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Logs of Test Holes and Wells

Given on the following pages are the logs of 15 test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey in Osage County (Pl. 3), and logs of test holes or wells obtained from drillers and other sources. Samples from the test holes were studied by me and are the basis for the geologic cross sections (Fig. 3).

14-13-2cd Drillers log of KERC well in the SE cor. SW sec. 2, T. 14 S., R. 13 E., Osage County; drilled 1934.			Thickness (feet)
		Soil and clay	15
		Gray shale	3
		Limestone	4
		Gray shale	8
		Redbed	3
		Light shale	14
		Limestone	3
		Sandy shale	5
		Gray shale	17
		Limestone	7
		Light shale	11
		Limestone	2
		Redbed	3
		Limestone	3
		Gray shale	7
		Dark shale	6
		Limestone	8
		Sandy shale	28
		Limestone	3
		Gray shale	34
		Limestone	5
		Gray shale	11
		Limestone	4
		Gray shale	6
		Limestone	5
		Gray shale	13
		Limestone	6
		Gray shale	6
		Limestone	5
		Light shale	20
		Limestone	6
		Gray shale	4
		Limestone	3
		Gray shale	9
		Limestone	2
		Gray shale	16
		Limestone	2
		Gray shale	12
		Limestone	7
		Light shale	14
		Sandy shale	10
		Sand ("salt" water)	10
		Gray shale	20
		Sandy shale	41
Total depth of well			421

14-15-2lda Drillers Log of KERC well in the NE SE sec. 21, T. 14 S., R. 15 E., Osage County; drilled in 1934.			Thickness (feet)
		Gravel	7
		Clay	10
		Gray shale	80
		Limestone	6
		Gray shale	30
		Sandy shale	40
		Limestone	3
		Shale	2
		Limestone	2
		Shale	3
		Limestone	17
		Gray shale	14
		Sand	6
		Broken sand	10
		Sand (water)	18
		Gray shale	7
Total depth of well			255
Reported yield 5,000 gallons in 10 hours

14-15-24ac Drillers log of KERC well in the SW NE sec. 24, T. 14 S., R. 15 E., Osage County; drilled in 1934.			Thickness (feet)
		Soil	4
		Clay	16
		Gray shale	5
		Limestone	19
		Gray shale	20
		Sand (water)	14
		Gray shale	7
		Limestone	19
		Shale	4
		Limestone	4
		Gray shale	9
		Limestone	20
		Light shale	3
		Limestone	3
		Dark shale	30
		Limestone	19
		Shale	2
		Limestone	15
		Shale	6
		Limestone	6
		Gray shale	25
		Limestone	4
		Gray shale	46
		Limestone	10
		Gray shale	7
		Limestone	17
Total depth of well			334
Reported yield 600 gallons in 10 hours

14-15-24ba. Log of test hole in the NE NW sec. 24, T. 14 S., R. 15 E., about 30 feet west of center Line of N-S road and 200 feet north of fence on quarter section Line; drilled July-August 1953. Surface altitude, 1,085.9 feet. Commenced drilling at 315 feet over existing open hole.			Thickness (feet)
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Oread limestone
		Limestone	1
		Shale, gray	7
		Limestone, light-gray; contains several hard chert zones	13
		Shale, fissile, black	3.5
		Limestone, hard, gray	2.5
		Shale	9
		Limestone	2
		Shale	9
		Limestone	10
	Lawrence shale
		Shale, gray; coal bed in upper part	13.5
		Limestone	4
		Shale, gray	30.5
		Shale, sandy, gray	13
		Sandstone, fine to very fine, gray	15
		Shale, sandy, gray	12
		Sandstone, fine to very fine, gray	6
		Shale, sandy, gray	8
		Sandstone, fine, gray	10
		Siltstone and sandstone, gray	10
	Stranger formation
		Limestone, gray, hard (Stopped in limestone)	1.5
Total depth of test hole			495.5

