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Logs of Wells and Test Holes
Given on the following pages are logs of 115 wells and test holes in Miami County drilled by the State Geological Survey of Kansas and local drillers. The letter (T) indicates elevation estimated from 7 1/2-minute topographic maps.
T. 15 S || T. 16 S || T. 17 S || T. 18 S || T. 19 S
| 16-21-3aaa. Sample log of test hole in NE NE NE sec. 3, T. 16 S., R. 21 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,038 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Pleistocene Series, undifferentiated | |||||
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Silt, sandy, tan; with carbonaceous specks and limonite | 15 | 18 |
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Silt, sandy, very fine to coarse and fine to medium gravel, yellowish-tan | 5 | 23 |
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Silt, clayey, greenish-tan | 5 | 28 |
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Virgilian Stage—Douglas Group | ||||
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Stranger Formation | |||
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Shale, weathered, sandy, gray | 5 | 33 |
| 16-21-10aaa. Sample log of test hole in NE NE NE sec. 10, T. 16 S., R. 21 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,006 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, sandy, tan; with red shale fragments and carbonaceous specks | 5 | 5 |
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Upper Pennsylvanian Series | |||||
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Virgilian Stage—Douglas Group | ||||
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Stranger Formation | |||
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Shale, reddish-brown | - | - |
| 16-21-12bbb. Sample log of test hole in NW NW NW sec. 12, T. 16 S., R. 21 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,020 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Pleistocene Series, undifferentiated | |||||
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Silt, sandy, yellowish-tan | 10 | 13 |
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Upper Pennsylvanian Series | |||||
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Virgilian Stage—Douglas Group | ||||
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Stranger Formation | |||
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Shale, weathered, yellowish-tan; some very fine gravel and fine to coarse sand | 7 | 20 |
| 16-21-15aaa. Sample log of test hole in NE NE NE sec. 15, T. 16 S., R. 21 E; augered May 1960. Altitude of land surface, 986 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, slightly sandy, brown | 5 | 8 |
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Silt, slightly sandy, orangish-tan | 5 | 13 |
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Upper Pennsylvanian Series | |||||
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Missourian Stage—Lansing Group | ||||
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Stanton Limestone | |||
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Limestone, finely crystalline, tan | - | - |
| 16-21-24aaa. Sample log of test hole in NE NE NE sec. 24, T. 16 S., R. 21 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,051 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, brown to light-brown | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, clayey, tan and gray | 5 | 8 |
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Upper Pennsylvanian Series | |||||
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Stranger Formation | |||
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Shale, tan and gray; limestone fragments and carbonaceous specks | 1 | 9 |
| 16-22.2acc. Sample log of test hole in SW SW NE sec. 2, T. 16 S., R. 22 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 902 (T) feet; depth to water, 7.0 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Recent Stage (alluvium) | ||||
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Sand, silty, brown | 8 | 8 |
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Missourian Stage—Kansas City Group | ||||
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Iola Limestone | |||
| 16-22-2dcb. Drillers' log of water well in NW SW SE sec. 2, T. 16 S., R. 22 E; drilled by Carl Moore and Son for M.A. Bell, Paola, Kansas, September 15, 1961. Altitude of land surface, 912 (T) feet; depth to water, 11.5 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 2 | 2 |
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Recent Stage [colluvium (slope deposits)] | ||||
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Clay | 4 | 6 |
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Clay, sandy, yellow | 17 | 23 |
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Iola Limestone | |||
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Limestone, thin-bedded, "shell-rock" | 3 | 26 |
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Shale | 3 | 29 |
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Limestone | 18 | 47 |
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Chanute Shale | |||
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Shale | 7 | 54 |
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Sand and shale, gray | 17 | 71 |
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Shale | 7 | 78 |
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Drum Limestone | |||
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Limestone | 4 | 82 |
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Cherryvale Shale | |||
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Shale | 18 | 100 |
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Limestone | 3 | 103 |
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Shale | 3 | 106 |
