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Data for ground-water test hole near Nicolaus, Central Valley aquifer project, California

Open-File Report 83-273
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr83273

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Abstract

Preliminary data are provided for the third of seven test holes drilled as a part of the Central Valley Aquifer Project which is part of the National Regional Aquifer Systems Analysis Program. The test hole was drilled in the SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec. 2, T.12N., R.3E., Sutter County, California, about 1 1/2 miles northwest of the town of Nicolaus. Drilled to a depth of 1,150 feet below land surface, the hole is cased to a depth of 100 feet and equipped with three piezometer tubes to depths of 311, 711, and 1,071 feet. A 5-foot well screen is set in sand at the bottom of each piezometer. Each screened interval has a cement plug above and below it to isolate it from other parts of the aquifer, and the well bore is filled between the plugs with sediment. Thirty-one cores and 34 sidewall cores were recovered. Laboratory tests were made for minerology, consolidation, grain-size distribution, Atterberg limits, X-ray diffraction, thermal conductivity, and chemical analysis of water. Geophysical and thermal gradient logs were made. The hole is sampled periodically for chemical analysis of the three tapped zones and measured for water level. This report presents methods used to obtain field samples, laboratory procedures, and the data obtained. (USGS)

Suggested Citation

French, J.J., Page, R.W., Bertoldi, G.L., 1983, Data for ground-water test hole near Nicolaus, Central Valley aquifer project, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-273, 64 p. ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr83273.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Data for ground-water test hole near Nicolaus, Central Valley aquifer project, California
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 83-273
DOI 10.3133/ofr83273
Year Published 1983
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description 64 p. ill., maps ;28 cm.
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