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GEORGIASTATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION
·DEPARTMENT OF MINES. MINING AND GEOLOGY
GARLAND PEYTON. Director
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Bulletin Number 70
WELl. LOGS OF THECOASTAL PLAIN OF GEORGIA
by
Stephen M. Herrick, GeologistUnited States Geological Survey
.Prepared cooperatively by the U. S. Geological Survey
ATLANTA1961
WELL LOGS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF G EORGIA 381
Location : 5 mi. south of ButlerOwner: No.1 F . B. GreenDriller : R. G. DukeDrilled: 1955
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TAYLOR COUNTY
Well No.: GGS 53'3'
Thick n ess Depth' (f eet) (feet)
No samples :__~__'__.. __ . 40 40
In Upper Cret aceous (Undifferentiated): , ,. ', ' .,
I ,
Sand : f ine to coarse-grained, angular , arkosic; interbedded, kaoli~ " _..__.. ,.: . ~ .: .,__ ~._ ._._.__., ._..:
Sand, f ine to coarse-grained with ' some kaolin, ~hite, ' topink, micaceous, at 60-70.
Sand with ka olin as above at 100-110.
110
! ~ .
150
Summary: .
'No 'samples _ ._.. .._ . .. 40 40
In Upper Cret aceous (undifferentiated) __:_.~. ._ _. 110 150
. j •
Potential Water-Bearing Zon es:
Sand: fine t o coarse-grained:" .: ; .,__, .. .._~ .~_ _~ , " 10' ': ,," 150
: ~ . '" oJ II
t..,
..'
( Location: 588 f t . from southwest line, 410 ft. from sout h-east line of La nd Lot 260, 7th Land District .'i
Owner: No. 1 Henry SpurlinDriller: Parsons an d Hoke 'Drilled: September 1963 •
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TELFAIR COUNTY
Well No. : GGS 376Elev.: 242 L ,,' •(der r ick floor)
'I'h tckn eas Depth(feet ) (f eet)
.I, No samp'les .-.----- -.------------------------------ -.--.-..-.---- -----------.............. 30 30
In Miocene (Undifferentiated):
Sand: f ine to coarse-grained, subangula r ; in terbedded clay,pale-green, sandy .. 195 225
~0 samples .. . . : .__________ 300 810
Thickness D~pth(feet ) (feet)
In Middle .Eocene : Claiborne Group (Undifferentiated):
480
510
390
870
• 315
1,344
30
90
90
60
GEORGIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 70
Limestone: white, somewhat soft and chalky, fossiliferous(F 0 raminifera ) . . . . .. . . __
Lepidocyc lina sp . at 810-870.
No ' samples .--' ... ~ ..__,_.. . . .. 474
No samples .. . .. .. . -, .__
Limestone: light-gray, mu ch ca lci t ized, crystalline, fo ssili-f erous (echinoid and bryozoan r emains and F oraminifera) __.__
Operculin oides sp-, common at 330-360.A sterocyclina sp. comm on at 360-390.
Limestone: cream, rather sof t, ' chalky, somewhat g r anula r ,foss ili f ero us (echinoid and bryozoan remains and F ora-minifera) _. . . .. .:. ... .. ... .. .
Operculina mariannensis at 480-510.
Limestone: white to light-gray, cream at depth, much calci-t ized, somewha t saccharoidal, nodular, fossiliferous (echi-noid and bryozoan remains and some Foraminifera) . .. .
QuinquBloculina sp. , Pyrgo sp., R otalia m Bxicana var. at225-240. . .
Dict yoconus1 sp., L epidoouclina» sp, at 300-330.
In Upper Eocene: Jackson Group: Ocala Limestone:
Oligocene (Undifferentiated):
382
In Lower Eocene and Paleocene (Undifferentiated): -'rl
Sand : medium to coarse-grained, subangular, somewhat in-durated, phosphatic; some ; ~lay, dark-bluish-gray to black,laminated; considerable lim estone, brownish-gray, ratherden se, crystalli ne, coa rs ely glauconitic, fossiliferous (macro-shells) . ~------ --_----.. -----~--------.-- ---...- ---------.-. .. ...:- .. 48
No samples -.. .. . . :.:: ,__. , --~ --,.---- ----.---.---7' ---- 88
Sand : fine-grained to coarse-grained at depth, suba ng ula r,, .phosphatic; interbedded thin clay, light t o da rk-greenish-g ray to r eddish-brown, laminated , silty, micaceous, Hgnttic..., 90
l Rew ork ed (1) fo . sn of m id dle Eocen e age.
1,392
1,480
1,570
WELL LOGS OF THE C OASTAL PLAIN OF GEORGIA 383
Thicknes s Depth( f eet) ( fe et )
Sand : fine to coa r se-grained, subangula r; some lime stone,brownish-gray, rather massive, sandy, glauconitic, fo ssili-fe r ous (some macroshells) .. ., 30
Sa nd : f ine to coarse-grained, subangular ; some clay, asabove; .some lim est one , br ownish-gray, r ather den se, crys-talline, sa ndy, f ossilif erou s (casts and .impressions of mega-fo ssi ls) . . ._._. . .____ 180
1,600
1,780
No samples _c c ._.. '"; . ._, ~------ - -------.-- --- --- 180
R obltll1.8 cf. R . m idwa y e1Ulis , N odosaria af finis , E ponid eslotus ?, Valvuline ria scro bicu lata at 1750-1780.
