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DATA-BASE MAP By Margeurite C. Pettus and V.W. Chandler 2018 MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Harvey Thorleifson, Director Prepared and Published with the Support of THE CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, THE MINNESOTA ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND AS RECOMMENDED BY THE LEGISLATIVE-CITIZEN COMMISSION ON MINNESOTA RESOURCES, AND THE MINNESOTA LEGACY AMENDMENT'S CLEAN WATER FUND Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the factual data on which this map interpretation is based; however, the Minnesota Geological Survey does not warrant or guarantee that there are no errors. Users may wish to verify critical information; sources include both the references listed here and information on file at the offices of the Minnesota Geological Survey in St. Paul. In addition, effort has been made to ensure that the interpretation conforms to sound geologic and cartographic principles. No claim is made that the interpretation shown is rigorously correct, however, and it should not be used to guide engineering-scale decisions without site-specific verification. COUNTY ATLAS SERIES ATLAS C-43, PART A Cass County Plate 1—Data-Base Map LOCATION DIAGRAM GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA Digital base modified from the Minnesota Department of Transportation BaseMap data; digital base annotation by the Minnesota Geological Survey. Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, grid zone 15 1983 North American Datum ©2018 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer GIS compilation by M.C. Pettus Edited by Lori Robinson Figure 1. Example of a WELL LOG record, showing all the information about the well as reported by the well driller. County Well Name Range Dir Township Section Subsection Well Depth Depth Completed Date Well Completed Update Date Cass BACKUS OB-1 30 W 30 DDDADD 139 Yes 172.00 172.00 1995/11/03 ft ft Make Static Water Level Open Hole(ft.) From Last Strat g.p.m. hrs. pumpting Grouting Information Capacity Well disinfected upon completion? Pump Variance Abandoned Wells Screen Nearest Known Source of Contamination Well Contractor Cerfication SALAZAR, B. plastic ü ü ü ü Quad Depth to Bedrock Pumping Level (below land surface) Model 254D 1342.00 91686 Quat. buried artes. aquifer Pitless adapter manufacturer ft. Well grouted? feet Direction Type Printed on Model number Manufacture's name REPORT Type Wellhead Completion ü BACKUS OB-1 56435 BACKUS MN Changed well address CITY OF BACKUS P.O. BOX 44 56435 BACKUS MN Changed contact address MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MINNESOTA STATUTES CHAPTER 1031 WELL AND BORING RECORD Description From To (ft.) Color Hardness TOP SOIL BLACK 2 0 SILTY SAND BROWN 12 2 SAND W/SMALL ROCKS BROWN 22 12 CLAY BROWN 47 22 SAND W/SMALL ROCKS GRAY 52 47 SANDY CLAY GRAY 62 52 SAND AND GRAVEL VARIED 67 62 SANDY CLAY GRAY 87 67 SAND AND GRAVEL VARIED 89 87 SANDY CLAY GRAY 92 89 SAND AND GRAVEL VARIED 108 92 SANDY CLAY GRAY 138 108 SAND VARIED 140 138 SANDY CLAY GRAY 154 140 SAND AND GRAVEL VARIED 172 154 Remarks OB-1 WELL IS 15 FT. SE OF TEST WELL. HE-01205-07 (Rev. 2/99) Date Lic. or Reg No. L.t.p. Enterprises, Inc. Was a variance granted from the MDH for this well? Does property have any not in use and not sealed well(s)? 12/21/2016 d e l l a t s n I e t a D d e l l a t s n I t o N Type Length of drop pipe HP Volts g.p.m To 172.0 5.50 2.00 in. from to 167.00 0.00 ft. lbs/ft 2.00 5 167 172 25 ft. to ft. to bentonite 0.0 157.0 8.00 o T m o r F l a i r e t a M ft. Sacks Hole Diameter (in.) Elevation At-grate (Environmental Wells and Borings ONLY) Casing Protection 12 in. above grade Basement offset ü YES NO YES NO ü YES NO YES NO ft. after Date measured Material Diamter Length Set Slot 1995/11/03 19.00 land surface 2000/03/24 2016/04/27 1995/12/08 Entry Date Received Date Unique Well Number County Well Index v.5 Aquifer ft. First Bedrock QHUU Field Located ft. Quad Id MGS 567830 Backus License Business Name Name of Driller Diameter 2 Depth 167 Casing Type Plastic Drive Shoe? YES NO Use observation well Bentonite Drilling Fluid Well Hydrofractured? YES NO From ft. to Drilling Method Non-specified Rotary Drillhole Angle NOT SPECIFIED Figure 2. Example of a WELL STRATIGRAPHY record, which contains a geologist's interpretation of the geologic materials listed by the driller in the WELL LOG record (Fig. 1). Additional downhole information for this well (as noted in the Interpretation Method on the record above) controls the geologist's interpretation, which may not match the driller's description of the geologic material penetrated. Unique Well Number County Cass r i D e g n a R e m a N l l e W Township Section Subsection Depth Drilled Depth Completed Lic/Reg. No. Date Completed Quad Quad Id BACKUS OB-1 30 W 30 DDDADD 139 172 172 ft ft 91686 1995/11/03 Elevation 1342.00 ft. Screen 167-172 Method 7.5 minute topographic Aquifer Quat. buried artes. aquif Depth to Bedrock ft. Field Located Program Uni No.Verified Location Method Input Source Input Date Universal Transverse Mercator(UTM) - NAD83 - Zone 15 - Meters UTM Northing (Y) UTM Easting (X) 384578 5186403 2016/04/27 Digitization (Screen - Map (1:24 000) Backus 2000/03/24 2016/04/27 1995/12/08 Entry Date Update Date Received Date MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WELL