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Logs of Test Holes and Wells

On the following pages are listed the logs of 59 wells and test holes in Finney and Gray counties, one test hole (1) in Scott County, one test hole (12) in Kearny County, and two test holes (28 and 29) in Ford County. Logs 1 to 29 are of test holes drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys (fig. 7). Logs 30 to 60 include logs of test holes drilled by other agencies and well drillers, logs of water wells (pls. 3 and 4), and partial logs of oil tests.

Lithologic terms used in the driller's logs have been retained. The term "gyp" has been used by many drillers to describe the harder lime-cemented beds in the Ogallala formation and undifferentiated Pleistocene beds. "Quicksand" and "pack sand" have been used by some drillers to describe loose fine sand, and "sand rock" has been used to describe sandstone. Many of the softer unconsolidated beds of the Ogallala formation and Pleistocene deposits have been logged as clay, but in those wells from which cuttings are available for study most of the so-called clay was found to be silt.

Because of lack of detail in the driller's logs of oil tests, no attempt was made to correlate these logs (58-60).

Wells 1-12 || Wells 13-24 || Wells 25-36 || Wells 37-48 || Wells 49-60

1. Log of test hole 1 in the SE SW sec. 32, T. 20 S., R. 34 W, Scott County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1940. Surface altitude, 3,089.5 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry McNally, H.A. Waite, Bruce F. Latta, and Thad McLaughlin.)			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
	Soil, sandy, dark		1.5	1.5
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan; containing gastropods	11	12.5
		Silt and sand, fine; pinkish brown; containing thin limy zones	5.5	18
		Caliche, soft, tan to light gray	6	24
		Sand, fine to medium, pinkish brown; containing some silt,	2.5	26.5
		Caliche, soft, tan-gray; and clay, limy	6.5	33
		Clay, tan-gray	5	38
		Sand, medium, to gravel, medium; brown	16.5	54.5
Ogallala (?) formation
		Sand and gravel; lime-cemented; gray	4	58.5
		Sand, medium, to gravel, coarse; brown; contains a few lime-cemented zones	37	95.5
		Silt, sandy, light gray-yellow	8	103.5
		Silt, sandy, lime-cemented, soft, light gray; contains lenses of brown, fine to medium sand and fragments of Celtis willistoni (?) and Biorbia fossilia (?)	15.5	119
Niobrara formation
	Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, silty, soft, light yellow to light gray	15	134
		Shale, chalky, soft, dark blue-gray; contains few fragments of white bentonite	6	140
		Shale, chalky, dark blue-gray; contains interbedded lighter gray hard sandy shale	14	154
	Fort Hays limestone member
		Shale, chalky, dark gray to white	10	164
		Chalk, light gray to white	3	167
		Shale, chalky, light gray to dark gray	5	172
		Chalk, light gray to white	12	184
		Shale, chalky, dark gray	1	185
		Chalk, light gray to white	15	200
		Shale, chalky, light gray to white	19	219
Carlile shale
	Codell sandstone and Blue Hill shale members
		Shale, sandy, noncalcareous, dark gray	33	252
		Shale, sandy, light to dark gray	1.5	253.5
		Shale, clayey, noncalcareous, dark gray to black	16.5	270

2. Log of test hole 2 in the SW corner sec. 3, T. 22 S., R. 31 W., Finney County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,902.1 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry McNally and Bruce F. Latta.)			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
	Soil, silty, dark		2	2
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
		Silt and sand, fine; tan to brown	28	30
		Caliche, sandy, light gray and light tan	10	40
		Sand and gravel; limy; tan; containing nodules of white caliche	4	44
		Sand, fine to medium, lime-cemented	4	48
		Silt and sand, fine; yellow-tan	5	53
		Sand and gravel; silty; tan	34.5	87.5
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; light tan	7.5	95
		Sand and gravel; brown	4	99
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan to brown	19	118
		Sand and gravel; limy; tan; and light gray to white soft caliche	16	134
		Silt and sand, fine; tan	14	148
Niobrara formation
		Shale, chalky, white to yellow-tan	18	166
		Shale, chalky, light to dark gray; contains thin yellow-tan chalk beds	84	250
		Shale, chalky, white to light gray; and chalk; interbedded with dark gray shale. Contains little sand in lower part	40	290
		Shale, calcareous, gray; and limestone, chalky white	55	345
Carlile shale
	Blue Hill shale member
		Shale, noncalcareous, hard, dark blue-gray	15	360