14-16-19ad Sample log of test hole in. the SE NE sec. 19, T. 14 S., R. 16E., drilled January-March 1954. Surface altitude, 1,149.2 feet.			Thickness (feet)
		Rubble	2.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Howard limestone-Aarde shale member
		Coal (Nodaway)	1
	Severy shale
		Clay and clay shale, light-gray	16.5
		Limestone	1.5
		Shale, blue-gray	31.5
		Shale, dark-gray	2
		Shale, slightly micaceous, light-gray	1
		Shale, calcareous, fossiliferous (bryozoans), medium-gray	2
	Topeka limestone
		Limestone, fossiliferous, light-gray	20.5
	Calhoun shale
		Shale, silty, slightly micaceous, medium-gray	29.5
		Sandstone, fine to very fine, micaceous, light-gray; contains carbonized plant fragments	10
		Shale, slightly calcareous, medium-gray	19
	Deer Creek limestone
		Limestone, light gray-white with clear or white crystalline fossil fragments	13
		Shale, slightly calcareous, medium dark-gray	4
		Limestone, slightly sandy, fossiliferous, gray to brown	3
		Shale, gray	5
		Shale, calcareous, light-gray	11
		Shale, light-gray; contains thin limestone stringers	6
		Shale, calcareous, light-gray	4
		Limestone, fossiliferous, light-gray	5
	Tecumseh shale
		Shale, slightly calcareous, gray	38
	Lecompton limestone
		Limestone, fine-grained, light-gray; contains coarse, crystalline fossil fragments	6
		Shale, medium-gray	6
		Limestone, light- to medium-gray; contains pyrite, abundant fusulinids, and brachiopods	8
		Shale, fissile, black	2.5
		Limestone, hard; medium-gray, dark-gray around abundant fusulinids	1.5
		Shale, slightly calcareous, gray	3
		Limestone, light gray-white; fusulinids abundant	14
	Kanwaka shale
		Shale, slightly calcareous, dark-gray	24
		Limestone, fossiliferous, gray-brown	5
		Shale, silty, micaceous, slightly calcareous, gray	21
		Shale, silty, micaceous, gray; contains carbonaceous plant fragments	15
		Shale, silty to sandy, micaceous, gray	9
	Oread limestone
		Limestone, pyritic, hard, medium-gray; fusulinids abundant	6
		Shale, silty, calcareous, slightly micaceous, medium-gray	7.5
		Limestone, hard, light-gray	22.5
		Shale, noncalcareous, black	6
		Limestone, brittle, light-gray	2.5
		Shale, argillaceous, gray	8
		Limestone, light-gray	13.5
	Lawrence shale
		Shale, gray with red streak	25
		Shale, gray; contains sandy limestone streak	10
		Shale, agillaceous to silty, gray	76
	Stranger formation
		Limestone, slightly sandy, medium light-gray	3.5
		Shale, silty to fine sandy, gray	13
		Shale (sample lost)	4
		Sandstone, very fine-grained, partly calcite cemented, light gray-white	15.5
		Shale, silty to very fine sandy, gray	29.5
		Shale, silty to very fine sandy, micaceous, partly calcareous, gray	40
		Shale, sandy, gray	19.5
Total depth of test hole			643

15-15-34dd Sample log of test hole in the SE SE sec. 34, T. 15 S., R. 15 E., 100 feet east of intersection of roads, 200 feet west of windmill on north side of road; drilled June 1951. Surface altitude, 997.2 feet.			Thickness (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Soil, gray-black	5
		Silt and clay, slightly sandy, brown-tan	5
		Clay and silt, soft, yellow-green	1.5
		Silt and clay, calcareous, green; contains a small amount of sand and gravel	5.5
		Clay, calcareous, yellow-green; contains a small amount of sand and gravel	1.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Deer Creek limestone
		Limestone, shaly, yellow	2
		Limestone, chalky, light-gray; contains clear crystalline calcite spots	4
Total depth of test hole			24.5

