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Ground-water geology of the Dickson, Lawrenceburg, and Waverly areas in the western Highland Rim, Tennessee

Water Supply Paper 1764
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1764

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Abstract

Ground-water supplies in the Dickson, Lawrenceburg, and Waverly areas are obtained from wells and springs in limestone and chert formations of Missisippian age. In the Dickson area most of the wells and springs are in Warsaw Limestone. In the Lawrenceburg and Waverly areas, ground-water supplies are obtained from Fort Payne Chert and from residuum. In all three areas a few wells obtain small amounts of water from gravel stringers in the residuum. Yields of well range from a few to 300 gpm (gallons per minute). Wells having the largest yields obtain water from residual material (colluvium) in the valley of Trace Creek in the Waverly area. Fewer than 10 percent of all wells inventoried yield more than 25 gpm. Springs are common in all the areas studied and yield as much as 1,000 gpm. The quality of water from wells and springs iv the areas studied generally is good. The water is of the calcium bicarbonate type, and most of it is moderately hard to hard. The constituents in water from springs and from wells are about the same, although water from springs tends to be softer and slightly lower in dissolved-solids content. Springs constitute the largest potential source of water in the three areas. Twenty-one of the large springs discharge approximately 12 million gallons per day, or about 8,000 gpm. Another potential source of water is residuum underlying the valley of Trace Creek in the Waverly area. Wells yielding as much as 500 gpm probably could be developed in this aquifer.

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Marcher, M.V., Bingham, R.H., Lounsbury, R., 1964, Ground-water geology of the Dickson, Lawrenceburg, and Waverly areas in the western Highland Rim, Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1764, Report: iv, 50 p.; 7 Plates: 19.68 × 38.83 inches or smaller, https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1764.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Ground-water geology of the Dickson, Lawrenceburg, and Waverly areas in the western Highland Rim, Tennessee
Series title Water Supply Paper
Series number 1764
DOI 10.3133/wsp1764
Year Published 1964
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description Report: iv, 50 p.; 7 Plates: 19.68 × 38.83 inches or smaller
Country United States
State Tennessee
City Dickson, Lawrenceburg, Waverly
Scale 31680
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