Eversoll, Duane A.

Joeckel, Matt

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Conservation and Survey Division Natural Resources, School of
9-2014
Field Trip Guidebook for the Nebraska Well
Drillers Association
Duane A. Eversoll
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, deversoll2@unl.edu
Matt Joeckel
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, rjoeckel3@unl.edu
Lee Orton
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FIELD TRIP GUIDE
Conservation and Survey Division
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska−Lincoln
Duane Eversoll
Conservation and Survey Division
NEBRASKA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
September 9-10, 2014
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS GEOLOGY
(for the Nebraska Well Drillers Association)
Lee Orton
Nebraska Well Drillers Association
Matt Joeckel
Conservation and Survey Division
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FairburyHebron
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Mankato
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NEBRASKA WELL DRILLERS ASSOCIATION 
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA-NORTHERN KANSAS GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP 
SEPTEMBER 9-10, 2014 
 
Day One – September 9: 
 
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. – Registration 
8:00 a.m. – Leave Beatrice driving west on Highway #136 to Highway #103, then south to Highway #8, 
turn west and view occasional outcrops of Cretaceous Dakota sandstones and shale.  Drive by Endicott, 
Nebraska where Endicott Brick Company resides.  Dakota Shale is used to manufacture their bricks.  
Continue on Highway #8 driving by some Greenhorn & Graneros outcrops in the hills southwest of 
Fairbury.  Continue on Highway #8 to Superior (bathroom stop), south to Kansas on County Road by 
Webber, Kansas to Lovewell Reservoir.  Stop 1 at Lovewell Reservoir to view Cretaceous Carlile Shale 
and a presentation on the Bostwick Division.  Leave driving south & west and join Highway #14 turning 
south to Highway #36 then west to Mankato, Kansas.  Lunch at Mankato, Kansas at Buffalo Roam Café.  
Leave driving west on #36 to Highway #128 turn south and continue to Highway #24.  Turn west thru 
Cawker City turning south on County Road by Waconda Lake to Tipton and join Highway #181.  Turn 
north on #181 to Stop 2 a Ft. Hays Limestone outcrop and anticline.  Leave outcrop returning south on 
#181 thru Sylvan Grove to Stop 3 and 4 at Wilson Lake to view Graneros and Dakota outcrops.  Leave 
south and west on Shoreline Road to Stop 5 to view a Graneros “x” bentonite layer.  Continue to County 
Road west to Stop 6 and view a Greenhorn limestone “Fence Post” deposit.  Drive south thru Bunker Hill, 
Kansas to Interstate I-70, turn west & drive to Hayes, Kansas arriving at Sleep Inn motel, dinner at Gella’s 
Brewing Co., Hayes,.  
 
Day Two – September 10: 
 
Breakfast at Sleep Inn, Depart at: 
7:45 a.m. – To tour Sternberg Museum at Stop 7.  Leave going east on I-70 to Walker, Kansas.  Turn 
north on County Road (380th) then turn west and north on County Road continue northwest to Stop 8 to 
view Greenhorn, Carlile and Niobrara outcrops along the Saline River.  Continue and turn north on 
County Road (320th) to Stop 9 to examine Ft. Hayes Limestone, Codell Sandstone and Blue Hill Shale 
outcrops.  Leave outcrop continue back on County Road south and west to Highway #183 then turning 
north to Stop 10 (drive by only) to view Ft. Hayes Limestone outcrops.  Continue north on #183 crossing 
the Solomon Rivers thru Phillipsburg turning west on Highway #383 to County Road west of Woodruff, 
Kansas (approximately 4 miles).  Stop 11 at an active Ogallala Quartzite (opaline sandstone) quarry 
where we will have a box lunch and the owners and quarry operator may visit with us about the quarry’s 
history.  Leave quarry on Highway #383 east to Highway #183 turn north into Nebraska across the 
Republican River Valley where the Niobrara and the Pierre outcrops along the south shores.  At Alma 
turn east on Highway #136 to Harlan County Dam at Stop 12 for a drive by talk on Harlan County 
Reservoir.  Leave Dam site and continue east on Highway #136 along the Republican River where 
outcrops of both Niobrara and Pierre Shale can be seen particularly along the south side of the valley.  
Quarries of Ogallala Quartzite also occur south of the valley southwest of Franklin, Nebraska.  These 
quarries were the source of some of the rip-rap on the major dams in southwestern Nebraska.  Continue 
on Highway  #136 east back to Beatrice arriving around 5:00 p.m. 
 