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Limestone | 5 | 111 |
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Shale | 12 | 123 |
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Limestone | 2 | 125 |
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Shale | 10 | 135 |
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Dennis Limestone | |||
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Limestone, cherty; water at 5.0 from top | 25 | 160 |
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Shale, black | 3 | 163 |
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Galesburg Shale | |||
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Shale | 4 | 167 |
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Swope Limestone | 13 | 180 | |
| 16-22-4cdd. Sample log of test hole in SE SE SW sec. 4, T. 16 S., R. 22 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,060 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Pleistocene Series, undifferentiated | |||||
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Silt, sandy, yellowish-tan; limonite specks and some blades of gypsum | 3 | 6 |
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Upper Pennsylvanian Series | |||||
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Missourian Stage—Lansing Group | ||||
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Stanton Limestone | |||
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Limestone, white calcite stringers and oolites | - | - |
| 16-22-5cdd. Sample log of test hole in SE SE SW sec. 5, T. 16 S., R. 22 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,060 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, sandy, tan; carbonaceous specks | 2 | 5 |
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Stranger Formation | |||
| 16-22-7bbb. Sample log of test hole in NW NW NW sec. 7, T. 16 S., R. 22 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,040 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, sandy, tan; more sandy in lower 2.0 feet | 9 | 12 |
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Sandy, very silty, tan | 5 | 17 |
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Stranger Formation | |||
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Shale (no return) | 1 | 18 |
| 16-22-7cdd. Sample log of test hole in SE SE SW sec. 7, T. 16 S., R. 22 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,060 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, sandy, light-brown | 2 | 5 |
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Silt, tan | 7 | 12 |
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Silt, sandy, tan; some weathered shale | 3 | 15 |
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Stranger Formation | |||
| 16-22-12ddd. Sample log of test hole in SE SE SE sec. 12, T. 16 S., R. 22 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 882 (T) feet; depth to water, 9.1 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Wisconsinan and Recent stages (terrace deposits and alluvium, undifferentiated) | ||||
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Silt, light-brown, sandy in lower 5.0 feet | 10 | 13 |
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Silt, sandy, tan; hematite specks in lower 5.0 feet | 10 | 23 |
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Sandy, very fine to medium, mostly very fine, silty, tan | 4 | 27 |
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Iola Limestone | |||
| 16-22-28cbc. Sample log of test hole in SW NW SW sec. 28, T. 16 S., R. 22 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,100 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Sand, very silty, very fine to fine, tan; small calcite crystals in lower 1.0 foot | 5 | 8 |
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Stanton Limestone | |||
| 16-22-30baa. Sample log of test hole in NE NE NW sec. 30, T. 16 S., R. 22 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,060 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 2 | 2 |
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Sand, silty, tan | 1 | 3 |
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Sand, very fine to coarse; limonite and carbonaceous specks | 5 | 8 |
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Silt, sandy, reddish-tan; limonite and carbonaceous specks, with some caliche | 5 | 13 |
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Upper Pennsylvanian Series | |||||
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Stanton Limestone | |||
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Limestone and shale, red chert gravel | - | - |
| 16-22-35aaa. Sample log of test hole in NE NE NE sec. 35, T. 16 S., R. 22 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 940 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Road fill | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, sandy, grayish-brown; limonite specks; yellowish-tan and clayey in lower 8.0 feet | 10 | 13 |
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Lane Shale | |||
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Shale, light greenish-gray | - | - |
| 16-23-5bbd. Sample log of test hole in SE NW NW sec. 5, T. 16 S., R. 23 E: augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 905 (T) feet; depth to water, 5.2 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, light-brown | 5 | 8 |
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Silt, sandy, light-brown | 12 | 20 |
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Lane Shale | |||
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Shale, gray | 1 | 21 |
| 16-23-5cab. Sample log of test hole in NW NE SW sec. 5, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 898 (T) feet; depth to water, 5 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, very sandy, dark-tan | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, slightly sandy, dark-tan | 20 | 23 |