15-15-35cc Sample log of test hole in the SW SW sec. 35, T. 15 S., R. 15 E., on east road shoulder, 200 feet south of quarter section line; drilled June 1951. Surface altitude, 1,027.7 feet.			Thickness (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Soil, reddish-tan	5
		Silt and clay, slightly sandy, tan with reddish cast	10
		Silt and clay, slightly sandy, tan-gray	2
		Silt and clay, soft, sandy, yellow-tan	2
		Sand and gravel, predominantly chert, quartz, and limestone	1.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Deer Creek limestone
		Limestone, hard, light-gray	1
Total depth of test hole			21.5

15-16-11dd Drillers log of KERC well in. the SE SE sec. 11, T. 15 S., R. 16 E., Osage County; drilled in 1934.			Thickness (feet)
		Soil and clay	7
		Limestone	4
		Dark shale	5
		Limestone	4
		Gray shale	6
		Limestone	6
		Gray shale	4
		Limestone	9
		Gray shale	40
		Limestone	7
		Light shale	3
		Limestone	5
		Gray shale	2
		Limestone	18
		Dark shale	8
		Limestone	7
		Gray shale	20
		Limestone	5
		Gray shale	45
		Limestone	8
		Light shale	21
		Limestone	21
		Gray shale	12
		Limestone	4
		Dark shale	40
		Light shale	49
		Sandy shale	35
		Sand (salt water)	4
Total depth of well			399

16-15-2bb Sample log of test hole in the NW NW sec. 2, T. 16 S., R. 15 E., on west road shoulder, 200 feet south of bridge; drilled June 1951. Surface altitude, 997.9 feet.			Thickness (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Soil, black to dark-gray	4
		Silt and clay, noncalcareous, dark-tan	12
		Gravel and sand, predominantly chert; contains considerable gray and tan silt and clay	6.5
		Clay, soft, calcareous, blue-gray	2
		Sand and gravel, predominantly sandstone and chert; contains black shale, limestone and mollusk shell detritus	1.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Deer Creek limestone
		Limestone, hard, gray	0.5
Total depth of test hole			26.5

16-15-2bc Sample log of test hole in the SW NW sec. 2, T. 16 S., R. 15 E., on west side of road, 3-2/3 power poles south of bridge over creek; drilled June 1951. Surface altitude, 996.4 feet.			Thickness (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Soil, dark-gray	3
		Clay and silt, gray	1
		Silt and clay, mottled yellow-brown and gray	2.5
		Silt and clay, yellow-brown and gray; contains gravel size shale detritus	3.5
		Sand and gravel; chiefly limestone, chert, and shale	1.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Deer Creek limestone
		Limestone, medium hard, yellow-brown	2
		Limestone, light-gray	0.5
Total depth of test hole			14

16-15-2cb Sample Log of test hole in the NW SW sec. 2, T. 16 S., R. 15 E., on west road shoulder, 2-1/3 power poles south of half-mile line; drilled June 1951. Surface altitude, 998.7 feet.			Thickness (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Soil, gray-brown	3
		Clay and silt, yellow-brown; contains some sand and gravel	3
		Sand and gravel; chert, shale, limestone, and quartz detritus	6.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Deer Creek limestone
		Limestone and thin shale breaks, very fossiliferous, yellow-brown	2
		Shale, very fine sandy, calcareous, blue-green	2.5
Total depth of test hole			17

16-16-5dc Drillers log of KERC well in the SW SE sec. 5, T. 16 S., R. 16 E., Osage County; dug in 1934.			Thickness (feet)
		Black gumbo	5
		Yellow clay	16
		Quicksand	1.5
		Gravel	2.5
		Limestone	-
Total depth of well			25
Reported yield 15,000 gallons in 10 hours from 4 feet of sand and gravel.

16-17-10da Drillers log of KERC well in the NE SE sec. 10, T. 16 S., R. 17 E., Osage County; drilled in. 1934.			Thickness (feet)
		Soil	5
		Clay	5
		Gravel	4
		Limestone	10
		Gray shale	18
		Limestone	20
		Dark shale	10
		Limestone	3
		Gray shale	75
		Sandy shale	15
		Dark shale	35
		Light shale	17
		Sand (water)	48
		Gray shale	7
		Limestone	2
Total depth of well			274
Reported yield 10,000 gallons in 10 hours from 48 feet of sandstone.