This field trip is intended to view the Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks in Nebraska and Kansas (Tertiary:  
Ogallala, and Cretaceous:  Pierre, Niobrara, Carlile, Greenhorn – Graneros and Dakota).  It will mainly be 
concentrated in Kansas due to the fact that more of a complete “geologic section” (an exposed surface or 
cut that may be vertical or horizontal) is present in Kansas.  These rocks are present in Nebraska, but 
mostly in the sub-surface.  They are primary and secondary aquifers for water particularly in some areas 
of eastern, southcentral and northeastern Nebraska.  By visiting outcrops of these formations we can 
better understand their materials, properties and changes within each formation(s) as they relate in the 
sub-surface to Nebraska water and water well issues. 
 
Raymond R. Burchett
Nebraska Geological Survey
Conservation and Survey Division
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska−Lincoln
Raymond R. Burchett
Nebraska Geological Survey
Conservation and Survey Division
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska−Lincoln
COMPOSITE SECTION OF OUTCROPPING LOWER PERMIAN AND
UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN ROCKS IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
Paleographic map of United States during Greenhorn transgressional maximum
(early Turonian). Map modified from Williams and Stelck (1975).
Figures from Guidebook Series 3, “Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Depositional
Environments of Western Kansas,” AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, April 12-14, 1978.
Block diagram depicting schematically a portion of Western Interior Sea during
deposition of Greenhorn Limestone and nature bordering land areas. Shaded
portion indicates Upper Cretaceous sediments (modified from Hattin, 1975a).
Principal structural features in Nebraska
Locations of sand and gravel deposits at or near the surface in Nebraska


