GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE
GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE
GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE
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60 <strong>GROUND</strong> <strong>WATER</strong> <strong>IN</strong> <strong>NORTH</strong>-<strong>CENTRAL</strong> <strong>TENNESSEE</strong><br />
Partial log of Franklin Oil & Fuel Co.'s test well on J. M. Alsup property, 1% miles<br />
north of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn.<br />
[No. 427, pL 4] Feet<br />
Record missing________________________ 0-40<br />
Limestone, fine grained, light gray and dove-colored;<br />
water bearing at depth of 70 feet________ 40-90<br />
Limestone, dense, dark bluish gray; phosphatic sandy<br />
limestone at base__________________ 90-210<br />
Limestone, dense, light gray and dove-colored______ 210-285<br />
Magnesian limestone, dense, white, yellowish, or gray;<br />
little or no chert_____________________ 285-330<br />
Magnesian limestone, fine grained, light gray, con<br />
taining dense white chert_______________ 330-440<br />
Magnesian limestone, white or light gray; little or no<br />
. chert.___.________________.___ 440-610<br />
Sandstone, dark buff; grains of chert and of magnesian<br />
limestone in calcareous and ferruginous cement.__ 610-620<br />
Magnesian limestone, massive or crystalline, white<br />
or light gray; little or no chert____________ 620-680<br />
Magnesian limestone, fine grained, light gray or<br />
yellowish, containing much white or light-gray<br />
chert and scattered crystals of pyrite-__________ 680-995<br />
Magnesian limestone, very fine grained, yellowish; lit<br />
tle or no chert; calcareous sand at depth of 1,080 feet. 995-1, 150<br />
Limestone, bluish gray, fine grained-___________ 1,150-1,170<br />
Magnesian limestone, yellowish gray; no chert; cal<br />
careous sand at depth of 1,200 and 1,235 feet____ 1,170-1, 240<br />
Magnesian limestone, gray, granular, cherty________ 1, 240-1, 255<br />
Magnesian limestone, fine grained, yellowish gray;<br />
moderate amount of white or smoky chert._____ 1, 255-1, 355<br />
Magnesian limestone, fine grained, white or yellowish<br />
gray, iron stained; contains rounded grains of chert<br />
and magnesian limestone, also moderate amount<br />
of white chert______________________ 1, 355-1, 425<br />
Dolomite, dense or crystalline, white, with white and<br />
smoky ch©rt.____ _ ____ _ _____ ___ __ 1, 42&-1, 4fi5~<br />
Magnesian limestone, dense or fine grained, light buff<br />
or gray; no chert._________ __ __ 1, 465-1, 540<br />
Magnesian limestone, white or light gray, dense, with<br />
much banded bluish-gray chert and some crystal<br />
line quartz________________________ __ 1, 540-1, 600<br />
Magnesian limestone, dense or fine grained, white or<br />
light gray, moderately cherty_______ _______ 1, 600-1, 680<br />
Magnesian limestone and dolomite, massive, very<br />
light gray; no chert...___.__ _._._-_.-- 1, 680-1, 715<br />
Dolomite, light gray, very cherty, with much iron<br />
oxide. __._._._..._.__________. __ 1,716-1, 7-25<br />
Dolomite, dense, white to dark gray, extremely<br />
cherty, with some crystalline quartz ______ 1, 725-1, 795<br />
Dolomite, dense or fine grained, dark gray; no chert. 1, 795-1, 810<br />
Dolomite, light gray, extremely cherty, with much<br />
iron oxide- .--_._.._.._..._.. - 1, 810-1, 825<br />
Dolomite, white to dark gray, massive and crystal<br />
line; white and smoky chert very abundant from<br />
1,845 to 1,860 feet...._.__._____-_ - 1, 825-1, 930