KGS--Pawnee and Edwards Counties--Well Logs

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Well Logs

Listed in the following pages are the logs of 144 wells and test holes in Pawnee and Edwards Counties, including 133 test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey of Kansas. The numbers of the logs correspond to the numbers used in the diagrammatic cross section (Pl. 3).

Logs entitled "sample log" are those for which the well cuttings were collected and studied. A "driller's log" is a written log obtained from a driller or from some other source.

T. 20 S. || T. 21 S. || T. 22 S. || T. 23 S. || T. 24 S. || T. 25 S. || T. 26 and 27 S.

1. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 3, T. 20 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,021.4 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2.5	2.5
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Silt, brown, dense	3.5	6
		Clay, silty, tan and buff; contains white caliche	54	60
		Clay, silty, tan; contains white caliche and fine to medium sand	6	66
		Gravel, fine to medium, tan	2	68
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, silty, tan and yellow	4	72

2. Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. NW sec. 3, T. 20 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,009.7 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	3	3
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Silt, compact, brown	3	6
		Clay, silty, tan, contains white caliche	51	57
		Clay, silty, buff and tan; contains white caliche	4	61
		Clay, silty, buff and tan; contains fine to medium sand and white caliche	4	65
		Gravel, fine to coarse, contains tan silty clay	3	68
		Clay, silty, buff and tan; contains fine to medium sand and white caliche	10	78
		Clay, silty, tan and buff; contains fragments of brown ironstone	7	85
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, silty, light gray and tan; contains fragments of brown to tan sandstone	5	90

3. Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 3, T. 20 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,026.9 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	3	3
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Silt, brown	3	6
		Clay, silty, dark tan	4	10
		Clay, silty, tan and light brown; contains white and tan caliche	30	40
		Clay, silty, buff; contains fragments of white caliche	35	75
		Clay, silty, dark tan and dark gray	13	88
		Clay, silty, brown and tan with dark red and yellow stains, and white gypsum	8	96
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, silty, gray; contains red and yellow sandstone	4	100

4. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 18, 2'. 20 5., IL 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,078.2 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	3	3
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Silt, tan and gray	3.5	6.5
		Clay, silty, brown	5.5	12
		Clay, silty, buff and tan; contains fragments of caliche	6	18
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Graneros shale
		Shale, tan and gray, having red stains	2	20
		Shale, gray and tan	5	25

5. Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. SW sec. 28, 2'. 20 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,030.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil, gray-brown	3	3
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Silt, gray brown to yellow gray	5	8
		Silt, blocky, light brown	5	13
		Silt, tan to light buff; contains nodular caliche	95	108
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains sand and silt; buff and tan	3	111
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, micaceous, light blue gray	5	116

6. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 24, T. 20 S., R. 17 W. Surface altitude, 2,053.2 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, dark gray	4	4
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, silty, tan and gray	5	9
		Clay, silty, brown	2	11
		Clay, silty, tan and buff; contains caliche	62	73
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, silty, buff with faint red stains	5	78

7. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 27, q T 20 S., R. 17 W. Surface altitude, 2,057.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, silty, gray to brown	3	5
		Clay, silty, tan	4	9
		Clay, silty, brown	3	12
		Clay, silty, tan; contains white caliche and very fine sand	48	60
		Silt, buff; contains fine to coarse sand and white caliche	21	81
		Clay, silty, tan and gray; contains fine to medium sand	8	89
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, silty, tan and yellow; contains fragments of ironstone	5	94

8. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 33, T. 20 S., R. 17 W. Surface altitude, 2,069.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, silty, dark gray	5	7
		Clay, silty, tan and buff	7	14
		Clay, silty, tan and brown; contains fine sand	2	16
		Clay, silty, tan and brown; contains white caliche	9	25
		Clay, silty, tan and buff; contains white caliche	53	78
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, tan and light gray, mottled red	2	80

9. Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. SE sec. 29, T. 20 S, R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,140.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, silty, brown and gray	3	5
		Clay, silty, brown and tan	2	7
		Clay, silty, buff; contains lime-cemented zones	1	8
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Greenhorn limestone
		Limestone, coarsely crystalline, cream to light tan, having red stains	2	10

10. Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. SW sec. 34, T. 20 S., R. 20 W. Surface altitude, 2,132.1 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, silty, brown	3	3
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, silty, tan	5	8
		Clay, silty, light yellowish tan	1.5	9.5
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Greenhorn limestone
		Shale; contains a few fragments of limestone and yellow limonite stains	5.5	15

T. 20 S. || T. 21 S. || T. 22 S. || T. 23 S. || T. 24 S. || T. 25 S. || T. 26 and 27 S.

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