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Logs of Test Holes and Wells

Listed in the following pages are the logs of 76 wells and test holes in Scott County, including 23 test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey (1-23) and one log of a test hole in Wichita County (log 43). The locations of the test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey are shown in Figure 2, and many of the wells are shown on Plate 2. The samples from the test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey were studied in the field by Perry McNally and later in the office by me.

Logs 1-15 || Logs 16-30 || Logs 31-45 || Logs 46-60 || Logs 61-77

1. Sample log of test hole 1, SW corner sec. 18, T. 17 S., R. 32 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2988.5 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, dark	3	3
		Silt and fine sand, yellow-tan; considerably harder near base	21	24
		Sand, medium, to fine gravel, brown	4.5	28.5
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, brown	2	30.5
		Silt and fine sand, limy, grayish-tan	1.5	32
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, tan	2	34
		Silt and fine sand, limy, grayish-tan; darker near base; contains scattered caliche pebbles	12	48
		Clay, silty, dark-gray	3	51
		Silt and fine sand, light-gray; contains abundance of shell fragments	5	56
		Silt and fine sand, medium-gray; contains scattered Caliche pebbles, sand, gravel, and shell fragments	8	64
		Sand to fine gravel, light-brown; contains abundance of light green-gray plastic silt and fine sand intermixed	4	68
		Silt and fine sand, limy, light-gray to tan	4	72
		Clay, silty, tan	2	74
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown	4	78
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light-gray, and clay, fine sandy, limy; hard beds 0.5 feet thick at top and at a depth of 81 feet	6	84
		Silt and fine sand, pale-green, limy, light-gray; contains scattered sand, gravel, and caliche fragments	8	92
		Sand and gravel, brown to gray; bottom part contains abundant caliche pebbles, plastic silt, and fine sand	6.5	98.5
		Caliche, light-gray, and clay, fine sandy, limy, white	5	103.5
		Clay, fine, sandy, limy, light-gray; contains lenses of sand and gravel	7.5	111
		Sand, coarse, to coarse gravel, brown; contains abundant pink quartz and granite	9	120
		Sand and gravel, semi-cemented	4	124
		Caliche, hard, chert-like, light-gray, and fine-grained interbedded mortar bed	6	130
		Caliche, hard, chert-like, tan	5	135
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown; contains lenses of sand and gravel, and chert-like caliche; 1 1/2 foot caliche bed at depth of 145 feet	15	150
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, limy, light-gray; interbedded with hard caliche	22	172
		Mortar bed, soft, tan	4	176
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, limy, tan	6	182
		Sand, fine to coarse, brown, partly cemented	16.5	198.5
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, limy, light-gray and tan	3.5	202
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel, brown	20	222
		Sand, medium, to coarse gravel	15	237
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, silty, yellow	4	241
		Shale, gray to black	4	245

2. Sample log of test hole 2, SW corner sec. 15, T. 18 S., R. 31 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941, Surface altitude, 2,929.7 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, dark, sandy	3	3
		Silt and fine sand, soft, plastic, tan-gray; contains abundant gastropod shells	11	14
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown	2	16
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, brown; contains streaks of lime and gastropod shells	2	18
		Caliche and clay, fine-sandy, limy, light-gray becoming more tan in color at base	18	36
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown and lime, sand, gravel, and caliche intermixed	7	43
		Sand to coarse gravel, cemented, brown	6.5	49.5
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown and sand, gravel, caliche fragments, and pebbles; thin, hard beds at depths of 49 1/2 and 51 feet	10.5	60
		Mortar bed, tan	5	65
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, limy, tan to brown	5	70
		Sand and gravel, partially cemented, brown with some sandy clay intermixed	7.5	77.5
		Caliche, hard, light-gray	1.5	79
		Mortar bed, fine-grained, light-gray to tan, and caliche	7	86
		Sand, fine, plastic, light-gray, and gravel	8	94
		Mortar bed, fine-grained, light-gray to tan	10	104
		Mortar bed, sand to coarse gravel, gray-brown	7	111
		Clay, limy, light-gray, sand, and gravel	7.5	118.5
		Sand and gravel, partially cemented	24.5	143
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, clay, chalky, dull-yellow	2	145
		Shale, clay, dirty-brown to black	5	150