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University of Nebraska - LincolnDigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - LincolnConservation and Survey Division Natural Resources, School of9-2014Field Trip Guidebook for the Nebraska WellDrillers AssociationDuane A. EversollUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, deversoll2@unl.eduMatt JoeckelUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, rjoeckel3@unl.eduLee OrtonFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/conservationsurveyPart of the Geology Commons, Geomorphology Commons, Hydrology Commons,Paleontology Commons, Sedimentology Commons, Soil Science Commons, and the StratigraphyCommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Natural Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Ithas been accepted for inclusion in Conservation and Survey Division by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska -Lincoln.Eversoll, Duane A.; Joeckel, Matt; and Orton, Lee, "Field Trip Guidebook for the Nebraska Well Drillers Association" (2014).Conservation and Survey Division. 399.http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/conservationsurvey/399FIELD TRIP GUIDEConservation and Survey DivisionInstitute of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity of Nebraska−LincolnDuane EversollConservation and Survey DivisionNEBRASKA GEOLOGICAL SURVEYSeptember 9-10, 2014SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ANDNORTH CENTRAL KANSAS GEOLOGY(for the Nebraska Well Drillers Association)Lee OrtonNebraska Well Drillers AssociationMatt JoeckelConservation and Survey Division1811360 30 miles0 15 kilometers18318312813670708863636181824181Lunch27End of day one911 12HoldregeHarlanCountyLakeN E B R A S K AK A N S A SBeatriceFairburyHebronSuperiorRed CloudFranklinAlmaStocktonHaysRussellSylvan GroveHunterMankatoCawkerCityTipton1StartEnd51084 36PhillipsburgWalkerWebber77Drive byNEBRASKA WELL DRILLERS ASSOCIATION SOUTHERN NEBRASKA-NORTHERN KANSAS GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP SEPTEMBER 9-10, 2014  Day One – September 9:  7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. – Registration 8:00 a.m. – Leave Beatrice driving west on Highway #136 to Highway #103, then south to Highway #8, turn west and view occasional outcrops of Cretaceous Dakota sandstones and shale.  Drive by Endicott, Nebraska where Endicott Brick Company resides.  Dakota Shale is used to manufacture their bricks.  Continue on Highway #8 driving by some Greenhorn & Graneros outcrops in the hills southwest of Fairbury.  Continue on Highway #8 to Superior (bathroom stop), south to Kansas on County Road by Webber, Kansas to Lovewell Reservoir.  Stop 1 at Lovewell Reservoir to view Cretaceous Carlile Shale and a presentation on the Bostwick Division.  Leave driving south & west and join Highway #14 turning south to Highway #36 then west to Mankato, Kansas.  Lunch at Mankato, Kansas at Buffalo Roam Café.  Leave driving west on #36 to Highway #128 turn south and continue to Highway #24.  Turn west thru Cawker City turning south on County Road by Waconda Lake to Tipton and join Highway #181.  Turn north on #181 to Stop 2 a Ft. Hays Limestone outcrop and anticline.  Leave outcrop returning south on #181 thru Sylvan Grove to Stop 3 and 4 at Wilson Lake to view Graneros and Dakota outcrops.  Leave south and west on Shoreline Road to Stop 5 to view a Graneros “x” bentonite layer.  Continue to County Road west to Stop 6 and view a Greenhorn limestone “Fence Post” deposit.  Drive south thru Bunker Hill, Kansas to Interstate I-70, turn west & drive to Hayes, Kansas arriving at Sleep Inn motel, dinner at Gella’s Brewing Co., Hayes,.   Day Two – September 10:  Breakfast at Sleep Inn, Depart at: 7:45 a.m. – To tour Sternberg Museum at Stop 7.  Leave going east on I-70 to Walker, Kansas.  Turn north on County Road (380th) then turn west and north on County Road continue northwest to Stop 8 to view Greenhorn, Carlile and Niobrara outcrops along the Saline River.  Continue and turn north on County Road (320th) to Stop 9 to examine Ft. Hayes Limestone, Codell Sandstone and Blue Hill Shale outcrops.  Leave outcrop continue back on County Road south and west to Highway #183 then turning north to Stop 10 (drive by only) to view Ft. Hayes Limestone outcrops.  Continue north on #183 crossing the Solomon Rivers thru Phillipsburg turning west on Highway #383 to County Road west of Woodruff, Kansas (approximately 4 miles).  Stop 11 at an active Ogallala Quartzite (opaline sandstone) quarry where we will have a box lunch and the owners and quarry operator may visit with us about the quarry’s history.  Leave quarry on Highway #383 east to Highway #183 turn north into Nebraska across the Republican River Valley where the Niobrara and the Pierre outcrops along the south shores.  At Alma turn east on Highway #136 to Harlan County Dam at Stop 12 for a drive by talk on Harlan County Reservoir.  Leave Dam site and continue east on Highway #136 along the Republican River where outcrops of both Niobrara and Pierre Shale can be seen particularly along the south side of the valley.  Quarries of Ogallala Quartzite also occur south of the valley southwest of Franklin, Nebraska.  These quarries were the source of some of the rip-rap on the major dams in southwestern Nebraska.  Continue on Highway  #136 east back to Beatrice arriving around 5:00 p.m.  This field trip is intended to view the Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks in Nebraska and Kansas (Tertiary:  Ogallala, and Cretaceous:  Pierre, Niobrara, Carlile, Greenhorn – Graneros and Dakota).  It will mainly be concentrated in Kansas due to the fact that more of a complete “geologic section” (an exposed surface or cut that may be vertical or horizontal) is present in Kansas.  These rocks are present in Nebraska, but mostly in the sub-surface.  They are primary and secondary aquifers for water particularly in some areas of eastern, southcentral and northeastern Nebraska.  By visiting outcrops of these formations we can better understand their materials, properties and changes within each formation(s) as they relate in the sub-surface to Nebraska water and water well issues.  Raymond R. BurchettNebraska Geological SurveyConservation and Survey DivisionInstitute of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity of Nebraska−LincolnRaymond R. BurchettNebraska Geological SurveyConservation and Survey DivisionInstitute of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity of Nebraska−LincolnCOMPOSITE SECTION OF OUTCROPPING LOWER PERMIAN ANDUPPER PENNSYLVANIAN ROCKS IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKAPaleographic map of United States during Greenhorn transgressional maximum(early Turonian). Map modified from Williams and Stelck (1975).Figures from Guidebook Series 3, “Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy and DepositionalEnvironments of Western Kansas,” AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, April 12-14, 1978.Block diagram depicting schematically a portion of Western Interior Sea duringdeposition of Greenhorn Limestone and nature bordering land areas. Shadedportion indicates Upper Cretaceous sediments (modified from Hattin, 1975a).Principal structural features in NebraskaLocations of sand and gravel deposits at or near the surface in Nebraska

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