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GEOLOGY OF OLD HAMPSHIEE COUNTY, MASS. 



AETESIA^ST WELLS. 



WELL AT TUKNEES FALLS. 



Artesian well of Montague Paper Company, Turners Falls, just west 

 of the south end of the dam. Samples at Amherst College. For analysis 

 of water see Chapter XXI. The rock lies ver}^ near the surface and 25 

 feet below the top of the dam. The figures indicate distance in feet from 

 the surface of the rock. 



Becord of artesian-iceU boring at Turners Falls. 



Kind of rock. 



Gray sandstone, grains Imin; quartz abundant; feldspar, muscorite, 

 biotite, rare 



Gray, sbaly muscovite-sandstone mucb tiner than at 15, but mixed with 

 the latter ; noncalcareous 



Same; little darker and finer , 



White sandstone, grains 1 to 4"""; quartz, muscovite, biotite 



Same; grains i"'"'. "Small vein of -svater here " 



Brownish-gray sandstone; muscovite and biotite abundant; "1 foot 

 thick " 



Gray, mlcaceoue, shaly sandstone; " 1 foot thick" 



Same ; " slate, quite soft " 



Dark-gray, micaceous, sbaly sandstone 



Brownish-gray, raicaceons, shaly sandstone 



Light-gray, micaceous, shaly sandstone; " struck water here" 



Gray, micaceous quartz-sandstone, grains 1 to 4""" 



Gray, shaly sandstone 



Same 



Red, micaceous sandstone, line-grained 



Dark-red, micaceous sandstone, fine-grained 



Gray quartz-sandstone, grains 1 to 3"'™ ; angular 



Brownish-black, pyritous shale 



Dark-gray shale 



Light-gray shale j 



White quartz-sandstone, grains 1 to 2'""" ; little muscovite 



Same ^ 



BuiF quartz- sandstone, grains 1 to 6"'"'; well rounded; "water here". 



Clear-gray quartz-muscovite-saudstone, grains 1 to 6""" 



Light-chocolate quartz-muscovite-sandstone, grains 1 to B™"" 



Dark-brown quartz-muscovite-sandstone, grains 1 to 6""" ; shaly 



Same 



Same 



Same .• 



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