6	10
		Silt, tan; contains a few pebbles of caliche between 14 and 20 feet	24	34
		Silt, limy, tan; contains a few nodules of caliche	5	39
		Silt, brown	2	41
		Silt, limy, tan	13	54
		Silt, brown	3	57
		Silt, limy, tan and light gray	1.5	58.5
		Silt, sandy, lime-cemented, white	1.5	60
Quaternary and Tertiary--Pleistocene and Pliocene
	Meade and Ogallala formations
		Silt, sandy, brown; contains a little coarse sand to medium gravel and pebbles of caliche	7	67
		Sand, fine, to medium gravel, brown; contains some silt	4.5	71.5
		Caliche, hard, white	1.5	73
		Silt, sandy, tan brown	3	76
		Caliche, hard, white	1	77
		Silt, sandy, tan	5	82
		Sand, coarse, to medium gravel, brown; contains some fine to medium sand	7	89
		Sand and gravel, loosely cemented, brown; contains some brown sandy silt	7	96
		Sand, lime-cemented, light gray; contains a few thin beds of tan qandy silt	4	100
		Silt, sandy, limy, tan; contains thin lenses of light-gray to white lime-cemented fine sand in upper part	17	117
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Shale, silty, light gray; contains a few thin beds or concretions of dark-brown to red-browm ironstone and yellow fine-grained sandstone	3	120
		Sandstone, iron-cemented, hard, dark brown; contains thin beds of light-gray shale	5	12.5

14. Sample log of test hole 14 in the NE cor. sec. 2, T. 30 S., R. 18 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitudes, 2,137.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, silty, dark gray	4	4
Quaternary (?) and Tertiary--Pleistocene (?) and Pliocene
	Meade (?) and Ogallala formations
		Caliche, light gray to white, and lime-cemented fine sand	6	10
		Sand, fine to medium, lime-cemented, white	7	17
		Silt, tan	5	22
		Silt, sandy, limy, tan; contains thin beds and nodules of caliche	5	27
		Silt and fine sand, lime-cemented, tan and white	1	28
		Silt and fine sand tan	2	30
		Silt, sandy, limy, pale blue green	5	35
		Silt and sand, fine; lime-cemented; light gray to white	3.5	38.5
		Silt and fine sand, limy, tan and light gray	2.5	41
		Silt, sandy, limy, light tan; contains a few pebbles of red-brown ironstone	5.5	46.5
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Clay, gray and yellow tan; contains thin bed of ironstone at top	3.5	50
		Shale, blue gray, and clay, silty, yellow tan	4	54
		Shale, blue gray, gray tan, and yellow tan	6	60
		Shale, light blue gray; contains thin beds (2 to 6 inches) of dark red-brown hard ironstone	4.5	64.5
		Shale, light blue gray	9.5	74
		Shale, sticky, dark gray at top becoming dark blue at base	16	90

15. Sample log of test hole 15 in SW NE SE sec. 4, T. 30 S., R. 18 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,201.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, sandy, dark-gray	1	1
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala (?) formation
		Sand and gravel, limy; contains pebbles of caliche	1	2
		Silt, sandy, tan; contains pebbles of granite, caliche, and ironstone	1	3
Cretaceous
	Dakota formation (Gulfian)
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, iron-cemented, hard, dark brown; contains small, nodules of weathered yellow to light-gray clay. Thin beds of light gray clay in lower part	15	18
		Shale, silty, light gray	2	20
		Clay, mottled red and gray	6	26
		Clay, gray; contains small concretions of red iron	6	32
		Clay, mottled red -and gray	4	36
		Clay, silty, bright red; contains mottled red and gray clay	4	40
		Clay, mottled red, gray, purple, and yellow	4	44
		Ironstone, clayey, hard, red brown to dark brown	0.3	44.3
		Siltstone, sandy, light gray and yellow gray	5.7	50
		Clay, silty, light gray and some yellow	9	59
	Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
		Sandstone, fine-grained, yellow brown	24.5	83.5
		Clay, sandy, silty, light gray; contains mottled gray, red, and yellow silty clay in lower part	5.5	89
		Ironstone, clayey, hard, dark red brown and yellow	2	91
		Clay, silty, light gray and yellow gray; contains a little fine sand	6	97
		Clay shale, silty, light gray	3	100
		Shale, silty, blue gray	10	110
		Shale, silty, blue gray; contains thin beds of brown hard very fine-grained sandstone at 111, 114, 122, and 136 feet	30	140
		Shale, sticky, blue gray; contains beds of hard sandstone or shell-limestone at 162, 173, 182, and 188 feet	60	200
		Shale, sticky, blue gray, and blue gray sandy shale; contains gypsum	20	220
		Shale, blue gray; contains gypsum, pyrite, and zones of hard sandy shale	20	240
		Shale, blue gray; contains thin beds of shell-limestone and hard sandy shale, and a little gypsum and pyrite	14	254
		Shale, dark blue gray	16	270
		Shale, dark blue gray; contains thin beds of brown fine-grained sandstone	10	280
		Shale, dark blue gray; contains thin beds of shell-limestone at 282, 296, 3,08, and 317 feet, and a thin bed of gray fine-grained sandstone at 324.5 feet	60	340
		Shale, dark blue gray and black	12	352
	Cheyenne sandstone (Comanchean)
		Shale, sandy, blue gray to black	12	364
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, light gray	36	400
Permian-Guadalupian
	Whitehorse sandstone
		Shale, silty and fine sandy, red	8	408

