Aquifer Tests of the Navajo Sandstone New Caineville, Wayne County, Utah (TP-66)

By: J. W. Hood and T. W. Danielson

Ground water in the Navajo Sandstone near Caineville, Wayne County, Utah, was studied during 1975-77 as part of an investigation of water in bedrock in the lower Dirty Devil River basin area. The purpose of the study near Caineville was to determine the water-bearing properties of the Navajo by utilizing data obtained mainly during test drilling and aquifer testing by the Intermountain Power Project. Consolidated rocks that crop out in the area range in age from Cretaceous to Jurassic. The area is underlain by older Mesozoic and Paleozoic sedimentary rocks that extend to a depth of at least 7,160 feet.

The purpose of this report is to present the results of test drilling and aquifer testing in the Navajo Sandstone in and near the Red Desert northwest of Caineville (fig. 2) and related data acquired during the investigations carried out by the Intermountain Power Project during 1975-76. Data in the report include aquifer-test analyses, core analyses, selected records of wells and springs, and selected chemical analyses.

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Published: 1979
Pages: 69 p.
Location: Wayne County
Media Type: Paper Publication