AND BORING RECORD MINNESOTA STATUTES CHAPTER 1031 Driller Name SALAZAR, B. SWL 19 567830 Tax Records Minnesota Geological Survey Minnesota Geological Survey Geological Material Minor Secondary DEPTH Primary ELEVATION LITHOLOGY Hardness Stratigraphy From To Thick From To Color Margeurite Pettus MGS Geologic study 1:24k to 1:100k y c n e g A n o i t a t e r p r e t n I c i g o l o e G Interpretation Method 254D TOP SOIL organic deposits BLACK 2 Recent deposit-black soil 2 1342 1340 0 SILTY SAND silt BROWN 12 sand+silt-brown sand 10 1340 1330 2 SAND W/SMALL ROCKS cobble BROWN 22 sand +larger-brown sand 10 1330 1320 12 CLAY BROWN 47 clay-brown clay 25 1320 1295 22 SAND W/SMALL ROCKS cobble GRAY 52 sand +larger-gray sand 5 1295 1290 47 SANDY CLAY sand GRAY 62 clay+sand-gray clay 10 1290 1280 52 SAND AND GRAVEL gravel VARIED 67 sand +larger sand 5 1280 1275 62 SANDY CLAY sand GRAY 87 clay+sand-gray clay 20 1275 1255 67 SAND AND GRAVEL gravel VARIED 89 sand +larger sand 2 1255 1253 87 SANDY CLAY sand GRAY 92 clay+sand-gray clay 3 1253 1250 89 SAND AND GRAVEL gravel VARIED 108 sand +larger sand 16 1250 1234 92 SANDY CLAY sand GRAY 138 clay+sand-gray clay 30 1234 1204 108 SAND VARIED 140 sand sand 2 1204 1202 138 SANDY CLAY sand GRAY 154 clay+sand-gray clay 14 1202 1188 140 SAND AND GRAVEL gravel VARIED 172 sand +larger sand 18 1188 1170 154 INTRODUCTION The public health and economic development of Cass County are directly dependent on the wise use and management of its land and water resources. Geologic and hydrologic information are essential before decisions are made that affect natural resources. Although the amount of geologic information required for making specific decisions can vary, the information will not be used if it is unavailable when needed, or if it is available only in a highly technical form, or scattered in many different maps and reports. The data bases described here address this need. County atlases, prepared jointly by the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, present detailed geologic and hydrologic information in an interpretive as well as descriptive form. Maps and texts summarize basic geologic and hydrologic conditions at a county scale, and interpret these conditions in terms of the impacts of possible land- and water-use decisions. Site-specific information is available in some areas at a greater level of technical detail than shown on the maps of this atlas. The data are too voluminous to present at the scale of this atlas, but have been incorporated into readily accessible files housed at the Minnesota Geological Survey. Several sources commonly provide information about an area or an individual property, but they may use different classification schemes to describe the same geologic materials. As a result, discrepancies in interpreting the data may arise or the different sources may appear to contradict each other. For example, water-well drillers may describe glacial till as "clay," but engineering records will describe it as "clayey sand." Both descriptions are acceptable for their original purpose of describing the physical attributes of the material. "Clay," the term used by well drillers, defines the general inability of the till to yield groundwater to a well. "Clayey sand," the term from the engineering record, defines the physical composition of the till relative to particle size and engineering properties. The geologist must take the analysis one step further and define the material in terms of how it formed rather than how it is to be used. In this example, till consists of an unsorted mixture of rock fragments ranging in size from clay to cobbles and boulders, and it is interpreted by the geologist as having been deposited directly by glacial ice. Understanding the process by which the material formed allows geologists to make predictions about what lies between and beyond data points. All of the types of data described on this plate were interpreted by geologists or hydrogeologists to make them meaningful for mapping purposes. The 1:200,000 scale of the maps in this atlas was chosen because it shows the geologic and topical studies of the county while keeping the physical size of each plate to a manageable level. As a result, some detailed information that was gained by data interpretation and mapping cannot be shown on these maps or discussed in the texts. Some of this information is available in digital files that accompany the atlas. Whether to use the atlas alone, or in combination with the data bases, depends on the amount of detail needed. Generally, data-base information must be used to evaluate site-specific conditions. DATA-BASE MANAGEMENT All of the data shown on the map were plotted on 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle maps or highway alignment maps and assigned inventory numbers. Automated data bases and a few manual files were developed to provide easy access and rapid retrieval of these site-specific data. The data may be obtained from the Minnesota Geological Survey. Computer storage and retrieval systems are better than manual files for manipulating large amounts of data because automated geologic data bases can be designed to interact with other computer files, such as land-use data. Such interaction permits more efficient assessment of cause-and-effect relationships concerning natural resources than