16. Sample log of test hole 16 in the SE cor. sec. 36 T. 30 S., R. 19 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,230.9 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, sandy, gray	2	2
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Silt and fine sand, lime-cemented, soft, light gray to white; contains thin bed of hard white caliche at 7 feet	10.5	12.5
		Silt and fine sand, gray, tan, and brown; contains thin bed of white caliche at 17 feet	5.5	18
		Silt and fine to medium sand, pink red; contains nodules and stringers of lime	8	26
		Silt and sand; contains fine to medium gravel	6	32
		Sand and gravel, poorly sorted, silty; contains thin "mortar beds" in lower part	18	50
		Sand, fine, to medium gravel, lime-cemented, hard, gray	8	58
		Sand, medium, to coarse gravel, brown, consists predominantly of fine to medium gravel	22	80
		Sand, fine, medium to gravel; consists predominantly of coarse sand and contains pebbles of abraded sandy caliche and some gray and red sandy silt	43.5	123.5
		Silt, sandy, limy, light gray and tan	26.5	150
		Silt, sandy, red and gray, contains some medium to coarse gravel	4	154
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Cheyenne sandstone
		Sandstone, fine-grained, light gray, and sandy light gray shale; contains thin bed or concretion of iron-cemented sandstone between 170 and 180 feet. Also contains gypsum	36	190
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, gray	6	196
		Clay, silty and sandy, yellow green	3	199
Permian-Guadalupian
	Whitehorse sandstone
		Shale, silty, red; contains sandy zones	11	210

17. Sample log of hole 17 in the NE cor. NW sec. 1, T. 30 S., R. 20 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,315.1 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, sandy, gray tan	5	5
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Kingsdown silt
		Silt, tan; contains nodules of white caliche	23	28
		Silt, tan brown, tan, and buff; contains clay	18.5	46.5
		Silt and clay; sandy; red brown	5.5	52
		Silt, limy, tan; contains soft light gray to white caliche and sand	26.5	78.5
		Silt and fine sand, limy, tan and light gray	17.5	96
Quaternary and Tertiary--Pleistocene and Pliocene
	Ogallala and Meade formations
		Caliche, hard, white	1	97
		Silt and fine sand, tan to light gray; contains thin beds of white caliche	9.5	106.5
		Silt, sand, and gravel, poorly sorted	2.5	109
		Sand and gravel, silty; consists predominantly of fine gravel	12	121
		Sand, fine, silty, limy, light gray	3	124
		Sand and gravel, limy, tan	12	136
		Sand, fine, silty, tan	4	140
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel, poorly sorted	10	150
		Sand, fine, silty, tan; contains thin lime-cemented lenses	16	166
		Silt, sand, and fine gravel, tan and gray, poorly sorted	1	167
		Silt and sand, lim'e-cemented, tan and gray	1.5	168.5
		Sand, coarse, to coarse gravel, limy.and silty	17.5	186
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Shale, silty, sandy, pale blue green	6.5	192.,5
		Shale, sandy, blue black; contains thin beds of shell-limestone at 194.5, 196.5, and 198 feet	7.5	200

