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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.

117. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 8, T. 26 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,091.1 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Sand, very fine to fine, brown, and silt	3	3
		Silt, reddish brown, and fine sand	3	6
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains a small amount of gray silt	4	10
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse	15	25
		Sand, fine to coarse	13	38
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains a small amount of sand	43	81
		Silt, buff to gray; contains fine sand and a little caliche	5	86
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand	31	117
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains sand and gray to white silt	21	138
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse	68	206
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Clay, light gray to buff; contains hard brown to tan fine-grained sandstone and fragments of fossil shells	14	220

118. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 19, T. 26 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,077.8 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, very fine to fine, and brown silt	2	2
		Sand, fine to medium; contains coarse sand; tan	8	10
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains gray silt and fine gravel	9	19
		Silt, gray and buff; contains a little sand and gravel,	7	26
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse	14	40
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains buff silt	20	60
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse	20	80
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains a small amount of buff silt	26	106
		Silt, tan and gray; contains caliche	8	114
		Gravel, medium, to sand, fine	9	123
		Silt, tan and gray; contains caliche	6	129
		Gravel, medium, to sand, fine; contains a small amount of gray silt	56	185
		Gravel, coarse; contains fine sand, fine to medium gravel, and gray silt	25	210
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse. Pebbles consist of ironstone and sandstone derived from the Dakota formation	12	222
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Shale, blue gray, and fissile, black shale; contains ironstone and fragments of fossil shells	8	230

119. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 31, T. 26 S., R. 16 W. Surface altitude, 2,091.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, very fine to medium; contains silt	11	11
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains gray silt	8	19
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Silt, white	2	21
		Sand, fine; contains gray silt	7	28
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains fine gravel	27	55
		Gravel, fine, to sand, fine	5	60
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains a little yellow silt	32	92
		Silt, gray and buff; contains caliche and fine to coarse sand	13	105
		Gravel, medium, to sand, fine	40	145
		Sand, very fine, to gravel, coarse	95	240
		Sand, coarse to fine; contains a small amount of fine gravel	20	260
		Gravel, fine to coarse. Many fragments consist of sandstone and shale	28	288
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Clay, silty, buff; contains buff hard fine-grained sandstone and fragments of fossil shells	6	294
		Shale, compact, gray; contains fragments of fossil shells	9	303
		Sandstone, fine-grained, hard, gray; contains a little pyrite and shale	7	310
		Shale, fissile, blue gray; contains fragments of fossil shells	31	341
		Sandstone, fine-grained, hard, gray to light gray; contains a little pyrite and shale	7	348
	Cheyenne sandstone
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white and light-gray; contains a few fragments of charcoal	28	376
Permian
	Redbeds (Undifferentiated)
		Shale, silty, compact, greenish gray	9	385
		Shale, brick red and greenish gray	5	390

120. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 19, T. 26 S., R. 17 W. Surface altitude, 2,146.7 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Silt, brown, and fine sand	3	3
		Silt, compact, dark gray to light gray	6	9
		Silt, gray and buff	7	16
		Gravel, coarse, to sand, fine	5	21
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and buff and gray silt	26	47
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains fine sand	20	67
		Silt, light gray to white; contains fine sand	8	75
		Gravel, fine, to sand, fine	34	109
		Silt, white to gray; contains fine to coarse sand	11	120
		Sand, fine to coarse	9	129
		Gravel, fine, to sand, fine	31	160
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and gray silt	18	178
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains fine gravel	14	192
		Silt, gray and buff; contains caliche	23	215
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Shale, dark blue gray; contains a few fragments of charcoal and hard fine-grained sandstone	5	220