is commonly possible with manual files. CASS COUNTY DATA BASES Computerized files were developed for point-source data such as wells and borings in Cass County. They use Public Land Survey descriptions, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), and latitude-longitude coordinates as location criteria; thus, they are compatible with the natural- resource data bases housed at the Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC). The computerized data base developed for Cass County by the Minnesota Geological Survey is the County Well Index (CWI). County Well Index (CWI)—Information from water-well records and exploration holes is entered into this statewide data base. Each well log is assigned a six-digit unique number and each exploration drill hole is assigned either a five- or six-digit unique number. These reference numbers are also used by state agencies and the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey. Elevations, expressed in feet above sea level, were determined either from topographic maps (see the index to 7.5-minute quadrangles) or Minnesota's lidar high-resolution elevation data set. Elevations from the topographic maps are generally accurate to plus or minus 5 feet (1.5 meters), and the lidar elevations are generally accurate to within 3 feet (1 meter). The street address of each well is also included wherever possible to provide data users with a well-location system that is compatible with local regulatory programs. Software at the Minnesota Geological Survey is used to display and tabulate many of the data elements contained on the original well log. The County Well Index is currently stored in a data base that consists of ten related tables. These tables contain information such as well depths, well construction, addresses, aquifers, dates drilled, static water levels, and pumping test data. They also contain alternate well identifiers such as permit numbers or emergency-service numbers, the well stratigraphy (the geologic materials encountered during drilling), and the azimuth and inclination of angled exploration holes. CWI application software developed by the Minnesota Department of Health provides two types of reports: WELL LOG contains all the information about the well as it was reported by the contractor (Fig. 1). There may also be additional location information, land-surface elevation, aquifer designation, and remarks about the drill holes. WELL STRATIGRAPHY contains the geologic log with a geologist's stratigraphic interpretations, which are based on her or his knowledge and understanding of the geology of Cass County and augmented in some cases by additional data sources, such as cuttings, borehole geophysical logs, or core (Fig. 2). Only those drill holes with verified locations have stratigraphy assigned to them. File data of the Minnesota Geological Survey—Details about other types of data shown on this plate are available from digital (including the Quaternary Data Index, an internal working data base) and paper files at the Minnesota Geological Survey. These include descriptions of cutting samples, soil borings, Giddings probe holes, field sites, soil auger holes, textural analyses, gravity and aeromagnetic data, passive seismic sites, and aggregate resources sites. FUTURE DATA COLLECTION Additional geologic information is generated continuously as new water wells are drilled, construction activities expose more bedrock, or additional wells are tested for water quality. To address this, the library of information prepared for Cass County is flexible so that old data can be reevaluated in light of new information, and new forms of data can be added if required. The need to manage groundwater and other natural resources wisely will never become outdated. Future demands on these resources will require current data to assess the impacts. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The staff from the Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District contributed greatly to the development of the County Well Index (CWI) data base. We thank local water-well contractors and landowners for their valuable assistance. THE DATA-BASE MAP The types, locations, and density of information used to prepare the Cass County atlas are shown on this map. The data are described below to aid the user in assessing what types may be useful for a particular information need. The Data-Base Map serves as a guide to the precision of the other maps in the atlas. It shows where data are sparse or lacking and interpretation and extrapolation were required to prepare the maps. All data were collected by Minnesota Geological Survey staff unless otherwise specified. DRILL-HOLE INFORMATION A record of water-well construction (well driller's log) is a water-well contractor's description of the geologic materials penetrated during drilling and the construction materials used to complete the well. Not all wells extend to bedrock. In areas of thick, unconsolidated Quaternary deposits, drillers commonly do not need to drill through the entire thickness of overburden to find sufficient groundwater. Hydrologic data, such as the static water level and test-pumping results, are commonly included. Before any driller's log can be used, the location of the well must be verified, and a geologist must interpret the log. Driller's logs are the primary source of subsurface geologic