18. Sample log of test hole 18 in the NW cor. sec. 6, T. 30 S., R. 20 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,376.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, silty, gray	3	3
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Kingsdown silt
		Silt, tan and light gray; contains limy zones and a little sand	67	70
		Sand, fine, and silt, tan; contains thin bed of caliche at 73 feet	5	75
		Sand, fine, lime-cemented, red tan; contains a little caliche	8	83
	Meade formation
		Sand and gravel, poorly sorted; tan	4	87
		Silt and sand, fine to medium, lime-cemented, light gray to white	9	96
		Sand and gravel, gray, limy	10	106
		Sand and gravel, lime-cemented, hard, light gray to tan	1.5	107.5
		Sand and gravel, tan; consists predominantly of fine to medium gravel	2	109.5
		Silt, sandy, limy, tan and light gray	8.5	118
		Sand, medium, to coarse gravel, tan; contains some silty clay in lower part	29	147
		Silt and fine sand, limy, tan and light gray	3	150
		Sand and gravel, lime-cemented, soft, light gray	13.5	163.5
		Silt, sandy, tan and light gray to white	11.5	175
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel, tan; contains abraded pebbles of caliche and some silty clay	15	190
		Sand, fine, to coarse gravel; consists predominantly of fine to medium gravel and contains abraded pebbles of "mortar bed" and caliche	40	230
		Sand and gravel, poorly sorted, tan; contains lenses of gray sandy and silty clay	4.5	234.5
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Shale, silty, tan, yellow tan, and gray	2.5	237
		Shale, silty, dark gray to black; contains thin beds of fine-grained sandstone and sandy shale	43	280
	Cheyenne sandstone
		Sandstone, fine-grained, light gray to white, tan, and yellow	3	283
		Shale, sandy and silty, light gray and cream gray	7	290
		Sandstone, fine-grained, silty, light gray to white and red; contains thin bed or lens of blue gray silty shale at 294 feet	7	297
Permian-Guadalupian
	Whitehorse sandstone
		Siltstone, sandy, red	13	310

19. Sample log of test hole 19 in the NE cor. NW sec. 24, T. 30 S., R. 20 W., drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,179,5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, silty and sandy, gray	3.5	3.5
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Kingsdown silt
		Silt, sandy, brown to tan; contains sand and gravel	6.5	10
		Silt and clay, gray tan	5	15
		Silt, tan; contains a few pebbles of caliche	5	20
		Silt, tan; contains some sand	12.5	32.5
		Silt, limy, sandy, and light gray t,o white caliche	1.5	34
		Silt and fine to medium sand, tan to brown; contains thin bed of hard caliche at 39.5 fec-t	7	41
	Meade formation
		Sand, fine to coarse, tan; contains nodules of lime	3	44
		Silt and fine to medium sand, lime-cemented, tan, light gray, and white	17.5	61.5
		Silt, sandy, greenish gray	4	65.5
		Sand, fine, to coarse gravel, tan; consists predominantly of fine gravel	12.5	78
		Silt, sandy, tan and light gray; -grades downward into fine to coarse sand	12	90
		Sand, fine to fine gravel, tan; consists predominantly of coarse sand and contains a few abraded grains of white caliche	10	100
		Sand, fine, to coarse gravel, tan; consists predominantly of medium gravel and contains abraded pebbles of caliche and "mortar bed" and fragments of bone	12	112
		Silt and fine sand, greenish gray; contains gray clay	4	116
		Sand, fine to coarse gravel, tan; consists predominantly of medium gravel	54	170
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Cheyenne sandstone
		Sandstone, fine-grained, yellow, yellow brown, brown, and gray	14	184
		Clay, silty, light blue gray	1	185
		Sandstone, fine-grained, light gray; contains light blue-gray silty shale in lower part	8	193
		Conglomerate, gray to white; composed of fine to medium sand and abraded pebbles of white chert and quartz of medium gravel size	6	199
		Siltstone, sandy, hard, light gray, yellow, and yellow green	5	204
Permian-Guadalupian
	Whitehorse sandstone
		Shale, silty, red; contains thin beds of hard red sandstone	4.5	208.5
		Sandstone, fine-grained, silty, light gray	1	209.5
		Shale, silty and sandy, light to dark red; contains light-gray fine-grained sandstone in lower part	10.5	220

20. Drillers log of irrigation well (10) of C. Williamson, in the SW SE NE sec. 21, T. 27 S., R. 17 W.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Loam, sandy	4	4
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Clay, joint	8	12
		Silt, sandy	26	38
		Sand and gravel, very coarse; contains pebbles 3 inches diameter	54	92
		Clay	(?)

