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Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5172

Prepared in cooperation with the Hannahville Indian Community

Geophysical-Log and Hydraulic-Test Analyses of Groundwater-Production Wells at the Hannahville Indian Community, Menominee County, Michigan

By E. Randall Bayless, J. Alton Anderson, David C. Lampe, and John H. Williams

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The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Hannahville Indian Community, evaluated the geohydrology of the bedrock formations and hydraulic properties of groundwater-production wells at the Hannahville Indian Community in Menominee County, Michigan. Geophysical logs were collected from five wells at two sites during September 2012. The logs were analyzed to characterize the lithostratigraphy, bedding and fractures, and hydraulic properties of the geologic formations and aquifers beneath the Hannahville Indian Community. The geophysical logs collected included natural gamma radiation, electromagnetic conductivity, wellbore image, caliper, ambient and stressed flowmeter, fluid resistivity, temperature, and wellbore deviation. The geophysical logs were analyzed with results from short-term hydraulic tests to estimate the transmissivity and water-level altitudes of flow zones penetrated by the wells.

The geophysical log analysis indicated the wells penetrated four distinct lithostratigraphic units—shale and carbonate rock, upper carbonate rock, carbonate rock and glauconitic sandstone, and lower carbonate rock. Most of the fractures penetrated by the wellbores appeared to be related bedding partings. The lower carbonate rock unit contained solution features.

Analysis of the geophysical logs and hydraulic tests indicated that each of the five wells penetrated from one to four flow zones. The Casino 5 well penetrated a flow zone that was associated with solution features and had an estimated total transmissivity of 4,280 feet squared per day (ft2/d), the highest estimate for all the wells. The Casino 3 well penetrated four flow zones and had an estimated total transmissivity of 3,570 ft2/d. The flow zones penetrated in the lower carbonate rock unit by the Casino 3 and 5 wells were hydraulically connected. The Golf Shack well penetrated two flow zones and had an estimated total transmissivity of 40 ft2/d, the lowest estimate for all the wells. The Community 1 and Community 2 wells penetrated three and four flow zones, respectively, and had estimated total transmissivity values of 185 and 280 ft2/d, respectively.

First posted November 26, 2013

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Suggested citation:

Bayless, E.R., Anderson, J.A., Lampe, D.C., and Williams, J.H., 2013, Geophysical-log and hydraulic-test analyses of groundwater-production wells at the Hannahville Indian Community, Menominee County, Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5172, 29 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20135172.

ISSN 2328-0328 (online)



Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Methods of Study

Geophysical-Log and Hydraulic-Test Analyses

Summary and Conclusions

References Cited

Appendix 1. Composites of the Geophysical Logs and Their Analysis


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