and hydrologic data for Cass County; about 13,200 logs were used for this atlas and can be found in the County Well Index (CWI). Scientific investigation holes are soil auger holes, test wells, and observation wells drilled by the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division to determine the hydrologic properties of local and regional aquifers. Geologic logs were generated for each hole. Test well and observation well data were entered into the County Well Index (CWI). Non-well drill-hole data are available as part of the Quaternary points data set generated for the Cass County Geologic Atlas. Study results and conclusions may be found in U.S. Geological Survey published reports. An exploratory boring (exploration hole) is an explorationist's description of the geologic materials penetrated during mineral exploration. Exploratory work may include the collection of core and/or cuttings samples of the geologic materials encountered for descriptive and analytical purposes. In Minnesota, these core or cuttings are eventually transferred to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and are available for public inspection at their Drill Core Library in Hibbing. Data for these holes can be found in the County Well Index (CWI). Core samples were collected at various sites throughout Cass County as a means to establish the nature of the subsurface material. The Minnesota Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and U.S. Steel collected 37 bedrock core samples using diamond core drilling. This method uses a diamond bit rotating at the end of a drill rod. A column of rock moves up the drill pipe and is recovered at the surface for study. Rotary-sonic cores were collected by the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources from six sites in the county (labelled CASS-1, CSS-1, CSS-3, CSS-4, CSS-5, CSS-6) to aid both the interpretation of the Quaternary deposits and in determining bedrock depth and nature (where encountered). Additionally, a seventh hole not shown on the map (CSS-2) was drilled just across the border in Itasca County to the northwest in T. 54 N., R. 27 W., sec. 9. The coring technique recovers a continuous core, 3.5 inches (8.9 centimeters) in diameter, from glacial deposits and bedrock (where intersected). It provides excellent subsurface samples for detailed study and comparison with cuttings, geophysical logs, and driller's logs from surrounding sites. Detailed geologist's logs for all seven of the cores are shown on Plate 4, Quaternary Stratigraphy. These logs are entered into the County Well Index (CWI) and any sampling results are available in Minnesota Geological Survey file data. The core is available for inspection at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Drill Core Libary in Hibbing. Cutting samples collected during drilling provide physical evidence of subsurface geologic materials. Cuttings are the samples generated as the drill bit cuts through the subsurface material and are used to interpret and verify driller's logs. They are logged and stored at the Minnesota Geological Survey. Borehole geophysical logs are created by lowering instruments down a well or drill hole and measuring the physical and chemical properties of the geologic materials through which the hole passes. Different logging techniques measure naturally occurring gamma radiation, spontaneous potential, and resistivity. Gamma logs characterize in graphic form the geologic formations penetrated. Spontaneous potential and resistivity are mainly used to locate water levels in wells and the depth of the well casing. An interpretive log is prepared from the geophysical log and correlated with drilling samples from the same hole, information obtained from nearby exposures, or a geophysical log from a nearby drill hole. Geophysical logs can provide high-quality subsurface geologic and hydrologic information for wells that have little or no other information available. The information obtained from a geophysical log is added to the County Well Index (CWI) and the paper log is on file at the Minnesota Geological Survey. Soil borings are test holes drilled to obtain information about the physical properties of subsurface materials for engineering, mapping, or exploration purposes. They are logged by an engineer or a geologist using a variety of classification schemes based on particle sizes, penetration rate, moisture content, and color. Soil-boring data were collected by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. They are limited in distribution; in Cass County they are concentrated mainly along the U.S. Highway 2 and Minnesota Highways 6, 210, and 371 corridors. These data are most useful in determining the composition of unconsolidated deposits. Descriptions of the geologic materials penetrated can be accessed in digital and paper files at the Minnesota Geological Survey. Minnesota Department of Transportation data are available from the Foundations Unit web page (http://www.dot.state.mn.us/materials/foundations.html). Giddings probe holes are borings of glacial materials, 2 inches (5.1 centimeters) in diameter, collected by a truck-mounted hydraulic auger. A description was generated at every site and samples were taken for textural analyses at most locations. Samples were generally taken about every 5 feet (1.5 meters), at unit contacts, or where the