17-13-24dd Drillers log of KERC well in the SE SE sec. 24, T. 17 S., R. 13 E., Osage County; dug in 1934.			Thickness (feet)
		Black gumbo	3.5
		Clay	10
		Gravel	1.5
		Shale	3
Total depth of well			18

18-14-9ca Sample log of test hole in the NE SW sec. 9, T. 18 S., R. 14 E., on east road shoulder, west side, of road, 100 yards north of farm house; drilled May 1951. Surface altitude, 1,048.7 feet.			Thickness (feet)
		Road fill	5
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Clay and silt, gray to mottled gray-brown	2
		Silt and clay, slightly sandy and micaceous, friable, yellow-brown	3
		Silt, yellow-brown; contains considerable sand and gravel	11
		Gravel and sand, predominantly brown chert	4.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Severy shale
		Shale, clayey, dark-gray	2
		Shale, thin-bedded, silty, micaceous, gray; contains thin hard calcareous fossiliferous siltstone beds	2
Total depth of test hole			29.5

18-14-9cd Sample log of test hole in the SE SW sec. 9, T. 18 S., R. 14 E., on west side of road, 150 feet south of windmill; drilled May 1951. Surface altitude, 1,033.3 feet.			Thickness (feet)
		Road fill	5
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Clay, mottled yellow-tan and light-gray	5
		Silt and clay, light tan-brown	3
		Sand and gravel, predominantly chert; contains quartz sand, limestone, and shale detritus	3
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Severy shale
		Shale, gray-blue; contains thin hard calcareous siltstone beds	3
Total depth of test hole			19

18-14-16ba Sample log of test hole in. the NE NW sec. 16, T. 18 S., R. 14 E., on west side of road, 200 feet south of Marais des Cygnes River bridge; drilled May 1951. Surface altitude, 1,033.2 feet.			Thickness (feet)
		Road fill	4
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Clay and silt, dark-tan to gray-tan	2
		Silt and clay, slightly sandy, friable, gray-tan	10
		Sand and gravel, predominantly chert; contains considerable quartz and brown sandstone detritus	5.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Severy shale
		Shale, hard, silty to fine sandy, calcareous, gray	1
Total depth of test hole			22.5

18-14-16bd Sample log of test hole in the SE NW sec. 16, T. 18 S., R. 14 E., on east side of road grade, 0.25 mile south of Marais des Cygnes River bridge; drilled May 1951. Surface altitude, 1,033.7 feet.			Thickness (feet)
		Road fill	5
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Silt and clay, gray to gray-brown	5
		Silt and very fine sand, light-brown	11
		Gravel and sand, predominantly brown chert; contains considerable brown silt	3.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Severy shale
		Siltstone or very fine sandstone, hard, calcareous, medium gray	1
Total depth of test hole			25.5

18-16-3bc Sample log of test hole in the SW NW sec. 3, T. 18 S., R. 16 E., in field east of road, 20 feet north of roadway; drilled June 1951. Surface altitude, 962.3 feet.			Thickness (feet)
		Road fill	5
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Clay and silt, gray	2
		Clay and silt, dark-tan	10
		Clay and silt, gray-tan to gray	4
		Clay, sandy, blue-gray and tan	2.5
		Sand and gravel, predominantly chert; contains limestone and quartz detritus	8
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Oread limestone
		Limestone, hard, fossiliferous, finely crystalline, light-gray	3
Total depth of test hole			34.5

18-16-3bcc Sample log of test hole in the SW SW NW sec. 3, T. 18 S., R. 16 E., at entrance to farm field north of Melvern bridge, 20 feet east of east road shoulder edge; drilled June 1951. Surface aLtitude, 963.7 feet.			Thickness (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Soil, black	4
		Silt and clay, tan	12
		Silt and clay, friable, tan	4
		Clay, slightly sandy, dark-green	4
		Clay, very sandy, green	9.5
		Gravel and sand, predominantly chert; contains quartz, limestone, and black shale detritus	3.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Oread limestone
		Limestone, very hard, fossiliferous, light-gray	0.75
Total depth of test hole			37.75