121. Sample 1og of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 31, T. 26 5., R. 17 W. Surface altitude, 2,153.9 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent
	Dune sand (Pleistocene and Recent)
		Sand, fine, brown; contains a little silt	2	2
		Sand, fine, and dark brown silt	3	5
	Meade formation (Pleistocene)
		Silt, compact, gray	9	14
		Silt, sandy, light gray	4	18
		Silt, tan and buff	9	27
		Sand, fine to very fine; contains gray-green silt and fine gravel	18	45
		Gravel, coarse, to sand, fine	4	49
		Gravel, medium to fine; contains gray silt	4	53
		Gravel, coarse, to sand, fine	5	58
		Sand, coarse to very fine; contains fine gravel	17	75
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains fine sand and gray and tan silt	35	110
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains caliche and white silt,	4	114
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains fine sand and a little white and gray silt	58	172
		Silt, sandy, buff and gray	5	177
		Gravel, coarse, to sand, fine	15	192
		Silt, gray	12	204
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little caliche	4	208
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Sandstone, fine-grained, hard, buff and reddish brown; contains varicolored clay	10	218
		Clay, dark gray; contains gray and reddish-brown fine grained sandstone	12	230

122. Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 1, T. 26 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,144.2 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Silt, brown, and fine sand	4	4
		Silt, compact, gray; contains fine gravel	4	8
		Silt, yellow brown	4	12
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains a little buff silt	15	27
		Silt, buff; contains a little fine sand and gravel	7	34
		Silt, white and gray; contains a little fine sand and gravel	4	38
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse	4	42
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains a little buff and gray silt	25	67
		Silt, buff; contains fine to coarse gravel	21	88
		Silt, light gray to buff; contains caliche and fine sand	9	97
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse	15	112
		Silt, gray and white; contains fine gravel	3	115
		Gravel, fine, to sand, fine	25	140
		Silt, gray and buff; contains a little caliche and fine gravel	11	151
		Gravel, fine, to sand, fine; contains gray silt	19	170
		Gravel, fine, and fine to coarse sand. Many fragments consist of material,s derived from the Dakota formation	17	187
		Silt, gray to white; contains caliche	19	206
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel	14	220
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse. Pebbles consist principally of materials derived from the Dakota formation	6	226
Cretaceous--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Clay, dark blue gray to light gray; contains hard gray fine-grained sandstone and fragments of fossil shells,	9	235

123. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 5, T. 26 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,188.1 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Silt, brown, and fine sand	6	6
		Silt, compact, dark gray	6	12
		Silt, light gray and reddish brown	7	19
		Silt, light gray and brown	6	25
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains fine gravel near the base,	20	45
		Gravel and sand; fine to coarse	'34	79
		Caliche, moderately hard, white	1	80
		Sand and gravel; fine to coarse	14	94
		Silt, tan and white; contains caliche	29	123
		Sand, fine, to gravel, fine; contains caliche	6	129
		Silt, tan and gray	16	145
		Sand, fine, to gravel, fine	11	156
		Silt, tan; contains a little sand and gravel	7	163
		Silt, tan to white and buff; contains fine gravel and caliche	9	172
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone, fine-grained, buff, and varicolored clay; contains ironstone	9	181

124. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 17, T. 26 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,193.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	3	3
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Silt, brown and gray	5	8
		Silt, gray and light gray	4	12
		Silt, brown; contains a little sand	2	14
		Sand, fine, to gravel, fine	6	20
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse; contains a little buff clayey silt	30	50
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse	10	60
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains light-gray and tan silt	17	77
		Silt, tan	4	81
		Silt, white to light gray and tan; contains caliche	30	111
		Sand, fine, to gravel, fine; contains a small amount of buff clay	8	119
		Silt, tan, and fine to medium sand	7	126
		Sand, fine, to gravel, fine	14	140
		Silt, gray	3	143
		Sand, fine to coarse	7	150
		Silt, gray green	3	153
		Sand, fine, to gravel, fine	7	160
		Silt, tan to brown	11	171
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, light gray and yellow; contains a few fragments of ironstone and white medium-grained sandstone	4	175

125. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 29, T. 26 S., R. 18 W. Surface altitude, 2,1944 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Silt, dark gray to black	3	3
		Silt, gray to light gray	2	5
		Silt, gray and brown, and fine sand	2	7
		Silt, brown, and fine sand	2	9
		Gravel, medium, to sand, fine	11	20
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand and buff silt	11	31
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand, buff and white silt, and nodules of caliche	8	39
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse	11	50
		Gravel and sand, fine to.coarse; contains a little buff silt,	19	69
		Silt, gray and white	6	75
		Silt, brown, -gray and white	18	93
		Sand, fine, to gravel, fine; contains a little buff silt	12.5	105.5
		Silt, brown and gray	8.5	114
		Sand, fine, to gravel, fine; contains reddish-brown silt	8	122
		Gravel, coarse; contains a little silt	4	126
		Silt, gray and brown	6	132
		Silt, gray and white, and caliche	14	146
		Sand, fine, to gravel, fine	11	157
		Silt, gray and tan	18	175
		Silt, tan	16	191
		Silt, tan, and fine to medium sand	14	205
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel	11	216
		Gravel, fine to coarse. Pebbles Consist mainly of materials derived from the Dakota formation	4	220
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, dark blue gray; contains ironstone	7	227

126. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. NW sec. 15, T. 26 S., R. 19 W. Surface altitude, 2,218.2 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Silt, brown	4	4
		Silt, dark gray	3	7
		Silt, brown, and medium sand	5	12
		Silt, light brown, and fine to coarse sand	13	25
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains sand	27	52
		Gravel, coarse to medium; contains gray and buff silt	10	62
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little buff silt	21	83
		Sand, fine to coarse, in part cemented	8	91
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand and buff silt	14	105
		Silt, gray and white	13	118
		Silt, gray and white; contains several thin layers of caliche	14	132
		Silt, gray and white	7	139
		Sand, very fine, to gravel, fine	22	161
		Silt, tan and gray; contains a little caliche	18	179
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, varicolored, and ironstone	3	182
		Clay, gray and buff; contains ironstone and soft white fine-grained sandstone	8	190

127. Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 16, T. 26 S., R. 19 W. Surface altitude, 2,237.7 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Sand, fine, and brawn silt	5	5
		Silt, brown	3	8
		Silt, dark gray	7	15
		Silt, gray	3	18
		Silt, light gray to brown and red	4	22
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand	30	52
		Silt, yellowish buff	2	54
		Silt, gray and buff	4	58
		Gravel, fine, to sand, fine	27	85
		Gravel, fine to coarse	15	100
		Gravel, coarse, to sand, fine; contains gray silt	15	115
		Silt, gray and white; contains a few fragments of caliche,	14	129
		Sand, fine to medium	16	145
		Silt, gray and white; contains a few fragments of caliche,	13	158
		Gravel, fine; contains sand and gray silt	10	168
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, varicolored	7	175

128. Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 29, T. 20 S., R. 19 W. Surface altitude, 2,239.9 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Meade formation
		Silt, brown, and fine sand	3	3
		Silt, dark gray	4	7
		Sand, fine, dark brown and gray, in part consolidated	4	11
		Silt, dark brown to gray	7	18
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains sand	12	30
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand and buff to gray silt	10	40
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little sand	50	90
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little gray and white silt	12	102
		Silt, tan and white	45	147
		Silt, tan and buff; contains coarse gravel	5	152
		Silt, gray and tan	33	185
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, light gray to dark gray and yellow	5	190

129. Sample lag of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 5, T. 26 S., R. 20 W. Surface altitude, 2,230.9 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill, and gray-brown soil	2	2
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Gravel, coarse, to sand, fine	28	30
		Silt, yellow buff	10	40
		Silt, light gray; contains fine sand	10	50
		Silt, light greenish gray; contains fine to medium sand	7	57
		Silt, light greenish gray; contains fine to medium gravel and fine to coarse sand	2	59
		Silt and clay; light gray and light green	13	72
		Silt and clay; blue gray	12	84
		Silt, huff; contains gravel, fine sand, and caliche	3	87
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains sand and buff silt	3	90
		Gravel, fine to medium; contains sand, buff silt, and caliche	7	97
		Gravel, fine to medium; contains caliche. Pebbles consist of material derived from the Dakota formation	8	105
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, gray white, mottled red	5	110

130. Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 19, T. 26 S., R. 20 W. Surface altitude, 2,243.1 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill, and dark-gray silt, contains medium sand	3	3
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains sand	17	20
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains sand and yellow buff silt,	9	29
		Silt, yellow buff; contains fine to coarse sand and gravel	7	36
		Gravel and sand, fine to coarse	9	45
		Silt, buff to gray white; contains caliche and fine to coarse sand	5	50
		Silt, gray white to light greenish gray; contains caliche and fine to coarse sand	16	66
		Silt and clay, buff; contains fine to medium sand	7	73
		Caliche, pink and white, concentrically banded	.5	73.5
		Silt and clay; white to light buff; in part cemented with lime	3.5	77
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, varicolored	5	82
		Sandstone, fine-grained, white	1	83
		Clay, varicolored	2	85

131. Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 30, T. 26 S., R. 20 W. Surface altitude, 2,251.4 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt, light brown, and fine sand	5	5
		Sand and gravel, fine to coarse	20	25
		Sand and gravel, fine to coarse; contains a little tan silt	6.5	31.5
		Silt, tan; contains a little sand and gravel	8.5	40
		Silt, tan; contains sand and gravel, white silt, and a few nodules of caliche	15	55
		Silt, compact, white; contains a little sand and gravel	19	74
Cretaceous--Gulfian and Comanchean
	Dakota formation (Gulfian)
		Clay, varicolored; contains a few fragments of yellow compact fine-grained sandstone	3	77
		Clay, gray and black	3	80
		Clay, varicolored; contains brown fine-grained sandstone and a few fragments of ironstone	23	103
		Shale, silty, dark gray; contains white sandstone, yellow clay, and a little pyrite	21	124
		Sandstone, fine-grained, brown; contains ironstone and gray clay	3	127
		Clay, varicolored	4	131
		Clay, varicolored; contains sandstone and ironstone	4	135
		Sandstone, brown to white; contains ironstone and varicolored clay	33	168
		Shale, gray and yellow; contains brown sandstone and ironstone	20	188
		Clay, varicolored; contains a little ironstone	22	210
		Shale, silty to fine sandy, compact; contains a few fragments of charcoal and pyrite	17	227
		Shale, in part silty, light gray; contains a small amount of white fine-grained sandstone	26	253
	Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
		Shale, blocky, dark gray to black	5	258
		Shale, silty, dark gray; contains dark-gray fine-grained sandstone	17	275
		Sandstone, fine-grained, hard, dark gray to white; contains pyrite	13	288
		Shale, fissile, gray to black; contains a little maroon, red, and white shale	62	350
		Shale, fissile, gray to black; contains a little fine-grained gray sandstone, and a few fragments of fossil shells,	40	390

132. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. .4, T. 27 S., R. 16 W. Kiowa County. Surface altitude, 2,094.2 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent
	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-brown streaks	8	19
		Sand, fine, silty, greenish gray	20	39
		Gravel, fine to coarse, tan; contains some sand	24	63
		Silt and fine sand, 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 fine sand, 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 medium to coarse sand; 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 fine hand. 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 hard sandy shale	3	320
		Shale, sandy, hard, blue gray, and fine-grained sandstone; 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
	Redbeds (Undifferentiated)
		Shale, silty, dull red	11	360

133. Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 5, T. 27 S., R. 18 W., Kiowa County. Surface altitude, 2,205.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene and Recent
	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 and contains a few balls of yellow-tan silt	14	30
		Silt and fine sand; gray tan	9
		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 a little sand	14	104
		Gauche, soft, 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 and contains some sand	7	121
		Silt and fine sand, 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

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