3. Log of test hole 3 at the SE corner sec. 6, T. 22 S., R. 32 W., Finney County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,878.2 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry M. McNally and Bruce F. Latta.)			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
	Soil, sandy, dark		0.5	0.5
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits
		Clay and silt; fine sandy; tan	29	29.5
		Sand, medium, to gravel, fine; brown	11.5	41
		Clay, silty, light green-gray to brown; containing gastropod shell fragments	16	57
		Silt and sand, fine; green-gray	15	72
		Sand, gravel, and abraded caliche pebbles	3	75
		Caliche, gray; and sand, fine, gray to greenish-gray	7	82
		Sand, medium, to gravel, fine; brown	5	87
		Clay, silty, sticky, light gray	18	105
Ogallala (?) formation
		Sand, fine, lime-cemented, light gray to white	15	120
		Silt, sandy, limy, tan to light gray	4	124
		Sand and gravel; limy; tan	5	129
		Sand and gravel, lime-cemented, hard	7	136
		Sand, fine, silty, gray and brown	24	160
		Gravel, fine to medium, brown	21	181
		Silt and sand, fine; limy, tan	9	190
		Sand and gravel; limy; tan	21.5	211.5
		Sand and gravel; containing abundant Cretaceous chalk pebbles	28.5	240
		Gravel, white; contains Cretaceous chalk pebbles	8.5	248.5
		Silt, yellow; and caliche	18	266.5
Niobrara formation
	Fort Hays limestone member
		Chalk, silty, yellow	8	274.5
Carlile shale
	Codell sandstone member
		Shale, sandy, noncalcareous, blue-gray	5.5	280

4. Log of test hole 4 in the NW corner sec. 8, T. 22 S., R. 33 W., Finney County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,891.8 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry M. McNally and Bruce F. Latta.)			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
	Soil, sandy, dark		2	2
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits
		Silt and sand, fine; tan	6	8
		Clay, silty, gray to black; containing gastropod shell fragments	11	19
		Clay, silty, light gray	6	25
		Sand, fine to medium, silty, tan and gray	7	32
		Sand, fine, limy, tan and light gray; and caliche	6	38
Ogallala (?) formation
		Caliche, light gray to white	6	44
		Sand and gravel; cemented; hard; tan	6	50
		Caliche and sand, fine to medium; interbedded	10	60
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan to gray; containing few thin cemented beds	50	110
		Sand, medium to coarse, cemented, gray and tan	11	121
		Clay, sandy, noncalcareous, mottled light gray and yellow,	21	142
Carlile shale
	Codell sandstone member
		Shale, sandy, noncalcareous, dark gray	8	150

5. Log of test hole 5 at the NW corner sec. 7, T. 22 S., R. 34 W., Finney County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 3,009.1 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry M. McNally and Bruce F. Latta.)			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
	Soil, sandy, dark		1	1
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala (?) formation
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan to brown; containing gastropod shells and fragments	36	37
		Silt and sand, fine; tan; containing thin lenses of sand and gravel	5	42
		Silt, clayey, hard, tan and gray; containing caliche fragments	8	50
		Sand, fine, tan and gray	4	54
		Silt and sand, fine; tan; containing coarser sand and gravel	6	60
		Sand and gravel, fine to coarse	9.5	69.5
		Sand, fine, limy, gray	2.5	72
		Sand and gravel; containing some tan limy silt	36	108
		Sand and gravel; containing caliche and limestone fragments and pebbles	7	115
		Sand and gravel; cemented; hard; gray	1.5	116.5
		Clay, noncalcareous, green-yellow	28.5	145

6. Log of test hole 6 at the SW corner sec. 11, T. 23 S., R. 28 W., Finney County, drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,704.6 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry M. McNally and Bruce F. Latta.)			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
	Soil, sandy, dark		3	3
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
		Silt and sand, fine; tan	9	12
		Caliche, tan and light gray	3	15
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan; contains caliche	13	28
		Silt and sand; lime-cemented; tan and light gray	8	36
		Sand, fine to medium, brown	6	42
		Silt and sand, fine; lime-cemented; light gray and tan.	12	54
		Sand and gravel; poorly sorted; limy	10	64
		Silt, clayey and sandy, tan and gray	10	74
		Sand, gravel, and caliche pebbles; containing abundant yellow chalk pebbles	5	79
Carlile shale
	Blue Hill shale member
		Shale, silty, gray, containing few hard concretionary zones	21	100
		Shale, noncalcareous; blue-gray to black	20	120

