Geophysical logs for selected wells in the Picher Field, northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas

Open-File Report 91-213
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Abstract

The Roubidoux aquifer in northeastern Oklahoma is used extensively as a source of water for public supplies, commerce, industry, and rural water districts. The Roubidoux aquifer may be subject to contamination from abandoned lead and zinc mines of the Picher field. Water in flooded underground mines contains large concentrations of iron, zinc, cadmium, and lead. The contaminated water may migrate from the mines to the Roubidoux aquifer through abandoned water wells in the Picher field. In late 1984, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board began to locate abandoned wells that might be serving as conduits for the migration of contaminants from the abandoned mines. These wells were cleared of debris and plugged. A total of 66 wells had been located, cleared, and plugged by July 1985. In cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, the U.S. Geological Survey took advantage of the opportunity to obtain geophysical data in the study area and provide the Oklahoma Water Resources Board with data that might be useful during the well-plugging operation. Geophysical logs obtained by the U.S. Geological Survey are presented in this report. The geophysical logs include hole diameter, normal, single-point resistance, fluid resistivity, natural-gamma, gamma-gamma, and neutron logs. Depths logged range from 145 to 1,344 feet.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geophysical logs for selected wells in the Picher Field, northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 91-213
DOI 10.3133/ofr91213
Edition -
Year Published 1991
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; Books and Open-File Reports [distributor],
Description 95 p. :ill.; 28 cm.
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