18-16-4aaa Sample log of test hole in the NE NE NE sec. 4, T. 18 S., R. 16 E., on road shoulder, halfway between first and second telephone poles south of rock quarry on west side of road, north side of valley; drilled June 1951. Surface altitude, 962.8 feet.			Thickness (feet)
		Road fill	4
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Clay, hard, slightly mottled gray and tan	12
		Clay and silt, gray and tan-gray	2
		Clay and silt, soft, gray	4
		Clay, silty, mottled green and gray	1
		Sand and gravel, predominantly chert and black shale	9.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Oread limestone
		Limestone, very hard, light-gray	1
Total depth of test hole			33.5

18-16-4ad Sample log of test hole in. the SE NE sec. 4, T. 18 S., R. 16 E., on west road shoulder, 150 feet south of north end of hedge row on east side of road, 100 yards north of southernmost test hole in line; drilled June 1951. Surface altitude, 961.9 feet.			Thickness (feet)
		Road fill	4
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Alluvium
		Clay and silt, medium-gray	2.5
		Clay and silt, tan	8.5
		Silt and clay, slightly sandy, friable, tan	4
		Sand and silt; contains a small amount of gravel	1
		Silt and clay, light-gray to yellow-gray	10
		Sand and gravel, chiefly chert and black shale; contains limestone, quartz, brown sandstone detritus	2.5
Pennsylvanian--Virgilian
	Oread limestone
		Limestone, soft, light-gray	2.5
		Limestone, very hard	0.1
Total depth of test hole			35.1

18-16-26dc Partial drillers log of gas well in the 5W SE sec. 26, T. 18 S., R. 16 E., plugged back to 300 feet for use as a K.E.RC. water well.			Thickness (feet)
		Soil	4
		Sand	8
		Limestone	12
		Shale	8
		Limestone	73
		Shale	35
		Water sand	35
		Shale	15
		Sandy shale	15
		Shale	45
		Shale, white	20
		Shale	140
		Limestone	35

18-17-5ac Drillers log of KERC well drilled in the SW NE sec. 5, T. 18 S., R. 17 E., Osage County; drilled in 1934.			Thickness (feet)
		Soil	5
		Clay	8
		Gray shale	2
		Limestone	20
		Black shale	5
		Limestone	2
		Gray shale	9
		Limestone shells	31
		Limestone	12
		Light shale	12
		Limestone	3
		Sand	15
		Limestone	2
		Sand	10
		Coal	3
		Gray shale	12
		Broken sand	10
		Shale	3
		Sand	7
		Limestone	2
		Sand (water)	48
Total depth of well			221
Reported yield 8,000 gallons in 10 hours

18-17-10da Drillers log of KERC well in the NE SE sec. 10, T. 18 S., R. 17 E., Osage County; drilled in 1934.			Thickness (feet)
		Clay and boulders	15
		Limestone	6
		Gray shale	19
		Dark shale	4
		Limestone	1
		Gray shale	12
		Limestone	7
		Gray shale	45
		Sand	5
		Gray shale	24
		Limestone	1
		Gray shale	24
		Limestone	3
		Gray shale	4
		Limestone	1
		Sand	4
		Gray shale	3
		Limestone	2
Total depth of well			180
Reported as a dry hole

18-17-10cc Drillers log of KERC well in the SW SW sec. 10, T. 18 S., R. 17 E., Osage County; drilled in 1934.			Thickness (feet)
		Soil and boulders	6
		Limestone	8
		Blue shale	5
		Dark shale	8
		Limestone	5
		Sandy shale	130
		Limestone	4
		Gray shale	59
		Sand (dry)	20
		Dark shale	20
Total depth of well			265
Reported as a dry hole

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