geologist believed it was important. OTHER INFORMATION Field sites are natural and artificial exposures of unconsolidated Quaternary deposits that were described in detail; samples from many sites were texturally analyzed. Field sites include stream and river cuts, gravel pits, excavations, and road cuts. Data from field sites can be found in Minnesota Geological Survey files. Additional gravel pit data may be found on the Minnesota Department of Transportation Aggregate Source Information System web page (http://www.dot. state.mn.us/materials/aggsource.html). Textural analyses express the proportion of sand-, silt-, and clay-size particles that make up a sample. The samples analyzed were taken from natural and artificial exposures, Giddings holes, and the rotary-sonic cores. They are helpful in determining the origin, correlation, and hydrologic properties of unconsolidated sediments. The data are available in Minnesota Geological Survey files. Gravity and aeromagnetic (airborne-magnetic) data that are available at the Minnesota Geological Survey are used to assist mapping Precambrian geology. The utility of these two data sets relies on the strong contrasts in density and magnetization that commonly exists between various Precambrian rocks. The aeromagnetic data in Cass County were acquired 500 feet (152 meters) above ground along flight lines spaced 0.25 mile apart (402 meters), and are compiled into a 328-foot (100-meter) grid (line and grid data are not indicated on the map due to high density). The gravity data are based on ground-based stations that are spaced about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) apart along roads. Except for isolated patches of Cretaceous rocks, Precambrian rocks comprise the bedrock surface in Cass County. Passive seismic soundings provide information based on measurement and analysis of ambient shear- and surface-wave energy in the ground that allow a calculation of the depth to consolidated bedrock, or conversely the thickness of unconsolidated deposits, beneath that point. The measurements employ a recording seismograph system that is implanted into the ground surface and records ambient ground vibrations in three orthogonal directions (2 horizontal and 1 vertical) during a 16-minute interval. The method is called passive because no energy is directly input into the ground at the time of measurement, in contrast to conventional seismic sounding. Instead, the unit measures background vibrations from a variety of natural and artificial sources that include machinery, traffic, and wind. The averaged horizontal spectra of the seismic noise is divided by the corresponding vertical spectrum, and the resulting Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) should display a prominent peak that closely approximates the resonant frequency (shear wave) of the unconsolidated sequence overlying the bedrock surface. The resonant frequency of unconsolidated overburden is a useful parameter for seismic risk investigations, but here it is used to estimate the thickness of the overburden itself, which in Cass County consists chiefly of Quaternary sediments. In this application, the HVSR method is calibrated by taking measurements at locations where the thicknesses of Quaternary deposits are known from either well data or from conventional seismic sounding. The control points are selected to approximately span the expected range of bedrock depths for the region, and the calibration curve that is fitted to these data can be used to estimate bedrock depth in areas lacking either drill hole or seismic control. In general, depth to bedrock calculated by this method can have errors up to 25 percent of the depth; however, in areas with little to no other data, this is still useful information and many soundings can be inexpensively collected over a short period of time with one or two operators. A total of 224 passive seismic stations were acquired as part of the Cass County Geologic Atlas. Seismic refraction soundings measure the time required for sound or pressure waves to travel from a source through the subsurface and be refracted back to a receiver. Travel time can be correlated with the density and rigidity of the geologic material. Precambrian rocks usually exhibit pressure-wave velocities that are 1.5 to 2.5 times those of unconsolidated Quaternary sediments below the water tables. The spacing of the receivers (geophones) and the arrival times (measured in milliseconds) are used to calculate the depth to bedrock. Seismic refraction soundings are more labor intensive than passive seismic soundings, but can provide velocity information and higher- quality depth estimates. Twenty-nine seismic refraction soundings were acquired in Cass County as part of this geologic atlas. All soundings were acquired by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, using a mechanical impactor as a source. Bedrock outcrops are exposures of solid rock at the land surface. There are a few naturally occurring outcrops in Cass County; most are found in the southwest corner of the county. They serve as reference points for mapping and for checking the accuracy of subsurface data. Bedrock at or near the surface must be considered in land-use planning decisions such as pipeline routing, sewage-system design, and excavation. 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DATA-BASE MAP

