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23-5-3aa—Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 3, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, November 1945. Surface altitude, 1,624.5 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Dune sand | |||
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Sand, fine to medium | 5 | 5 |
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Sand, medium to very fine, and blue-gray silt and clay | 11 | 16 |
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Sand, medium to fine | 12 | 28 |
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Sand, medium to fine, and blue-gray silt and clay | 3 | 31 |
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Sand, medium to fine | 10 | 41 |
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Sand, medium to fine; grains stained red brown | 6 | 47 |
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Sand, medium to fine; contains some coarse sand and tan clay | 10 | 57 |
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Sand, medium to very fine; contains gray silt and clay | 41 | 98 |
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Sand, medium to fine, and gray clay | 9 | 107 |
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Sand, medium to fine; contains some coarse sand | 2 | 109 |
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Sand, medium to very fine, and gray to tan clay | 14 | 123 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, blue gray and red | 1 | 124 |
23-5-4cda—Drillers log of well at the NE cor. SE SW sec. 4, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by the Layne-Western Co. for the Kansas Power and Light Co., October 1949. Surface altitude 1,523.3 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Soil, brown, fine sandy | 2 | 2 |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Gravel, fine, and fine to very coarse sand | 36 | 38 |
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Clay, blue gray | 1 | 39 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine, and fine to coarse sand | 15.5 | 54.5 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, light brown | 0.5 | 55 |
23-5-4dbb—Drillers log of well at the NW NW SE sec. 4, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co., June 1944. Surface altitude, 1,528.3 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Sand, fine | 12 | 12 |
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Sand, medium to coarse | 3 | 15 |
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Gravel, fine, and sand, dirty | 4 | 19 |
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Sand and gravel, clean, sharp | 4 | 23 |
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Sand, coarse | 2 | 25 |
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Gravel, fine | 1 | 26 |
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Gravel and sand, coarse | 14 | 40 |
23-5-6dd—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 6, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,528.8 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Soil, sandy, dark brown | 4 | 4 |
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Silt and clay, gray to brown; contains fine sand | 7 | 11 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand; contains some very coarse gravel | 29 | 40 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine | 8 | 48 |
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Gravel, medium to fine; contains coarse gravel and coarse sand; grains and pebbles stained red brown | 18 | 66 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, soft, gray green | 2 | 68 |
23-5-8aa—Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 8, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by the Layne-Westem Co. for the Central Fibre Products Co., June 1943. Surface altitude, 1,528.1 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Soil, brown | 3 | 3 |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Silt, brown, and very flne sand | 2 | 5 |
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Sand, medium to coarse; contains fine gravel and fine sand | 18 | 25 |
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Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand | 7 | 30 |
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Sand, coarse to medium, and fine to coarse gravel | 12 | 42 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine; contains coarse sand | 15 | 57 |
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Sand, coarse to medium, and fine to coarse gravel | 5 | 62 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, micaceous, light brown | 1 | 63 |
23-5-11cb—Sample log of test hole in the NW SW sec. 11, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,515.2 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Soil, brown, very sandy | 3 | 3 |
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Sand, medium to fine; contains coarse sand | 7 | 10 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine; contains some very coarse gravel | 16 | 26 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine | 10 | 36 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, green | 1 | 37 |
23-5-13dd—Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 18, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,499.4 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Sand, medium to fine | 6 | 6 |
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Clay, gray; contains fine sand | 4 | 10 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine; contains coarse sand; grains stained red brown | 18 | 28 |
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Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand | 13 | 41 |
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Silt, tan, soft | 12 | 53 |
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Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to medium sand | 48 | 101 |
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Gravel, medium to fine, and coarse sand | 36 | 137 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, blue gray | 2 | 139 |
23-5-14aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 14, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled 1945. Surface altitude, 1,520.5 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Sand, medium to fine | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, blue gray, interbedded with medium to fine sand, limonitic | 14 | 17 |
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Silt, brown; contains much organic material | 3 | 20 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand | 10 | 30 |
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Gravel, medium to fine, and coarse sand | 4 | 34 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, brick red | 2 | 36 |
23-5-14da—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. SE sec. 14, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,503.8 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Sand, medium to fine; contains some coarse sand | 4 | 4 |
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Sand, medium to fine; contains tan silt and clay and some coarse sand | 3 | 7 |