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Lane Shale | |||
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Shale, weathered, gray | 4 | 27 |
| 16-23-15dcb. Sample log of test hole in NW SW SE sec. 15, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 875 (T) feet; depth to water, 3.2 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, slightly sandy, tan to yellowish-tan; limonite specks and more sandy in lower 10.0 feet | 18 | 18 |
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Silt, sandy, tan | 10 | 28 |
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Drum Limestone | |||
| 16-23-18acc. Sample log of test hole in SW SW NE sec. 18, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 888 (T) feet; depth to water, 7.0 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, sandy, light-brown | 5 | 8 |
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Silt, sandy, tan; some limonite specks; some reddish-brown streaks in lower 5.0 feet | 15 | 23 |
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Chanute Shale | |||
| 16-23-18bba. Sample log of test hole in NE NW NW sec. 18, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 888 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, sandy, light-brown | 5 | 8 |
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Silt, sandy, tan | 10 | 18 |
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Upper Pennsylvanian Series | |||||
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Chanute Shale | |||
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Shale, weathered, greenish-tan | 5 | 23 |
| 16-23-18cdd. Sample log of test hole in SE SE SW sec. 18, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 872 (T) feet; depth to water, 7.5 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Sand, very fine to fine, very silty, light-brown | 5 | 8 |
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Silt, very sandy, brown | 5 | 13 |
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Sand, very fine to medium, some coarse, very silty, light-brown | 5 | 18 |
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Silt, sandy, tannish-gray | 4 | 22 |
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Chanute Shale | |||
| 16-23-20dad. Sample log of test hole in SE NE SE sec. 20, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 868 (T) feet; depth to water, 14.5 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, light-brown to grayish-tan | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, slightly sandy, tan | 5 | 8 |
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Silt, sandy, yellowish-tan | 10 | 18 |
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Silt, sandy; carbonaceous and limonitic specks, weathered shale | 5 | 23 |
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Chanute Shale | |||
| 16-23-20ddd. Sample log of test hole in SE SE SE sec. 20, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 866 (T) feet; depth to water, 12.3 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, slightly sandy, yellowish-tan | 27 | 27 |
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Chanute Shale | |||
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Shale, gray | 3 | 30 |
| 16-23-21cbb. Sample log of test hole in NW NW SW sec. 21, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 872 (T) feet; depth to water, 8.4 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, sandy, gray, with limestone pebbles | 5 | 8 |
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Silt, sandy, tan to orangish-tan | 5 | 13 |
| Pennsylvanian | ||||||
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Upper Pennsylvanian Series | |||||
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Chanute Shale | |||
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Shale, weathered, sandy, grayish tan | 5 | 18 |
| 16-23-22cbc. Sample log of test hole in SW NW SW sec. 22, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 872 (T) feet; depth to water, 3.5 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 3 | 3 |
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Silt, dark-tan; some very fine sand | 10 | 13 |
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(No return from auger) | 5 | 18 |
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Silt, sandy, dark-tan; limonite specks and weathered shale fragments | 9 | 27 |
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Cherryvale Shale | |||
| 16-23-25dbc. Drillers' log of water well in SW NW SE sec. 25, T. 16 S, R. 23 E; drilled by Carl Moore and Son for Dale Everhart, Paola, Kansas, in 1954. Altitude of land surface, 1,075 (T) feet; depth to water, 24.9 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil | 2 | 2 |
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Clay | 15 | 17 |
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Upper Pennsylvanian Series | |||||
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Missourian Stage—Lansing Group | ||||
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Plattsburg Limestone | |||
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Limestone | 3 | 20 |
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Missourian Stage—Kansas City Group | ||||
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Bonner Springs Shale | |||
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Shale | 7 | 27 |
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Wyandotte Limestone | |||
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Limestone (water obtained at this level) | 31 | 58 |
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Lane Shale | |||
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Shale | 20 | 78 |
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Iola Limestone | |||
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Limestone | 8 | 86 |
