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Logs and Test Holes and Wells, continued

11. Log of test hole 11 in the SW corner sec. 31, T. 7 S., R. 33 W. Surface altitude, 3,157.9 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Sanborn formation
	Silt, buff, containing some very fine sand. Nodules of caliche at base	31	31
Ogallala formation
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; buff	4	35
	Gravel and sand; loosely cemented	5	40
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; gray	5	45
	Gravel and sand; loosely cemented	3	48
	Silt gravel, sand, and caliche; gray and tan	10	58
	Gravel and sand; partly cemented	8	66
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; tan	31	97
	Gravel and sand	9	106
	Silt, tan, containing sand and caliche	14	120
	Gravel and sand	27	147
	Silt, tan, containing gravel, sand and caliche	11	158
	Gravel and sand	2	160
	Silt, caliche, gravel, and sand; gray	18	178
	Gravel and sand; containing silt	34	212
	Silt and clay, yellow-gray	2	214
	Gravel and sand	6	220
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; tan	15	235
	Gravel and sand	16	251
Pierre shale
	Shale, light gray-green mottled yellow	6	257
	Shale, dark gray	3	260

12. Log of test hole 12 in the NW corner sec. 19, T. 8 S., R. 31 W. Surface altitude, 3,066.9 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Road fill and soil	3	3
Sanborn formation
	Silt and very fine sand; gray-buff; containing snails	47	50
	Silt, buff, containing sand and fine gravel	13	63
Ogallala formation
	Sand and fine gravel; loosely cemented	5	68
	Silt, caliche, sand, and fine gravel; buff	5	73
	Gravel, fine, and sand	6	79
	Silt, pink-tan, containing gravel, sand, and caliche	4	83
	Gravel, fine, sand, and caliche	25	108
	Silt, pink-tan, containing sand and fine gravel	4	112
	Gravel and sand	8	120
	Sand and fine gravel	5	125
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; gray-buff	13	138
	Gravel and sand	8	146
	Silt, sand, gravel, and caliche; pink-tan	11	157
	Gravel and sand	13	170
	Sand	3	173
	Silt and sand; buff	4	177
	Gravel, sand, silt, and caliche; gray	23	200
	Silt, gravel, and sand; tan	10	210
	Gravel and sand	7	217
	Silt, sand, and caliche; pink-tan	3	220
	Gravel, fine, sand, and buff silt	10	230
	Sand, silt, and caliche; light brown	10	240
	Gravel, fine, and sand	10	250
	Sand, silt, and caliche; tan	8	258
Pierre shale
	Shale, orange-yellow at top to dark gray at bottom	12	270

13. Log of test hole 13 in the NW corner sec. 19, T. 8 S., R. 35 W. Surface altitude, 3,358.6 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil, dark gray-brown	2	2
Sanborn formation
	Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray	31	33
	Silt, buff-white, containing clay, sand, and fine gravel	13	46
Ogallala formation
	Silt, buff, containing sand, gravel, and caliche	4	50
	Gravel and sand; loosely cemented	3	53
	Silt, sand, and gravel; buff and white	11	64
	Gravel and sand	14	78
	Silt and clay; gray-white	5	83
	Gravel and sand	4	87
	Silt, gravel, and sand; tan and buff	10	97
	Gravel and sand; buff; containing silt and caliche	26	123
	Sand and gravel; cemented with calcium carbonate	15	138
	Silt, buff, containing gravel, sand, and caliche	25	163
	Gravel, sand, silt, and caliche; buff to white	9	172
Pierre shale
	Shale, gray-green mottled yellow-brown	18	190
	Shale, dark gray with some yellow mottling	10	200

