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5-31-36dd. Sample log of test hole in the SE SE sec. 36, T. 5 S., R. 31 W., 70 feet north, 30 feet west of the SE cor. sec. 36; drilled June 1952. Surface altitude, 2,905.2 feet. | Thickness, feet |
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Silt, clayey, noncalcareous, black | 1 | 1 |
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Clay, silty, calcareous, tan-gray | 8 | 9 |
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Silt, calcareous, tan to gray | 8 | 17 |
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Clay, silty, calcareous, tan | 5 | 22 |
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Loveland silt member | |||
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Clay, silty, calcareous, tan | 6.5 | 28.5 |
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Clay, compact, blocky, tan-brown | 1.5 | 30 |
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Sand and gravel, fine to coarse; contains some light-tan sandy clay | 5 | 35 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel; contains some tan sandy clay | 6 | 41 |
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Clay, sandy, red-brown | 3 | 44 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, very clayey, red-brown | 3 | 47 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel | 1 | 48 |
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Clay, silty, tan-brown | 2.5 | 50.5 |
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Sand, fine to medium, loosely cemented | 7.5 | 58 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel | 7 | 65 |
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Sand, medium to coarse, clayey, brown | 3 | 68 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, clayey | 6 | 74 |
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Sand, fine, silty, cemented | 4 | 78 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, clayey, red-brown | 12 | 90 |
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Clay, brown to red; contains a few thin sand stringers | 9 | 99 |
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Clay, gray; contains a few thin sandy silt stringers | 9 | 108 |
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Silt, light-gray | 10 | 118 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, clayey | 10 | 128 |
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Sand and gravel, fine to coarse | 3 | 131 |
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Clay, sandy, tan to gray | 3 | 134 |
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Sand, fine to coarse | 14.5 | 148.5 |
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Clay, sandy, light-gray | 2.5 | 151 |
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Sand and clay, limy, light-tan | 5 | 156 |
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Sand, fine to coarse; contains some silt | 7 | 163 |
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Shale, weathered, light-gray to yellow | 7 | 170 |
5-33-6bb. Sample log of test hole in the NW NW sec. 6, T. 5 S., R. 33 W., Rawlins County; 5 feet east, 30 feet south of the NW cor. sec. 6; drilled July 1952. Surface altitude, 3,191.0 feet. | Thickness, feet |
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Silt, clayey, noncaleareous, black | 1 | 1 |
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Clay, compact, silty, noncalcareous, dark-brown | 2 | 3 |
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Clay, silty, calcareous, tan | 4 | 7 |
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Silt, calcareous, gray | 14 | 21 |
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Clay, silty, calcareous, tan to brown | 20 | 41 |
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Clay, compact, calcareous, tan-brown | 36 | 77 |
Tertiary--Pliocene | |||||
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Ogallala formation | ||||
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Clay, silty, light-tan; contains some fine sand | 7 | 84 |
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Silt and fine sand, cemented, light-tan | 5 | 89 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, silty; contains some fine to medium gravel | 10 | 99 |
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Sand and gravel, fine to coarse; contains some gray sandy clay | 20 | 119 |
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Clay, very sandy | 10 | 129 |
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Sand and clay, silty, loosely cemented | 10 | 139 |
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Sand, fine to medium, clayey | 15 | 154 |
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Sand and gravel, fine to coarse | 10 | 164 |
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Sand, cemented, very hard | 4 | 168 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel | 4 | 172 |
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Sand and gravel, fine to coarse, clayey | 13 | 185 |
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Sand, fine to coarse; contains a few thin zones of sandy clay | 10 | 195 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, partly cemented | 39 | 234 |
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Clay, sandy, light-gray | 4 | 238 |
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Sand, fine to medium, silty | 17 | 255 |
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Clay, sandy, yellow-green | 5 | 260 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, silty | 16 | 276 |
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Gravel, fine to coarse | 3 | 279 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, silty | 5 | 284 |
Cretaceous--Gulfian | |||||
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Pierre shale | ||||
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Shale, clayey, black | 6 | 290 |
5-33-36dd. Sample log of test hole in the SE SE sec. 36, T. 5 S., R. 33 W., 100 feet north, 8 feet west of the SE cor. sec. 36; drilled August 1952. Surface altitude, 3,127.0 feet; depth to water level, 145.15 feet. | Thickness, feet |
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Road fill | 3 | 3 |
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Peoria silt member | |||
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Silt, calcareous, gray | 25 | 28 |
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Loveland silt member | |||
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Clay, compact, weakly calcareous, brown | 4 | 32 |
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Clay, silty, calcareous, tan | 23 | 55 |
Tertiary--Pliocene | |||||
