Basic data report for drillhole WIPP 12 (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant-WIPP)

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6893527

WIPP 12 is a borehole drilled in eastern Eddy County, New Mexico, to investigate the stratigraphy, structure and lithology in the WIPP area. WIPP 12 was drilled in section 17, T22S,R31E, between November 9 and December 7, 1978. The hole was drilled to a depth of 2785.8 ft. It encountered from top to bottom, 16.2 ft of sand, 3 ft of Mescalero Caliche and 9.6 ft of the Gatuna Formation, all of Quaternary age; 138.2 ft of the Triassic Santa Rosa Formation, 483 ft of the Dewey Lake Red Beds, 326 ft of the Rustler Formation, 1771.5 ft of the Salado Formation, and 48.3 ft of the Castile Formation, all of Permian age. Cores or cuttings were obtained for the entire hole. A suite of geophysical logs, including neutron gamma and density curves, was run to the full depth of WIPP 12. The borehole demonstrated that the elevation of the top of the Castile is about 160' above the same horizon in ERDA 9. The WIPP is a demonstration facility for the disposal of transuranic (TRU) waste from defense programs. The WIPP will also provide a research facility to investigate the interactions between bedded salt and high level wastes.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); D'Appolonia Consulting Engineers, Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6893527
• Report Number(s): SAND-82-2336; ON: DE83003833
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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