3. Sample log of test hole 3, SE corner SW sec. 17, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,956.6 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, dark	1.5	1.5
		Silt, sandy, tan	1.5	3
		Soil, silty, black	3.5	6.5
		Silt, limy, light-gray to tan; contains lime-cemented nodules, snail shells, and shell fragments	4.5	11
		Silt, clay, medium-gray; contains shell fragments	17	28
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel, brown-gray	4	32
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel and plastic silt, brown-gray	6	38
		Silt, fine sand, and limy clay, tan and gray	5	43
		Silt and clay, limy, light-gray	3	46
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, limy, light-gray; contains streaks of yellow-brown plastic sand, medium sand to fine gravel	8	54
		Gravel, brown with few thin beds of gray silt and clay	6	60
		Gravel, brown; contains abundance of water-worn caliche pebbles and some limy silt	7	67
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light-gray, and some tan to brown cemented sand fragments	8	75
		Caliche, hard, light-gray to white	5	80
		Pebbles and fragments of mortar bed, fine-grained, unconsolidated, brown	4.5	84.5
		Gravel, poorly sorted, brown, partly consolidated at base; contains abundance of mortar bed and caliche pebbles	15.5	100
		Mortar bed, gray	2	102
		Sand, fine, to coarse gravel, brown	13	115
		Sand and gravel, partly consolidated mortar bed, brown	1.5	116.5
		Mortar bed, fine-grained, light-pink to tan	5.5	122
		Sand and gravel, partly consolidated brown; contains abundant caliche fragments	14	136
		Clay, hard, blocky, chocolate-brown	1.5	137.5
		Sand, medium, to coarse gravel, brown	9.5	147
		Mortar bed, fine-grained, partly consolidated, tan	11	158
		Silt, light-tan	3	161
		Sand, coarse, to coarse gravel, glassy quartz	4.5	165.5
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, silty, yellow-tan and some light-gray	6.5	172
		Shale, clay, brownish-black, becoming blue-black	8	180

4. Sample log of test hole 4, NE corner sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,960.4 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, silty, dark	2.5	2.5
		Silt and sand, limy, light-tan to light-gray; contains few caliche pebbles	9	11.5
		Caliche, gray to white, and light-tan to light-gray limy silt and sand	12.5	24
		Mortar bed, brown and tan; some partly consolidated, and white limy material near base	36	60
		Silt and sand, limy, tan; contains some gravel, and mortar-bed fragments	6	66
		Caliche, light-gray to white and tan, and mortar bed, fine-grained	1.5	67.5
		Sand, plastic, brown, and sand, gravel, and small mortar bed pebbles	8.5	76
		Silt, plastic, brown	8.5	84.5
		Silt and sand, plastic, light-gray and green-gray	7.5	92
		Silt and sand, plastic, green-gray, and sand, gravel, and small, white caliche pebbles	11.5	103.5
		Sand, gravel, mortar bed, partly consolidated, brown	6.5	110
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel and mortar bed pebbles, brown	5	115
		Silt, and sand, brown	6	121
		Silt, sand, and fine to medium gravel, brown	9	130
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel; contains many white caliche pebbles	8	138
		Silt and sand, limy, light-gray	2	140
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel, brown	5	145
		Mortar bed, tan and light-gray to white	6.5	151.5
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, clay, cream-colored	4.5	156
		Shale, clay, light-yellow; 3-inch bed of yellow-tan to green blocky shale at a depth of 156 feet	4	160

5. Sample log of test hole 5, NW corner sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1940. Surface altitude, 2,951.4 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, sandy, limy, tan	1	1
		Silt and clay, plastic, tan	15.5	16.5
		Silt, clay, and scattered caliche, light-gray	4.5	21
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel, brown	9	30
		Clay, silty, pale-green; contains abundant gastropod shells	3.5	33.5
		Silt and clay, tan to brown	4.5	38
		Silt, clay, brown, and some lime and loose sand	9	47
		Sand, fine, silt, and clay, tan to brown	7	54
		Sand, fine, silt, and clay, limy, light-green	4	58
		Sand, fine, silt, and clay, tan to brown	2	60
		Sand, medium, to fine gravel, tan; contains mostly quartz and some caliche pebbles	11	71
		Clay, silty, light-gray	2	73
		Sand, fine, silt, and clay, tan to brown	4	77
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains some silt, clay, and abundant rounded, water-worn caliche pebbles	11	88
		Sand, fine, silt, and clay, tan and light-gray; contains abundant rounded, water-worn caliche pebbles	2	90
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light-gray; contains few thin, softer beds	8	98
		Sand, fine, pink-brown, and plastic silt	1.5	99.5
		Caliche, light-gray, and tan cemented fine sand	4.5	104
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains abundant caliche pebbles and pink-brown silt and fine sand	14	118
		Mortar bed; tan	3	121
		Mortar bed, cemented fine sand, brown	2.5	123.5
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel	12.5	136
		Clay, limy, light-gray, caliche, and cemented fine sand	7	143
		Sand and gravel; contains few thin beds of caliche and mortar bed	7	150
		Caliche, light-gray and tan	7	157
		Sand, fine, plastic; contains pink-brown and loose fine sand to coarse sand	3	160
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel, brown	11	171
		Caliche, hard, light-gray and tan	7	178
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, yellow	17.5	195.5
		Clay, dirty-gray-brown	4.5	200