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Ogallala formation | ||||
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Clay, light-tan; contains some gravel | 14 | 69 |
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Clay, limy, tan-white; contains some sand and gravel | 3 | 72 |
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Sand and gravel, clayey | 20 | 92 |
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Sand and gravel, loosely cemented | 6 | 98 |
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Sand and very sandy clay; contains some gravel | 40 | 138 |
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Sand and gravel; contains some silt and clay | 37 | 175 |
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Clay, sandy, tan to gray | 12 | 187 |
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Sand, fine to coarse; contains a few thin clay stringers, | 20 | 207 |
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Sand, fine to medium; contains some silt and clay | 6 | 213 |
Cretaceous--Gulfian | |||||
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Pierre shale | ||||
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Shale, weathered, yellow-gray | 6 | 219 |
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Shale, clayey, dark-gray | 5 | 224 |
5-34-31cc. Sample log of test hole in the SW SW sec. 31, T. 5 S., R. 34 W., 60 feet north, 5 feet east of the SW cor. sec. 31; drilled July 1952. Surface altitude, 3,236.5 feet; depth to water level, 113.70 feet. | Thickness, feet |
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Silt, clayey, noncalcareous, black | 2.5 | 2.5 |
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Silt, calcareous, gray | 9.5 | 12 |
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Silt, calcareous, gray-tan | 14 | 26 |
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Clay, calcareous, tan to gray | 9 | 35 |
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Loveland silt member | |||
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Clay, compact, silty, weakly calcareous, brown | 3 | 38 |
Tertiary--Pliocene | |||||
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Clay, limy, gray to tan | 13 | 51 |
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Sand and gravel, clayey, partly cemented | 7 | 58 |
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Clay, sandy, tan to white | 11 | 69 |
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Sand and gravel, fine to coarse | 10 | 79 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel | 50 | 129 |
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Clay, sandy, brown | 4 | 133 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, and fine to medium gravel | 14 | 147 |
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Clay, brown; contains much fine gravel | 2 | 149 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, partly cemented; contains some tan clay | 40 | 189 |
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Sand, fine to coarse; contains some silt and yellow clay, | 37 | 226 |
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Sand and gravel, fine to coarse | 4 | 230 |
Cretaceous--Gulfian | |||||
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Pierre shale | ||||
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Shale, weathered, yellow and gray | 5 | 235 |
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Shale, clayey, dark-gray | 2 | 237 |
5-36-2aa. Sample log of test hole in the NE NE sec. 2, T. 5 S., R. 86 W., on south shoulder of road about 0.2 mile west of the NE cor. sec. 2; drilled July 1952. Surface altitude, 3,298.5 feet; depth to water level, 172.90 feet. | Thickness, feet |
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Road fill | 2 | 2 |
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Silt, calcareous, tan | 33 | 35 |
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Clay, very silty, calcareous, tan | 7 | 42 |
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Silt, clayey, calcareous, tan-brown | 2 | 44 |
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Loveland silt member | |||
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Clay, compact, weakly calcareous, tan-brown | 2 | 46 |
Tertiary--Pliocene | |||||
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Ogallala formation | ||||
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Clay, silty and sandy, light-tan | 9 | 55 |
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Sand and gravel, fine to coarse | 5 | 60 |
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Sand, silty, partly cemented | 16 | 76 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel | 3 | 79 |
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Sand, fine, cemented, dark-brown | 3 | 82 |
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Clay, sandy, tan | 7 | 89 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, clayey, loosely cemented | 20 | 109 |
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Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel | 7 | 116 |
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Clay, sandy, gray to tan | 6 | 122 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, clayey, partly cemented | 18 | 140 |
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Clay, sandy, tan to brown | 8 | 148 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, cemented | 45 | 193 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, silty, loosely cemented | 24 | 217 |
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Sand, fine to medium, cemented; contains a few thin clay stringers | 10 | 227 |
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Sand, fine to medium, loosely cemented | 11 | 238 |
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Clay, silty, tan to green | 8 | 246 |
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Sand, fine to medium; contains a few clay stringers | 9 | 255 |
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Sand, medium to coarse, silty, loosely cemented | 13 | 268 |
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Shale, clayey, gray to black | 8 | 276 |
5-36-31cc. Sample log of test hole in the SW SW sec. 31, T. 5 S., R. 36 W, 10 feet east, 20 feet north of the SW cor. sec. 31; drilled July 1952. Surface altitude, 3,427.7 feet; depth to water level, 180.25 feet. | Thickness, feet |
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Silt, noncalcareous, black | 2 | 2 |
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Silt, calcareous, gray | 37 | 39 |
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Clay, calcareous, silty, tan-brown | 6 | 45 |
