GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE

STRATIGRAPHY .59
Driver's log of test well on Arthur Stevens property at Bordeaux, 8 miles northwest
of Na&hville
[No. 295, pi. 4]
Feet
Limestone, blue; fresh water at 85 feet_.___._____ 0-141
Limestone, black; hydrogen sulphide water at 195
feet______.......________....____... 141-240
Limestone, brown _____ _____._._ 240-380
Limestone, gray______________.______ 380-475
Limestone, brown__._._.________._____ 475-525
Limestone, gray_._____.___._______.__ 525-550
Limestone, brown, bituminous __ ____ __ __ __ _ 550-625
Limestone, gray__:_____.______.____ 625-645
Limestone, brown.._ _..__________._ 645-695
Limestone, gray.. _ ___________._ ___ 695-700
Limestone, brown__ ___ ____ ___ ____ _ 700-926
Limestone, white_____________________ 926-932
Limestone, brown_____________________________ 932 938
Limestone, gray... ______._____.___. 938-968
Limestone, blue___ . ____________ _____ . 968-1,000
Limestone, brown; small yield of hydrogen sulphide
water at 1,030 feet. __________________ 1, 000-1, 043
Sand and limestone, white; large yield of water from
1,050 feet downward_________________ 1, 043-1,140
, Sandy limestone, brown___._._________. 1,140-1,160
Sandy limestone, gray____ _________.___._ 1,160-1, 165
Sandstone, white, principal water-bearing bed____,_ 1, 165-1,175
Calcareous sandstone, white.-..--.__...._..-- 1, 175-1,205
Calcareous sandstone, brown____._____...__ 1, 205-1, 210
Limestone, gray ____ _._ 1, 210-1, 240
Limestone, brown._________._._.__._____ 1, 240-1, 260
Limestone, gray _____________________ 1, 260-1, 320
Limestone, dark brown_____..._..___________ 1, 320-1, 325
Limestone, gray _______ ____________.. 1, 325-1, 365
Limestone, brown_._.___ __ 1, 365-1, 373
Limestone, gray....________.__...._ 1, 373-1, 420
Rock, white, dense___________________ - 1, 420-1, 424
Limestone (?), dark blue, very hard___________ 1, 424-1, 430
Limestone, light gray; upper 3 feet very hard; 20 per
cent of sample from 1,060 feet is crystalline and
insoluble matter. _. _________________. 1,430-1,466
Sandy limestone, brownish gray, bituminous; 24 per
cent of rock made up of sand_._____________ 1,466-1,473
Limestone, white, dense. __________ 1, 473-1, 476
Sandy limestone, dark gray, soft._________________ 1, 476-1, 485
Limestone, yellowish, dark gray, soft._____________ 1, 485-1, 491
Diameter of well, at top, 10 inches; at bottom, 6 inches; total depth, 1,491 feet;
completed in September, 1924. On July 25, 1927, well flowed about 35 gallons a
minute of water with temperature 66° F. Casing head in middle of Bigby
limestone.