6. Sample log of test hole 6, NE corner NW sec. 21, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,975.0 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, dark	5	5
		Silt and clay, tan; contains few snail shells and shell fragments	10	15
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light-gray to white and tan	7	22
		Mortar bed, fine-grained, tan	3	25
		Sand, medium to coarse, cemented, green-gray and brown; contains mortar bed and caliche pebbles	7	32
		Mortar bed, brown	4.5	36.5
		Sand, medium, to fine gravel, lime cemented, gray, brown, yellow-tan	6.5	43
		Mortar bed, hard, tan; contains fine to coarse sand	4	47
		Sand, fine, to medium gravel, brown	3	50
		Sand, coarse, to medium gravel, brown	7	57
		Mortar bed, gray; contains coarse sand and fine gravel	6	63
		Silt and sand, limy, light-gray and light-tan, and caliche	1.5	64.5
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel, limy, light-gray and brown	2	66.5
		Clay, silty, blocky, hard, khaki-colored	6.5	73
		Sand, fine, to fine gravel, brown	6	79
		Silt and sand, lime-cemented, tan and gray	4	83
		Sand, fine, to medium gravel, brown; contains mortar bed fragments	9	92
		Mortar bed, tan	14.5	106.5
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, chalky, white to yellow	2.5	109

7. Sample log of test hole 7, NW corner sec. 22, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,967.4 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, dark	5	5
		Silt, tan	7	12
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, soft, light-gray to pink-tan	4	16
		Caliche, hard, light-gray to pink-tan	9	25
		Sand and gravel, partly cemented, brown	5	30
		Mortar bed, tan	3	33
		Sand, fine, to medium gravel, brown; contains abundant cement and mortar-bed fragments	4	37
		Mortar bed, brown	3	40
		Sand, coarse, to medium gravel, brown; contains abundant cement and mortar bed	7	47
		Mortar bed, brown	5	52
		Sand, coarse, to coarse gravel, brown	7	59
		Mortar bed, fine-grained, tan; contains some sand and gravel	11	70
		Caliche, chert-like, hard, white and light-tan	14	84
		Mortar bed, tan; contains lime cement, sand, few fragments of Niobrara formation	12	96
		Mortar bed, tan; contains coarse sand to medium gravel, abundant fragments of Niobrara formation	6	102
		Mortar bed, soft, tan; contains fine to coarse sand	15	117
		Mortar bed, hard, tan; contains lime cement, fine to coarse sand	6	123
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, chalky, yellow and white	13	136
		Shale, clay, silty, brown and black, soft; 3-inch coal bed at depth 139 feet	4	140
		Shale, clay, silty, brown	7	147
	Carlile formation--Blue Hill shale member (?)
		Shale and clay, dark-gray to dark-brown; contains fragments bright-blue shale	3	150

8. Sample log of test hole 8, NW corner sec. 24, T. 18 S., R. 32 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,969.8 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, dark	4	4
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, tan; contains fragments of gastropod shells	18	22
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light-gray to tan	3	25
		Caliche and clay, fine, sandy, limy, light-gray	8.5	33.5
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown	2	35.5
		Clay, limy, light-gray; contains fine sand and thin caliche beds	5.5	41
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown	2	43
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel, brown	9	52
		Mortar bed, tan	7	59
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown	3	62
		Sand, plastic, fine, and gravel, partly cemented, brown and tan, limy	8	70
		Sand, coarse, to medium gravel, brown	15	85
		Mortar bed, fine-grained, tan	2	87
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown to tan	10	97
		Caliche fragments, angular, hard	8	105
		Caliche fragments, angular, hard, sand and gravel	2	107
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains abundant fragments of hard yellow-tan limestone	5	112
		Sand, coarse, to fine gravel, partly cemented, brown to light-gray	12	124
		Caliche, light-gray, and tan fine-grained mortar bed	6	130
		Caliche, hard, light-gray	5	135
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, chalky, yellow and white	12	147
		Shale, clay, dark-brown to black	13	160