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Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand | 35 | 42 |
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Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse sand | 5 | 47 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, red and blue gray | 2 | 49 |
23-5-15aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 15, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled 1945. Surface altitude, 1,511.4 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Soil, very sandy, brown | 2 | 2 |
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Silt, yellow gray; contains fine gravel and coarse to fine sand | 4 | 6 |
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Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse to medium sand | 4 | 10 |
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Sand, coarse to fine; contains some fine to medium gravel | 10 | 20 |
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Gravel, medium to fine, and coarse sand; includes a few thin beds of green clay | 33 | 53 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, thin bedded, brick red, some green | 4 | 57 |
23-5-15dd—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 15, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,507.1 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Soil, brown, sandy | 3 | 3 |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Clay, gray to tan | 5 | 8 |
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Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand | 6 | 14 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine | 4 | 18 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand | 27 | 45 |
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Clay, green to tan | 1 | 46 |
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Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand | 13 | 59 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, red brown | 1 | 60 |
23-5-16aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 16, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,517.5 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Soil, brown, sandy | 3 | 3 |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Clay, tan to gray | 7 | 10 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine; contains some coarse sand | 8 | 18 |
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Gravel, very coarse to fine | 17 | 35 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand | 11 | 46 |
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Clay, tan | 2 | 48 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine | 15 | 63 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, brick red and gray green | 1 | 64 |
23-5-18cba—Drillers log of city-supply (Cleveland St.) well in the NE cor. NW SW sec. 18, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled for United Gas, Water, and Electric Co. (now owned by Hutchinson Water Co.), June 1922. Surface altitude, 1,531.0 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Sand and gravel | 10 | 10 |
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Gravel and clay balls | 18 | 28 |
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Clay balls and gravel | 20 | 48 |
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Good, clean sand | 13 | 61 |
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Fine sand | 17 | 78 |
23-5-21aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 21, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,514.4 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Soil, brown, very sandy | 2 | 2 |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Clay, buff to tan | 9 | 11 |
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Gravel, very coarse to fine | 24 | 35 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine; contains thin layers of clay in lower part | 25 | 60 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, red | 2 | 62 |
23-5-23dd—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 23, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,498.1 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Soil, very sandy, brown | 2 | 2 |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Clay, soft, tan | 2 | 4 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand | 42 | 46 |
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Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to medium sand; grains stained red brown | 4 | 50 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine | 47 | 97 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, blue green | 3 | 100 |
23-5-24ad—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. NE sec. 24, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled December 1945. Surface altitude, 1,495.0 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Soil, brown | 4 | 4 |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Silt and clay, plastic, light gray | 5 | 9 |
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Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to medium sand; contains some gray silt | 59 | 68 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, red and blue green | 3 | 71 |
23-5-29aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 29, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,515.5 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Soil, sandy, brown to gray | 2 | 2 |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Clay, gray | 5 | 7 |
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Clay and silt, gray to tan; contains fine sand | 4 | 11 |
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Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand | 24 | 35 |
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Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand | 12 | 47 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, red | 3 | 50 |
23-5-32bb—Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 32, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,512.1 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Alluvium and terrace deposits | |||
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Soil, sandy, dark gray to brown | 2 | 2 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine; contains clay balls near middle | 31 | 33 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine | 25 | 58 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, gray green | 2 | 60 |
23-6-1aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor., sec. 1, T. 23 S., R. 6 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,539.0 feet.
Quaternary—Pleistocene | Thickness, feet |
Depth, feet |
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Soil, sandy, brown | 3 | 3 |
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Terrace deposits | |||
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Clay, tan to gray | 8 | 11 |
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Gravel, coarse to fine; contains coarse sand; material uniform throughout | 59 | 70 |
Permian—Leonardian | ||||
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Ninnescah shale | |||
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Shale, brick red | 2 | 72 |
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