14. Log of test hole 14 in the NE corner sec. 1, T. 9 S., R. 34 W. Surface altitude, 3,212.9 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Road fill	3	3
Sanborn formation
	Silt and very fine sand; yellow-buff; containing snails	27	30
	Silt, light buff, containing sand and gravel	14	44
Ogallala formation
	Gravel and sand; loosely cemented	3	47
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; tan	3	50
	Gravel and sand; containing caliche and silt	10	60
	Silt, pink-tan to yellow-buff; containing sand, gravel, and caliche	47	107
	Gravel and sand	4	111
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; pink-tan	22	133
	Gravel, sand, and caliche	4	137
	Silt, sand, and clay; yellow-brown	7	144
	Gravel and sand; partly cemented	9	153
	Silt, sand, and clay; gray-white	2	155
	Gravel, sand, and caliche	8	163
	Silt, pink-tan, containing gravel, sand, and caliche	9	172
	Gravel and sand	10	182
	Silt, sand, and caliche; pink-tan to buff; containing zones of clay and of gravel	48	230
	Gravel, containing clay	50	280
	Sand, silt, clay, and gravel; containing coarse gravel at base	20	300
	Silt and sand, light brown	10	310
Pierre shale
	Shale, yellow-brown at top to blue-gray at bottom	10	320

15. Log of test hole 15 in the SE corner sec. 36, T. 9 S., R. 31 W. Surface altitude, 2,979.6 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil, light brown	2	2
Sanborn formation
	Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray; containing many snails	21	23
	Silt, containing fine gravel and nodules of caliche	3	26
	Silt and clay; light brown	5	31
	Silt, light brown, containing some caliche	2	33
Ogallala formation
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; buff	17	50
	Gravel, buff and gray, containing silt	12	62
	Silt, pink-tan, containing gravel, sand, and caliche	40	102
	Gravel and sand	13	115
	Silt, pink-tan, containing gravel, sand, and caliche	5	120
	Gravel, sand, silt, and caliche; light brown	10	130
	Silt, yellow-buff to pink-tan, and caliche; containing gravel, sand, and clay	49	179
	Gravel and sand	8	187
Pierre shale
	Shale, light greenish-yellow	7	194
	Shale, dark gray	6	200

16. Log of test hole 16 in the SE corner sec. 36, T. 9 S., R. 32 W. Surface altitude, 3,081.8 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Road fill	3	3
Sanborn formation
	Silt, light gray in upper part to gray-black in lower part	2	5
	Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray	21	26
	Silt, clay, and sand; buff	10	36
	Silt and clay; buff	14	50
Ogallala formation
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; buff	20	70
	Gravel and sand; cemented	32	102
	Silt, gravel, and sand; tan and gray	6	108
	Gravel, sand, and caliche	33	141
	Silt, light tan, containing sand, gravel, and caliche	29	170
	Sand and gravel; containing clay	17	187
	Silt, tan, containing sand	3	190
	Sand and gravel; containing zones of caliche, coarse gravel, and clay	43	233
Pierre shale
	Shale, light gray-green in upper part to gray-blue in lower part	7	240
	Shale, dark gray	10	250

17. Log of test hole 17 in the NW corner sec. 6, T. 10 S., R. 32 W. Surface altitude, 3,116.9 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil, dark gray	1	1
Sanborn formation
	Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray	24	25
	Silt, buff, containing sand and fine gravel	8	33
	Sand, medium to fine, loosely cemented, light brown; containing fragments of snails	6	39
Ogallala formation
	Silt, sand, caliche, and gravel; tan	20	59
	Gravel, sand, and caliche; buff	22	81
	Silt, gravel, and sand; pink-tan	4	85
	Gravel, very coarse to fine, buff; containing sand and silt	11	96
	Silt and sand; buff	4	100
	Gravel and sand	5	105
	Silt, sand, and caliche; buff	2	107
	Gravel and sand	7	114
	Silt, sand, and caliche; pink-tan	11	125
	Gravel and sand	10	135
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; pink-tan	9	144
	Gravel, sand, and silt; tan	6	150
	Silt, clay, sand, and caliche; pink-tan	14	164
	Gravel, sand, and silt	13	177
	Silt, buff	4	181
	Gravel and sand	15	196
	Silt, sand, and caliche; buff	16	212
	Gravel, sand, and silt; buff	8	220
	Sand, gravel, and silt; buff	13	233
	Silt, sand, and gravel; gray	21	254
	Gravel and sand; loosely cemented	13	267
Pierre shale
	Shale, orange-yellow	3	270
	Shale, light green-gray to light gray	10	280
	Shale, dark gray to gray-black; containing pyrite and a few thin zones of bentonite	207	487

