RECENT OIL DEVELOPMENTS IN SCOTT CO. 177 



Thickness From To 



Hard white sand (base of Lee) 60 550 610 



Soft red slate, caving (Pennington) 140 610 750 



Hard gray limestone (top of Newman) 195 750 945 



Gray limestone, sandy, fairly soft the oil "sand" 20 945 965 



Gray and brown limestone, mostly hard 331 965 1296 



Soft blue slate 10 1296 1306 



Dark gray limestone, hard and gritty 71 1306 1377 



Pinkish crystalline limestone 19i 1377 1396J 



Very hard gray limestone with dark specks 2 1396i 1398i 



Very hard limestone, color varying 19i 1398i 1418 



Hard white limestone 12 1418 1430 



Hard limestone, brownish (Beaver ?) 45 1430 1475 



Soft black shale (Chattanooga shale) 65 1475 1540 



Soft bluish-gray shale (Osgood?) . ... 15 1540 1555 



Soft blue limestone with thin layers of shale 45 1555 1600 



Hard blue limestone (Clinton or Hudson?) 35 1600 1635 



Grayish blue limestone, alternately hard and soft 



(Hudson?) 65 1635 1700 



The following records are based primarily on the study of the borings 

 collected by the Survey, but are supplemented by the drillers' logs. 



Record of West No. 1 well, 4 miles northwest of Oneida, Tenn. 



Drilled by Chas. W. Whitcomb; elevation 1357 feet; well mouth about 



180 feet below the top of the Lee formation. Diameter of well mouth 10 

 inches ; placed 8%-mch casing at 348 feet and 6% -inch casing at 889 feet. 



Thickness From To 



Surface material 45 45 



Hard blue sandy shale ... 30 45 75 



Dark sand-shale 5 75 80 



White sandstone 94 80 174 



Silty sandstone and leaden shale 11 174 185 



White sandstone 11 185 196 



White sandstone with dark shale partings, a sand-shale 6 196 202 



Blank probably sandstone 8 202 210 



Sandstone 120 210 330 



Thinly laminated sandstone, shale partings 11 330 341 



Dark sandy shale , 21 341 362 



Blank probably sandstone 6 362 368 



Sandstone 97 368 465 



Blank probably sandstone 23 465 488 



Laminated sandstone with dark shale partings 5 488 493 



Blank probably shale 6 493 499 



Dark shale 5 499 504 



Sandstone 33 504 537 



Dark laminated sand-shale 19 537 556 



Dark shale 5 556 561 



Thin laminated sandstone with dark shale partings.... 33 561 594 