9. Sample log of test hole 9, NE corner sec. 19, T. 18 S., R. 33 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 3,040.9 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, sandy, dark	1	1
		Silt and sand, fine, plastic, tan	11	12
		Silt, limy, gray to tan, and fine sandy clay; contains scattered caliche pebbles	12	24
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, hard, light-gray to tan, and limy plastic silt and fine sand	9	33
		Caliche, unconsolidated, and brown cemented fine to medium sand	7	40
		Sand, fine to medium, partly cemented, brown, and scattered sand and gravel	6.5	46.5
		Mortar bed, gray to tan	3.5	50
		Sand and gravel, partly cemented, poorly sorted	2	52
		Mortar bed and plastic fine sand	8	60
		Mortar bed, contains some plastic fine sand	15	75
		Mortar bed, brown and tan, and brown fine sandy clay	6	81
		Mortar bed fragments, sand, gravel and some plastic silt and fine sand	9	90
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains some sandy clay and mortar-bed fragments	4	94
		Mortar bed, brown; contains some sand, gravel, and fine sandy clay	10	104
		Sand and gravel, partly cemented, brown; contains few yellow fragments of Niobrara formation	4	108
		Silt and sand, fine, limy, plastic, light-gray to tan	6	114
		Mortar bed, gray and tan; contains abundant fragments of hard yellow Niobrara formation, sand, and gravel	6	120
		Silt and sand, fine, plastic, tan	4	124
		Sand and gravel, brown	4.5	128.5
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, silty, dull-yellow	5.5	134
		Shale, clay, dirty-gray to blue-black	6	140

10. Sample log of test hole 10 at the NE corner sec. 28, T. 18 S., R. 33 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,956.5 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, sandy, dark	4	4
		Clay, silty, gray; contains few scattered caliche pebbles	4	8
		Silt and sand, fine, plastic, light-gray-green; contains few scattered caliche pebbles	6	14
		Clay, silty, dark-gray to black	5	19
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains some plastic silt and fine sand	3	22
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, medium-gray; contains scattered water-worn caliche pebbles and fragments of gastropod shells; from 40-48 feet contains thin lenses of small brown fragments of water-worn caliche	31	53
		Sand and gravel, poorly-sorted, brown; contains abundance of water-worn caliche pebbles; predominantly fairly coarse	13	66
		Silt and fine sand, limy, plastic; contains water-worn caliche	6	72
		Sand, fine, plastic, brown; contains fragments of gastropod shell in upper 4 feet	7	79
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light-gray, and limy plastic silt and fine sand; drilled fairly hard	2	81
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel, brown; contains abundance of caliche and lime fragments; thin lenses of tan fine-grained mortar bed at 91 and 93 feet	16	97
		Mortar bed, tan to gray	4	101
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains some fragments of mortar-bed material	6	107
		Silt and fine sand, limy, plastic, light-gray to tan; contains a few thin hard lenses of mortar bed	4	111
		Mortar bed; contains thin beds of plastic limy silt and fine sand	5	116
		Sand and gravel, brown; contains limy plastic silt and fine sand and an abundance of caliche	10	126
		Mortar bed, hard from 126 to 127.5, from 128.5 to 129.5, and from 132 to 133.5 feet; interbedded with softer material	8	134
		Sand, brown, to fine gravel; contains a few thin lenses of mortar bed from 134 to 136 feet, and a thin bed at 139 feet	10	144
		Mortar bed, tan; contains some sand and gravel intermixed	8	152
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, silty, creamy-tan; thin bed of dark-gray clay shale at 154 feet; gradually becoming more yellow with depth	20	172
		Shale, clay, dirty-gray to blue-black	8	180

11. Sample log of test hole 11 at the NW corner sec. 2, T. 18 S., R. 34 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1940. Surface altitude, 3,128.8 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, sandy, dark-brown	1	1
		Silt and fine sand, limy, light-tan	3	4
		Silt and fine sand, tan to brown; contains abundant gastropod shells	13	17
		Silt and fine sand, limy, light-gray to brown; plastic and sticky	8	25
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light-gray; hard from 25 to 27 feet	12	37
		Sand, medium to coarse, brown; partly cemented	4	41
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel, brown; partly cemented; contains abundance of black carbonaceous fragments	7	48
		Mortar bed, hard, gray	5	53
		Sand to medium gravel, poorly sorted, brown to gray; thin semi-cemented beds at 56 and 58 feet	7	60
		Sand, coarse, to medium gravel, brown; contains thin semi-cemented beds; coarser from 70-98 feet	38	98
		Sand, fine, limy, plastic, soft, light-gray to tan	3	101
		Sand and gravel, semi-consolidated; fairly hard caliche bed at 108 feet; gray, semi-cemented mortar bed from 116 to 120 feet	23	124
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, yellowish-gray; contains some white bentonite	3	127
		Shale and clay, soft and sticky, dull-brown to black	8	135