18. Log of test hole 18 in the SE corner sec. 36, T. 9 S., R. 34 W. Surface altitude, 3,193.4 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil, gray-brown to yellow-brown	3	3
Sanborn formation
	Silt and very fine sand; yellow gray	27	30
	Silt, tan, containing sand and fine gravel	10	40
	Silt and very fine sand; tan	5	45
Ogallala formation
	Silt, sand, and gravel; buff	9	54
	Gravel, sand, caliche, and silt; buff	3	57
	Silt and clay; light brown; containing gravel, sand and caliche	19	76
	Gravel, sand, silt, clay, and caliche; light brown	4	80
	Silt, sand, and gravel; gray	10	90
	Gravel, sand, and silt; loosely cemented; blue-gray	13	103
	Gravel, sand, and caliche	7	110
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; light brown	8	118
	Gravel and sand; in part cemented	44	162
	Silt, sand, gravel, and caliche; pink-tan	26	188
	Gravel, sand, and caliche	10	198
	Silt, sand, and caliche; gray	22	220
	Sand, tan, containing gravel, silt, and caliche	70	290
	Silt and sand; yellow-gray	7	297
	Gravel	3	300
Pierre shale
	Shale, dark blue-gray	10	310

19. Log of test hole 19 in the SW corner sec. 31, T. 9 S., R. 34 W. Surface altitude, 3,293.8 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Road fill	4	4
Sanborn formation
	Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray; containing snails	23	27
	Silt, buff, containing sand and fine gravel	8	35
Ogallala formation
	Silt, pink-tan, containing sand, gravel, and caliche	5	40
	Sand and silt; loosely cemented; brown	3	43
	Gravel, sand, silt, and caliche; brown	5	48
	Silt, light brown, containing sand, gravel, and caliche	4	52
	Sand, silt, and caliche; brown	16	68
	Gravel and sand; containing caliche	5	73
	Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; buff	9	82
	Gravel, sand, and caliche; gray	8	90
	Silt, sand, and caliche; pink-tan	20	110
	Gravel	2	112
	Silt, caliche, and sand; gray	8	120
	Gravel, caliche, and sand; yellow-tan	10	130
	Silt, sand, caliche, and gravel; buff	12	142
	Gravel, sand, and caliche; yellow-gray	12	154
	Silt and sand; gray-buff	6	160
	Sand, partly cemented	43	203
	Silt, sand, and caliche; pink-tan to gray	10	213
	Gravel and sand	11	224
Pierre shale
	Clay-shale, yellow-gray mottled with gray	6	230
	Shale, greenish-yellow and dark gray	10	240
	Shale, gray	10	250

20. Log of test hole 20 in the NW corner sec. 6, T. 10 S., R. 35 W. Surface altitude, 3,351.3 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil, dark gray	2	2
Sanborn formation
	Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray	25	27
	Silt and clay; buff; containing sand and fine gravel and a few snails	6	33
Ogallala formation
	Gravel and sand; containing silt and caliche	4	37
	Silt, pink-tan, containing sand and gravel	7	44
	Gravel and sand; loosely cemented	7	51
	Silt, tan, containing sand and gravel	21	72
	Gravel and sand	11	83
	Silt, clay and caliche; gray	11	94
	Gravel and sand	10	104
	Silt, light tan, containing gravel and sand	1	105
	Gravel and sand; cemented	16	121
	Silt and clay; buff	2	123
	Gravel and sand	5	128
	Silt, gray, containing sand and caliche	6	134
	Gravel and sand	10	144
	Clay and silt; gray to brown; containing a small amount of sand and gravel	16	160
	Gravel and sand	8	168
	Silt, sand, gravel, and caliche; buff	14	182
	Gravel, sand, and caliche	11	193
Pierre shale
	Shale, light green and yellow	7	200
	Shale, gray	10	210

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Kansas Geological Survey, Thomas County Geohydrology
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