7. Log of test hole 7 at the NW corner sec. 6, T. 23 S., R. 32 W., Finney County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,856.8 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry M. McNally and Brace F. Latta.)			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
	Soil, sandy, dark		1	1
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan and light gray	14	15
		Sand, coarse, to gravel, medium; silty; containing shells and shell fragments	15	30
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan and light gray	7.5	37.5
		Sand, coarse, to gravel, medium	8	45.5
		Silt, yellow-tan	5.5	51
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; light gray; and caliche, white	9	60
		Caliche, sandy, soft, white	18	78
		Silt and sand, fine; tan	8	86
		Sand and gravel; poorly sorted	8	94
		Gravel, cemented, hard, brown	1	95
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan and light gray	15	110
		Sand, fine, tan and light gray	3	113
		Sand, medium, to gravel, medium; brown	10	123
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; light gray	7	130
Ogallala (?) formation
		Gravel, fine to medium, sandy; containing few thin cemented beds	16	146
		Silt and sand, fine; tan	15	161
		Sand, gravel, and caliche	20	181
		Silt and sand, fine; gray; containing yellow and white chalk pebbles	16	197
		Silt and sand, fine; tan; containing caliche nodules, sand, and gravel	15	212
		Gravel, loosely-cemented; containing abundant yellow chalk pebbles	4	216
		Silt and sand, fine; gray-tan	3	219
Carlile shale
	Blue Hill shale member
		Clay-shale, silty, gray	16	235
		Shale, noncalcareous, black	10	245

8. Log of test hole 8 at the SE corner Sec. 31, T. 23 S., R. 32 W., Finney County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,877.6 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry M. McNally and Bruce F. Latta.)			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
	Soil, black		1	1
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits
		Silt and sand, fine to medium; tan	17	18
		Sand, medium, to gravel, coarse; brown	8	26
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; light gray and tan	5	31
		Sand, medium, to gravel, medium; brown	4	35
		Silt and sand, fine to medium; containing some gravel	19	54
		Clay, sandy, yellow-tan	3	57
		Clay, silty, sticky, dark blue-gray	33	90
		Clay, silty, yellow-tan	10	100
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; light gray and tan	7	107
		Clay, silty, blocky, dark gray-brown and light tan	13	120
		Silt and sand, fine; light gray and tan	14	134
		Sand and gravel; containing lime-cemented sand pebbles	21	155
		Sand, fine, tan	8	163
		Sand, coarse, to gravel, medium; containing lime-cemented sand pebbles	18	181
		Silt and sand, fine; tan	7	188
		Gravel, fine to coarse; containing abraded lime-cemented sand pebbles	22	210
		Silt and sand, fine; light tan; containing some coarser sand and gravel	20	230
Ogallala (?) formation
		Sand and gravel; poorly sorted	24	254
		Silt and sand, fine; light gray and light tan; containing some sand and gravel	38.5	292.5
		Silt and sand, fine; tan	29	321.5
Carlile shale
	Fairport chalky shale member
		Limestone, gray; drilled hard	3	324.5
		Shale, calcareous, black; and limestone, hard, dark gray,	5.5	330

9. Log of test hole 9 in the NW sec. 31, T. 24 S., R. 31 W., Finney County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,791.2 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry M. McNally and Bruce F. Latta.)			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
	Soil, sandy, dark		2	2
Alluvium
		Silt and sand, fine; light tan and light gray	4	6
		Gravel, fine to very coarse; containing some sand and cobbles	31	37
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
		Silt and sand, fine; tan and light gray; containing lime-cemented bed from 41 to 43 feet	12	49
		Sand and gravel; poorly sorted; brown	17	66
		Silt and sand, fine; tan; containing thin lenses of coarser sand and gravel	12	78
		Sand, fine, lime-cemented, tan	5	83
		Sand, fine, limy; containing thin cemented beds	7	90
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan and light gray	9.5	99.5
		Sand, fine, tan to brown; containing cemented zones and white and yellow chalk and limestone pebbles	20.5	120
		Silt and sand, fine; tan; containing some clay	17	137
		Sand, medium, to gravel, medium; containing caliche fragments and yellow chalk pebbles	26	163
		Silt, clayey, sandy, tan	3	166
		Sand, medium, to gravel, medium	3	169
		Silt, clayey, tan	6	175
		Sand, medium, to gravel, fine; containing chalk pebbles	28	203
		Silt and sand, fine; tan and gray	5.5	208.5
		Sand, medium, to gravel, fine; brown	5.5	214
Carlile shale
	Fairport (?) chalky shale member
		Shale, silty, yellow-tan; contains hard sandstone concretions	3.5	217.5
		Shale, calcareous, dark gray	2.5	220