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Clay, very silty, calcareous, tan | 33 | 78 |
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Sand and gravel, clayey, cemented | 6 | 84 |
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Sand and gravel; contains some silt and clay | 26 | 110 |
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Sand, fine to medium, very clayey | 17 | 127 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel | 9 | 136 |
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Clay, tan-brown; contains a few sand grains | 3.5 | 139.5 |
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Sand and gravel, clayey | 25.5 | 165 |
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Clay, sandy, tan-brown | 4 | 169 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, and coarse gravel | 7 | 176 |
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Clay, sandy, tan-brown | 13 | 189 |
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Clay, light-tan; contains much fine to medium gravel, | 3 | 192 |
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Sand and gravel, coarse to fine; contains some clay | 16 | 208 |
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Sand, fine to coarse | 2 | 210 |
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Clay, sandy, light-tan | 16 | 226 |
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Sand, fine to medium; contains some clay and considerable limy silt | 81 | 307 |
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Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel | 17 | 324 |
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Shale, weathered, yellow | 5 | 329 |
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Shale, clayey, dark-gray to black | 7 | 336 |
6-31-6bb. Sample log of test hole in the NW NW sec. 6, T. 6 S., R. 31 W., 66 feet east, 9 feet south of road intersection; drilled September 1948. Surface altitude, 2,997.9 feet; adapted from log 1, Thomas County (Frye, 1945, p. 88). | Thickness, feet |
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Road fill | 3 | 3 |
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Silt and very fine sand, yellow-gray; contains abundant snails | 20 | 23 |
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Silt, clay, and sand, light-buff to brown | 11 | 84 |
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Ogallala formation | ||||
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Gravel, sand, and silt, btiff and gray; partly cemented by calcium carbonate | 23 | 57 |
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Silt and sand, pink-tan | 7 | 64 |
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Gravel and sand | 21 | 85 |
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Silt, sand, and caliche, gray and buff | 27 | 112 |
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Gravel and sand | 6 | 118 |
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Silt, sand, and caliche, grading downward into silt, clay, and caliche, gray | 31 | 149 |
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Sand, becoming coarser downward and containing some clay at base | 37 | 186 |
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Shale, dark-gray | 14 | 200 |
6-33-6bb. Sample log of test hole in the NW NW sec. 6, T. 6 S., R. 33 W., 102 feet east, 80 feet south of center of road intersection; drilled October 1943. Surface altitude, 3,159.0 feet; adapted from log 2, Thomas County, (Frye, 1945, p. 88). | Thickness, feet |
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Silt; contains admixtures of fine sand and clay in some zones and some nodules of caliche, tan to gray; contains abundant snails | 33 | 33 |
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Silt, sand, and caliche, gray-white | 7 | 40 |
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Ogallala formation | ||||
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Silt, sand, and gravel, buff; partly cemented by calcium carbonate | 10 | 50 |
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Gravel and sand, gray-buff to brown; contains some zones cemented by calcium carbonate | 54 | 104 |
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Silt and caliche, pink-tan; contains some clay and sand | 18 | 122 |
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Gravel, medium to fine, and sand; contains some silt, | 8 | 130 |
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Silt, sand, gravel, and caliche, gray to tan | 30 | 160 |
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Gravel and sand; cemented by calcium carbonate; gray to brown | 9 | 169 |
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Caliche, clay, and silt; contains some sand, light-tan to white | 25 | 194 |
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Gravel, fine, and sand | 11 | 205 |
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Silt, clay, sand, and gravel | 3 | 208 |
Cretaceous--Gulfian | |||||
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Shale, light-blue-gray mottled with yellow-brown | 2 | 210 |
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Shale, blue-gray | 5 | 215 |
6-35-6bb. Sample log of test hole in the NW NW sec. 6, T. 6 S., R. 35 W., 39 feet south, 42 feet east of the center of road intersection; drilled September 1943. Surface altitude, 3,330.2 feet; adapted from log 3, Thomas County, (Frye, 1945, p. 89). | Thickness, feet |
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Silt, yellow-gray; contains abundant snails | 50 | 50 |
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Silt, caliche, sand, and gravel, tan | 29 | 79 |
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Gravel and sand | 21 | 100 |
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Silt, caliche, sand, and gravel, buff | 23 | 123 |
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Gravel, sand, and caliche | 34 | 157 |
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Silt, caliche, sand, and gravel | 53 | 210 |
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Sand, medium to fine, loosely cemented with calcium carbonate | 20 | 230 |
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Silt and sand, contains caliche, gray | 9 | 239 |
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Sand, medium to fine | 11 | 250 |
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Silt, sand, and caliche, light brown | 8 | 258 |
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Sand and silt, buff | 33 | 291 |
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Shale, light-yellow grading downward to dark-gray | 9 | 300 |
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