| 16-23-28cdd. Sample log of test hole in SE SE SW sec. 28, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 862 (T) feet; depth to water, 16.3 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, sandy, light-brown | 5 | 8 |
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Silt, sandy, tan | 10 | 18 |
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Silt, sandy, light-brown; with weathered shale fragments | 5 | 23 |
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Cherryvale(?) Shale | |||
| 16-23-28ddc. Drillers' log of water well in SW SE SE sec. 28, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; drilled by Mr. Bunch for Herbert Walters, Paola, Kansas, 1954. Altitude of land surface, 930 (T) feet; depth to water, 8.8 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Soil and clay | 8 | 8 |
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Chanute Shale | |||
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Sandstone | 3 | 11 |
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Shale, green | 27 | 38 |
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Limestone, hard | 4 | 42 |
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Shale, gray | 8 | 50 |
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Limestone | 2 | 52 |
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Shale, light-gray | 18 | 70 |
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Limestone | 14 | 84 |
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Shale, gray | 16 | 100 |
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Limestone | 24 | 124 |
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Shale, gray | 3 | 127 |
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Shale, black; water | 4 | 131 |
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Limestone | 4 | 135 |
| 16-23-32ddc. Sample log of test hole in SW SE SE sec. 32, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 854 (T) feet; depth to water, 12.4 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, sandy to very sandy, light-brown | 20 | 23 |
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Chanute Shale | |||
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Shale, weathered, gray | 4 | 27 |
| 16-23-33ccc. Sample log of test hole in SW SW SW sec. 33, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 863 (T) feet; depth to water, 12.4 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, grayish-tan; some sand in lower 10.0 feet | 15 | 18 |
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Silt, sandy, gray; some weathered shale | 10 | 28 |
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Chanute Shale | |||
| 16-23-36cdd. Sample log of test hole in SE SE SW sec. 36, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 1,038 (T) feet; dry hole. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, slightly sandy, reddish-tan | 3 | 3 |
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Wyandotte Limestone | |||
| 16-24-13cbb. Sample log of test hole in NW NW SW sec. 13, T. 16 S., R. 24 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 954 (T) feet; depth to water, 9.2 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, sandy, brown; some chert fragments in lower 9.0 feet | 12 | 12 |
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Lane Shale | |||
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Shale, gray and reddish-tan | 1 | 13 |
| 16-24-15dda. Sample log of test hole in NE SE SE sec. 15, T. 16 S., R. 24 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 947 (T) feet; depth to water, 12.5 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, sandy, grayish-tan to tan; caliche in lower 3.0 feet | 11 | 11 |
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Silt, sand, and fine to coarse gravel, reddish-brown; limonitic | 2 | 13 |
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Lane Shale | |||
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Shale; with limestone and chert | 1 | 14 |
| 16-24-16dcd. Sample log of test hole in SE SW SE sec. 16, T. 16 S., R. 24 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 930 (T) feet; depth to water, 7.3 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, light-brown | 4 | 7 |
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Silt, sandy; some limestone pebbles | 6 | 13 |
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Silt, sandy; shale and limestone fragments, small fragments of carbonized wood; clams, snails, algae (charophytes), and ostracods | 1 | 14 |
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Lane Shale | |||
| 16-24-29add. Sample log of test hole in SE SE NE sec. 29, T. 16 S., R. 24 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 912 (T) feet; depth to water, 8.6 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, dark-brown; with lightgreen shale fragments | 2 | 5 |
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Silt, sandy, light-brown | 8 | 13 |
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Silt, sandy, brown; chert gravel, brown; light-green shale fragments; tannish-white limestone gravel | 0.5 | 13.5 |
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Lane Shale | |||
| 16-24-32abb. Sample log of test hole in NW NW NE sec. 32, T. 16 S., R. 24 E; augered May 1961. Altitude of land surface, 895 (T) feet; depth to water, 7.8 feet. | Thickness (feet) | Depth (feet) |
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Silt, slightly sandy, light-brown | 11 | 13 |
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Missourian Stage—Kansas City Group | ||||
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Chanute Shale | |||
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Shale, weathered, gray | 5 | 18 |
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Shale, hard, gray | 2 | 20 |
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