Sand and clay : a s above but wi th more sand, glau conit e common
In Upper Cretaceous : Post-Tuscaloosa (Undifferentiated):
Sand: fine t o coa rs e-gra ined, subangular , glau conit ic ; somema rl , da rk-bluish-gray, chalky, ·micaceous, pyritiferous, fo s-
.silif er ous (so me Foraminifera ) . . . _. ... ~ .. ,~ ,.
Globotruncana sp ., Cibieides has-peri, A notna lina pseudo-papillosa at ·1990-2020.
30
90
1,810
1,990
2,080
,.~~..
No samples ., . ._._.__.__.. 100
Sand and cla y: a s above - r- 150
; -Sand : . fi ne' to ' coa rse-gra ined, subangular : in terbedded clay,da rk-brown ish- gray, lamina ted , silty, very micaceou s, Jig-nitic ._.. .._._.__._..... ._.._. .__.____ 570
In Tuscaloosa Formation:
Sand : coa r se-grained, subangula r, a rkosic, pink-color ed grainsof quartz ; int erbedd ed c1ay, greenish-g r ay, laminated, mi-caceous, ca rbonaceous . .. 520
.• ··· a .'Clay : brick-red, sand y, micaceous, greasy ; interbedded sand,
fine to coarse-grained , subangula r , ar kosic .. 80
Sand: medium to coar se-gr ained,' subangula r , arkosic; inter-bedded clay, brick-red, micaceou s, sandy . ,__________ . 90
Lower Cretaceous'(t ) (Undifferentiated):
Sand : coa rse-g r a ined, suba ngula r, arkosic, grains of pinkquartz ; interbedded clay, dark-g reen with t an streaks toi.:~ .~bri ck- red, greasy. mi caceous, sandy ; indurated sand, dark-red, fine-grained, sideritic . :____________________________________ ____ 410
2,180
2,330
2,900
3,420
3,500
, 3,590
4,000
No samples ,_________ ___ _.__..__. .I~ Miocene' (undifferentiated) _ .._ _ .Oligocene (undif ferent ia t ed ) , -'- ...._ .... _In uppe r E ocene (Ocala lim estone) . , L. _. ~------.- - .-.No sa mples _ .__._ "_0 . . . . '__.__In middle Eocene (Cla ibor ne group, undifferentiated) _. .._......No sa mples ...._... ... ~-~--:---,------------ - --.---- - . • -;-__.In lower Eo cene and Paleocene (undifferent ia ted) , _:-. . .:. _No samples ' ._. . .:.~: __.._....._.._.. ~.:..__.,__ . ::_..
In ' Upper Cre taceous (p ost-Tuscaloosa ', undifferentiated) _.c. __In Upper Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa f ormation) ~ _'Lower Cretaceous (7 ) (undifferentiated) _..__.__. . . _
Thic kness Depth(feet) (feet)
384
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GEORGIA GEOLOGI CAL SURVEY BULLETIN 70
Summary:. ,i . '
30195
9019530060 '
474466180910690410
30 '2253155io810870
1,3441,8101,990
',2,9003,5904,000
. ( Potenti al Wllter-Beari~g ' Zones: . ! .I ' I t I J .. ...
Limestone . .__.__, :~ ~~ : ._. c : .__.__._._••_•.•_.•_. __~ _ 645 870... ..
', 'Remarks:
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. . ,Top of Upper Cretaceous, a s ba sed on electric log, probably at approximate depthof 1870. '
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Location: In McRae. Owner: Cit y of McRaeDriller: M. M. Gray
Miocene (Undifferentiated) :
.... r.:-e •
TELFAIR COUNTY. .Well No.: GGS 507Elev.:250
. :'. Thickness', DepthIfee t] (f eet)
Sand: fine to coarse-grained, somewhat argillaceous, light-gray to red (mottled) .. limonitic, arkosic .: ....._.
, , ''H~ t , . . . ~. I ~
Clay: pal e-green, sandy ; some sand, as above . .
. Sand: fine to medium-grairied, ~rkosic ; " ~inelY disseJ 'linated ,.II ' " ..phosphati c nodules :..:~__._._ ~ ..::...__...:......__.: ~ :.~__~__
Sand : as above ; interbedded clay, pale-green, sandy; . thin . ,limestones, white, sandy, spa r sely but finely phosphatic ~ _
Limestone: white, dense (much calcitized) , sandy, phosphatic,fossiliferous (macroshells and some Foraminifera)~__. .;.._..
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20 20
20 40' ~
2010 » >
60
. ~ ~ ;l 't90 150
20 170
'E lphidiu rn. sp., S orites sp. at 170-175 .
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