By

Margeurite C. Pettus and V.W. Chandler

2018

MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEYHarvey Thorleifson, Director

Prepared and Published with the Support of THE CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS,

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES,THE MINNESOTA ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND

AS RECOMMENDED BY THE LEGISLATIVE-CITIzEN COMMISSION ON MINNESOTA RESOURCES,AND THE MINNESOTA LEGACY AMENDMENT'S CLEAN WATER FUND

Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the factual data on which this map interpretation is based; however, the Minnesota Geological Survey does not warrant or guarantee that there are no errors. Users may wish to verify critical information; sources include both the references listed here and information on file at the offices of the Minnesota Geological Survey in St. Paul. In addition, effort has been made to ensure that the interpretation conforms to sound geologic and cartographic principles. No claim is made that the interpretation shown is rigorously correct, however, and it should not be used to guide engineering-scale decisions without site-specific verification.

COUNTY ATLAS SERIESATLAS C-43, PART A

Cass County Plate 1—Data-Base Map

LOCATION DIAGRAM

GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Digital base modified from the Minnesota Department of Transportation BaseMap data; digital base annotation by the Minnesota Geological Survey.

Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, grid zone 151983 North American Datum

©2018 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer

GIS compilation by M.C. PettusEdited by Lori Robinson

Figure 1. Example of a WELL LOG record, showing all the information about the well as reported by the well driller.

County

Well NameRange DirTownship Section Subsection

Well Depth Depth Completed Date Well Completed

Update DateCass

BACKUS OB-1

30 W 30 DDDADD139

Yes

172.00 172.00 1995/11/03ft ft

Make

Static Water Level

Open Hole(ft.) From

Last Strat

g.p.m.hrs. pumpting

Grouting Information

Capacity

Well disinfected upon completion?

Pump

Variance

Abandoned Wells

Screen

Nearest Known Source of Contamination

Well Contractor Cerfication

SALAZAR, B.

plastic

üü

ü

ü

Quad

Depth to Bedrock

Pumping Level (below land surface)

Model

254D

1342.00

91686

Quat. buried artes. aquifer

Pitless adapter manufacturer

ft.

Well grouted?

feet Direction Type

Printed on

Model number

Manufacture's name

REPORT

Type

Wellhead Completion

ü

BACKUS OB-1

56435BACKUS MN Changed

well address

CITY OF BACKUSP.O. BOX 44

56435BACKUS MN Changed

contact address

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

MINNESOTA STATUTES CHAPTER 1031WELL AND BORING RECORD

Description From To (ft.)Color HardnessTOP SOIL BLACK 20

SILTY SAND BROWN 122

SAND W/SMALL ROCKS BROWN 2212

CLAY BROWN 4722

SAND W/SMALL ROCKS GRAY 5247

SANDY CLAY GRAY 6252

SAND AND GRAVEL VARIED 6762

SANDY CLAY GRAY 8767

SAND AND GRAVEL VARIED 8987

SANDY CLAY GRAY 9289

SAND AND GRAVEL VARIED 10892

SANDY CLAY GRAY 138108

SAND VARIED 140138

SANDY CLAY GRAY 154140

SAND AND GRAVEL VARIED 172154

Remarks OB-1 WELL IS 15 FT. SE OF TEST WELL.