10. Log of test hole 10 at the NE corner NW of sec. 19, T. 24 S., R. 32 W., Finney County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,832.8 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry M. McNally and Bruce F. Latta.)			Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
		Sand, silty, tan	4.5	4.5
		Gravel, medium to very coarse, sandy	28.5	33
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; light gray and tan	7	40
		Silt, sandy, yellow-tan	33	73
		Sand, medium, to gravel, fine; tan	13	86
		Caliche, light gray; and silt, sandy, limy	5	91
		Sand, medium, to gravel, coarse	15	106
		Sand, lime-cemented, hard, light tan	6	112
		Silt and sand, fine; yellow-tan	25.5	137.5
		Silt and sand, fine; tan; containing some coarser sand and gravel	23.5	161
		Sand and gravel; silty; poorly sorted	43	204
		Sand, lime-cemented, hard	3.5	207.5
		Silt and sand, fine; tan to brown	19.5	227
		Caliche, soft, light gray	1.5	228.5
		Sand and gravel; brown	14.5	243
		Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan	7	250
		Sand and gravel; loosely cemented; containing yellow chalk and limestone pebbles	6	256
		Sand and gravel; lime-cemented; hard	3	259
Carlile shale
	Fairport chalky shale member
		Shale, silty, yellow-tan; interbedded with yellow-tan to gray, hard limestone	11	270

11. Log of test hole 11 in the NW SW sec. 7, T. 24 S., R. 33 W., Finney County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,877.8 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Perry M. McNally and Bruce F. Latta.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Soil, sandy, tan	2	2
	Gravel, fine to very coarse; containing some sand and cobbles	34	36
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Silt and sand, fine; tan and light gray	35	71
	Sand, medium, to gravel, medium; brown	12	83
	Silt and sand, fine; tan and light gray	6.5	89.5
	Sand, fine, light tan; containing some coarser sand and gravel	48.5	138
	Sand, fine, limy, gray; containing few thin cemented beds	12	150
	Silt and sand, fine; clayey; tan and brown	20	170
	Silt, blue-gray; containing few thin light gray caliche beds	16	186
	Sand, coarse, to gravel; medium; brown	27.5	213.5
	Silt and sand, fine; limy; tan	6.5	220
	Sand and gravel; poorly sorted; brown	20	240
	Sand, fine, tan; containing few thin cemented beds	12	252
	Sand, fine, to gravel, fine; brown	48	300
	Sand, medium, to gravel, medium; brown; containing abundant yellow and white chalk and limestone pebbles,	14.5	314.5
Greenhorn limestone
	Limestone, hard, gray; and shale, silty, yellow-tan	10	324.5
	Shale, calcareous, black	5.5	330

12. Log of test hole 12 at the NE corner Sec. 13, T. 24 S., R. 35 W., Kearny County, drilled by State and Federal Geological Surveys, 1941. Surface altitude, 2,925.5 feet. (Authority, samples studied by Lawrence P. Buck and Thad McLaughlin.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Soil, sandy, light brown	1	1
	Sand, coarse, rusty	3	4
	Gravel, fine to coarse	16	20
	Sand, coarse, to gravel, coarse	9	29
	Silt and sand, fine; brown; contains some gravel	11	40
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala (?) formation
	Silt and sand, fine; tan	34	74
	Silt and sand, fine; gray	4	78
	Caliche, gray	2	80
	Silt and sand, fine; gray	12	92
	Sand, coarse, to gravel, coarse	6	98
	Sand, fine, gray to tan	19	117
	Sand, coarse, and gravel, medium	7	124
	Silt and sand, fine; tan to gray	17	141
	Sand, coarse, and gravel, coarse; containing fine sand	22.5	163.5
	Sand, fine, blue-gray to gray	16.5	180
	Silt and sand, fine; blue-gray	20	200
	Silt and sand, fine; blue-gray; contains some gravel	20	220
	Sand, fine, to gravel, coarse; tan	25	245
	Sand, fine, light tan	5	250
	Sand, coarse, to gravel, medium	17	267
	Sand, fine, to gravel, medium; tan to gray	8	275
	Sand, coarse, to gravel, medium; tan	5	280
	Sand, coarse, to gravel, medium; tan; contains some fine sand	10	290
	Sand, fine to coarse, tan; and some gravel	10	300
	Sand, coarse, to gravel, medium	10	310
	Sand, medium, to gravel, coarse	4	314
	Sand, fine; containing some clay and fine gravel	16	330
	Sand, coarse, to gravel, coarse	16	346
	Sand, fine, tan; and silt	4	350
	Sand and gravel, coarse; containing rounded caliche fragments	10.5	360.5
Graneros shale
	Shale, noncalcareous, black to light gray	8.5	369

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