RESEARCH· ·1970·

MOWER
B201
ALTITUDE.
IN FEET
4700-
0
DATUM IS MEAN SEA LEVEL
VERTICAL SCALE EXAGGERATED
1 MILE
VES 7
o::o-
0 0
(:·:::~:\~.
VES 8
A'
4600-
4500-
4400--
---
4300-
EXPLANATION
4200-
Clay
[;J
Gravel
Clay
and
gravel
Sand
and
gravel
Quartzite
4100- Sand
Clay
and
sand
Clay,
sand.
and
gravel
Hardpan
or
conglomerate
Number indicates
well mentioned in
text or location
shown on figure 1
FIGURE 2.-Li.thologi.c profile showing strip logs generalized from geologists' and driHers' logs and lithologic interpretations
of vertica1 electrical soundings (VES) (ZO!hdy and Jacl.:son, ·1009), near the Jordan NarrowS!, Utah.
Log of well 4- in SEMNWMSEM sec. 23, T. 4- S., R. 1 W.
Log by R. D. Feltis, U.S. Geological Survey, from welJ
samples. Altitude of land surface, 4,494.7 feet above mean sea
level.
De&crlption
Colluvium; composed of small cobbles,
gravel, sand, silt, and clay ______________ _
Gravel, very fine to very coarse; and very
fine to very coarse sand; some small cobbles_
Silt, brown; contains sand and fine to medium
gravel---------------------------------
Gravel, very fine to very coarse; and very
fine to very coarse sand _________________ _
Silt, brown and blue-gray, clayey; contains
brown sand and fine graveL _____________ _
Thickness
~
27
59
7
13
4
Depth
btlow
land
surface
(feet)
27
86
93
106
110
Description
Gravel, very fine to very coarse; blue-gray
sand, very fine to very coarse; and small
cobbles ________________________________
Silt, brown, and blue-gray, clayey and sandy;
contains very fine to very coarse graveL ___
Silt, dark gray; and very fine to very coarse
sand __________________________________
Sand, very fine to very coarse; and very fine
to medium graveL ______________________
Gravel, very fine to very coarse; in a matrix of
sand, silt, and clay; hard drilling __________
Quartzite ________________________________
Thickness
(feet)
Depth
below
land
surface
(feet)
12 122
4 126
16 142
2 144
6 150
2. 5 152. 5