Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. XXXIX. 



SOUTH PACIFIC WELL. 



Pl. XXIV, 



MOTUROA WELL. 

 New Plymouth. 



r^ 86' Clajra. gavels, and bonldere. 



Papa clays, with pipi-shells. excellent 

 water. Colour of clays varying from 

 d>,i3p blue to light grey Water m 

 pipe rose to 8 ft. from aurface. 



First sand rock? showing gas and oil. 

 Papa clays, dark and light, foasililerous 



3 rMk. no fossils seen. 



Slaty rock miied with brown sand. 

 Second sand-band? show of oil and gas 



laty rock with sand, very hard, show- 

 ing oil to 900 ft. 



laty sandstone, sands, clay, former 

 with bard shells and soft caving 

 streaks of papa 



Very soft cavin? papa. 



Third fland-band? show of oil and gas. 



Very shelly, hard, limestone rock. 

 Hard grey sandstone, fossiliferous. 



LOCALITY MAP 



■=^'.^-.:-;.^:;^- 220'[Clay and sand, highly aquei 



Free clay. sanv*. and i 



5001 Papa rock. 



1020 I. ' _:j,'c =^f7^ 



1255 T;' T. ' 3ir^ 



Argillitic formation. 

 "^ in. stratum, with many small marine 

 sheila and some rounded quartz 



Harder argillaceous sandstone Con- 

 sidered a good indicator of oil. 



Calcareous sandstone, with calcite 

 limeatone— probably secondai-y? 



on.. 

 ARTESIAN SECTIONS.-Hill. 



Pl. 