21. Driller's log of water well of E. B. Corse, in the NE cor. sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 20 W.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, sandy	5	5
Quaternary and Tertiary--Pleistocene and Pliocene
	Meade and Ogallala formations
		Sand and clay	5	10
		Sand and gravel, dry	20	30
		Sand and gravel, water bearing	17	47
		Clay, light-colored	2	49
		Sand, fine, and clay	21	70
		Clay, light colored	3	73
		Clay, yellow	14	87
		Shale, blue	4	91
		Shale, yellow	4	95
		Clay, greenish yellow	3	98
		Shale, light colored	59	157
		Shale, brown	2	159
		Iron rock, brown	1	160
		Sandstone	2	162
		Shale, brown	3	165
		Shale, gray	7	172
		Shale, blue	2	174
		Shale, brown	8	182

22. Driller's log of well (37) of Panhandle Eastern Gas Company, in the NE NE sec. 18, T. 28 S, R. 18 W.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	13	13
Quaternary and Tertiary
	Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits (undifferentiated)
		Clay and sand	7	20
		Clay	2	22
		Sand, fine, and clay	6	28
		Sand, fine	9.5	37.5
		Clay	8	45.5
		Clay, sandy	2	47.5
		Lime	0.5	48
		Sand, fine	17	65
		Sand, coarse, water bearing	3	68
		Clay, limy	5	73
		Sand rock	3	76
		Sand, coarse	14	90
		Sand, fine	12	102
		Sand and gravel	11	113
		Sand, fine	2	115
		Sand, coarse, and gravel	13	128
		Sand, fine, and clay	0.5	128.5
		Sand, hard	2.5	131

23. Driller's log of well (42) of the Northern Natural Gas Company, in the center of the SE sec. 20, T. 28 S., R. 19 W.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary and Tertiary
	Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits (undifferentiated)
		Clay, yellow	80	80
		Clay and sand; consolidated	10	90
		Gravel, coarse	37	127
		Sand, water bearing	11	138
		Sand rock, soft	4	142
		Sand, coarse, water bearing; contains some gravel	23	165
Cretaceous
	Dakota (?) formation (Gulfian)
		Clay, yellow	15	180
		Clay and sand, consolidated	20	200
		Redbeds	15	215
		Sand, water	8	223
	Kiowa (?) shale (Comanchean)
		Clay, blue	97	320
		Limestone, black	6	326

24. Part of driller's log of oil test on the W. A. Woodard farm in the NE cor. sec. 35, T. 27 S., R. 17 W.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Cellar	18	18
		Sand	2	20
		Sand and gravel	95	115
		Sand	20	135
		Sand and gravel	16	151
		Sand	20	171
Cretaceous
		Clay, yellow	10	181
		Shale, blue	85	266
		Slate, dark	19	285
		Lime (?), water bearing	25	310
		Redrock	10	320
		Sand, water bearing	30	350
		Slate, blue	6	356
		Shale, blue	14	370
Permian
		Redrock	355	725

25. Part of driller's log of oil test on the B. Bean ranch, in the NE cor. SE sec. 10, T. 30 S. R. 17 W. Surface altitude, 1,980± feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Cellar	15	15
		Clay, soft, yellow	10	25
		Gumbo, soft, black	10	35
		Mud gumbo, soft, blue	90	125
		Shale, soft, light	20	145
	Cheyenne sandstone
		Sand, soft, white	20	165
Permian
		Redrock, soft	65	230
		Sand and gravel, soft, light	20	250
		Sand, soft, gray	10	260
		Redrock, soft	40	300
		Lime, hard, white	10	310
		Redrock and gravel, soft	164	474
		Lime, hard, white	3	477
		Redrock, soft	323	800
		Sand, soft, red	10	810
		Redrock	40	850

26. Part of driller's log of oil test in the SE cor. SW sec. 25, T. 30 S., R. 17 W.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	4	4
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Sand	10	14
		Clay, brown	6	20
		Sand	3	23
		Slate, green	13	36
		Mud, black	24	60
		Lime, hard	4	64
		Mud, black	46	110
		Slate, black	41	151
	Cheyenne sandstone
		Sand	14	165
		Clay, yellow	8	173
		Sand, water bearing	15	188
Permian
	Whitehorse sandstone and Dog Creek shale (Guadalupian and Leonardian)
		Redrock	62	250
		Sand, water bearing	5	255
		Redrock	6	261
		Sand, red	9	270
		Redrock	50	320
	Medicine Lodge gypsum (Leonardian)
		Gypsum, crystalline	22	342

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