GROUND WATER TEST WELL C, NEVADA TEST SITE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4827113

Garver, M S; Thordarson, W

Ground-water test well C was drilled to a depth of l,70l feet with rotary and cable-tool drilling equipment. It penetrated 2l5 feet of valley fill of Quaternary and Tertiary (?) age, 1,l40 feet of tuff of Tertiary age, and 346 feet of limestone of Paleozoic age. The static water level is about l,544 feet below the land surface, or 2,377 feet above sea level. Water occurs only in the limestone and is yielded chiefly from fractures. The well was pumped at rates of 60, 62, and 2l2 gallons per minute for protracted periods, and apparently could yield much more. The drawdown created by pumping was largely obscured by barometricpressure and possibly by earth-tide effects, but probably was no more than 0.5 foot, and the specific capacity therefore may be about 450 gallons per minute per foot of drawdown. Water from test well C is of the sodium bicarbonate type with a relatively high percentage of calcium and sulfate. (auth)

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.
• NSA Number: NSA-16-022409
• OSTI ID: 4827113
• Report Number(s): TEI-818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CALCIUM
ENVIRONMENT
GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND METEOROLOGY
GROUND WATER
LEVELS
LIQUID FLOW
NEVADA TEST SITE
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
QUANTITY RATIO
SODIUM CARBONATES
SULFATES
WELL LOGGING