12. Sample log of test hole 12 at the SE corner sec. 7, T. 19 S., R. 31 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1940. Surface altitude, 2,958.8 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, sandy, dark-brown	3	3
		Silt and fine sand, tan; contains a few gastropod shells	11	14
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, limy, light-gray, caliche and fine to medium sand; predominantly hard caliche with some harder thin beds	6	20
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, clay, yellow; white chalky bed from 28 to 29 feet, harder	10	30

13. Sample log of test hole 13 at the NW corner sec. 7, T. 19 S., R. 32 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,937.4 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, sandy, brown	2	2
		Clay, silty and fine sandy, dark-brown; contains scattered sand and gravel from 10 to 21 feet	19	21
		Clay, silty, sticky, tan	5	26
		Clay, silty, black	2	28
		Clay, silty and fine sandy, limy, light-gray	2	30
		Clay, limy, tan and some light-gray; abundance of dull-yellow iron-stain streaks; more lime from 30 to 32 feet; contains gastropod shells	12	42
		Sand, medium, to medium gravel, brown; contains some sandy clay	6	48
		Clay, fine sandy, soft, tan to yellow-green	6	54
		Silt, very soft, tan and medium-gray; contains a few water-worn caliche pebbles	8	62
		Clay, limy, fine sandy, and caliche; contains an abundance of sand and gravel intermixed, chiefly from 67 to 70 feet	9	71
		Sand and gravel, gray and brown; contains many small caliche pebbles, dirty gravel, and has some sandy clay intermixed; includes an abundance of light-green-gray plastic silt intermixed from 80 to 84 feet	13	84
		Silt, plastic, light-green-gray; contains some sand and gravel intermixed	14	98
		Silt and clay, limy, light-gray, fine, sandy; contains some caliche pebbles and fragments	3	101
		Silt, tan, fine, sandy; contains scattered sand and gravel and water-worn caliche pebbles	11	112
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, grayish-tan; contains sand and gravel and water-worn caliche pebbles	18	130
		Clay, silty, soft, very sticky, light-gray	27	157
		Silt, plastic, tan, and fine sand; contains alternating beds of tan and light-gray plastic silt and fine sand	13	170
		Clay, silty, sticky, soft	8	178
		Shale, clay, dirty-brown to black; contains some gastropod fragments	12	190

14. Sample log of test hole 14 at the SE corner sec. 26, T. 19 S., R. 32 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1940. Surface altitude, 3,011.0 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, sandy, dark-brown	5	5
		Sand, medium to coarse, tan; contains some lime and a thin mortar bed at 7 feet; contains some gastropods in lower part	11	16
		Silt and fine sand, soft, tan; contains gastropods	5	21
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, light-gray and tan, mortar bed; contains lime with plastic silt and fine sand intermixed	14	35
		Caliche, light-gray to white; contains a few hard yellow fragments near base	8	43
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, clay, chalky, yellow; contains hard lenses of white chalk from 50 to 61 feet	18	61
		Shale, clay, soft, sticky, reddish-yellow	11	72
		Shale, clay, chalky, yellow; thin white chalk beds at 74, 79, 83, and 86 feet	38	110

15. Sample log of test hole 15 at the SE corner SW sec. 28, T. 19 S., R. 32 W., drilled by State Geological Survey, 1941. Surface altitude, 3,009.7 feet.			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Soil, silty, brown	2	2
		Clay, silty, tan; contains some gastropods	10	12
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, tan	14	26
		Medium sand to medium gravel, brown; mostly coarse sand and fine gravel; contains some gastropods	5	31
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, tan; lower half contains few lime splotches; contains few caliche pebbles	18	49
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Silt and sand, limy, light-gray to light-tan	9	58
		Clay and silt, limy, sandy, light-gray	2	60
		Silt and sand, limy, tan to light-gray; lower two-thirds contains much sand and gravel intermixed, and scattered caliche pebbles	30	90
		Silt, sandy, tan, light-grayish; contains many limy fragments and caliche intermixed	6	96
Cretaceous (Upper)
	Niobrara formation
		Clay shale, yellow, some white chalky streaks; contains 3-foot layer of chalk at 98 feet and 1-foot layer at 118 feet	23	119
		Shale, chalky, yellow and bright-orange-yellow; contains some red-brown concretionary material in lower half of layer; hard layer at 134 feet	34	153
		Clay shale, dark-brown to slightly black	3	156
		Clay shale, blue-black	4	160

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