HE-01205-07 (Rev. 2/99)Date

Lic. or Reg No.

L.t.p. Enterprises, Inc.

Was a variance granted from the MDH for this well?

Does property have any not in use and not sealed well(s)?

12/21/2016

dellatsnI etaDdellatsnI toN

Type

Length of drop pipe

HP Volts

g.p.m

To 172.05.502.00 in. from to 167.000.00 ft. lbs/ft

2.00 5 167 17225 ft. to ft.

to

bentonite 0.0 157.0 8.00oTmorFlairetaM ft. Sacks

Hole Diameter (in.)

Elevation

At-grate (Environmental Wells and Borings ONLY)

Casing Protection 12 in. above grade

Basement offset

üYES NO

YES NOü

YES NO

YES NO

ft. after

Date measured

Material

Diamter Length SetSlot

1995/11/0319.00 land surface

2000/03/242016/04/271995/12/08

Entry Date

Received Date

Unique Well Number

County Well Index v.5

Aquiferft.

First BedrockQHUU

Field Locatedft.

Quad Id

MGS

567830 Backus

License Business Name

Name of Driller

Diameter 2 Depth 167Casing Type Plastic Drive Shoe? YES NO

Use observation well

BentoniteDrilling Fluid Well Hydrofractured? YES NO

From ft. to

Drilling Method Non-specified Rotary

DrillholeAngle

NOT SPECIFIED

Figure 2. Example of a WELL STRATIGRAPHY record, which contains a geologist's interpretation of the geologic materials listed by the driller in the WELL LOG record (Fig. 1). Additional downhole information for this well (as noted in the Interpretation Method on the record above) controls the geologist's interpretation, which may not match the driller's description of the geologic material penetrated.

Unique Well Number County Cass

riDegnaRemaN lleW Township Section Subsection Depth Drilled Depth Completed Lic/Reg. No.Date Completed

QuadQuad Id

BACKUS OB-1 30 W 30 DDDADD139 172 172ft ft 916861995/11/03

Elevation 1342.00 ft. Screen 167-172Method 7.5 minute topographic Aquifer Quat. buried artes. aquif Depth to Bedrock ft.

Field LocatedProgramUni No.Verified

Location MethodInput SourceInput Date

Universal Transverse Mercator(UTM) - NAD83 - Zone 15 - MetersUTM Northing (Y)UTM Easting (X)

384578 51864032016/04/27

Digitization (Screen - Map (1:24 000)

Backus

2000/03/242016/04/271995/12/08

Entry DateUpdate DateReceived Date

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHWELL AND BORING RECORD

MINNESOTA STATUTES CHAPTER 1031

Driller NameSALAZAR, B.

SWL 19

567830

Tax Records

Minnesota Geological SurveyMinnesota Geological Survey

Geological Material MinorSecondaryDEPTH

PrimaryELEVATION LITHOLOGY

Hardness StratigraphyFrom To Thick From ToColor

Margeurite Pettus MGS Geologic study 1:24k to 1:100kycnegAnoitaterpretnI cigoloeG Interpretation Method

254D

TOP SOIL organic depositsBLACK 2 Recent deposit-black soil2 1342 13400

SILTY SAND siltBROWN 12 sand+silt-brown sand10 1340 13302

SAND W/SMALL ROCKS cobbleBROWN 22 sand +larger-brown sand10 1330 132012

CLAY BROWN 47 clay-brown clay25 1320 129522

SAND W/SMALL ROCKS cobbleGRAY 52 sand +larger-gray sand5 1295 129047

SANDY CLAY sandGRAY 62 clay+sand-gray clay10 1290 128052

SAND AND GRAVEL gravelVARIED 67 sand +larger sand5 1280 127562

SANDY CLAY sandGRAY 87 clay+sand-gray clay20 1275 125567

SAND AND GRAVEL gravelVARIED 89 sand +larger sand2 1255 125387

SANDY CLAY sandGRAY 92 clay+sand-gray clay3 1253 125089

SAND AND GRAVEL gravelVARIED 108 sand +larger sand16 1250 123492

SANDY CLAY sandGRAY 138 clay+sand-gray clay30 1234 1204108

SAND VARIED 140 sand sand2 1204 1202138

SANDY CLAY sandGRAY 154 clay+sand-gray clay14 1202 1188140

SAND AND GRAVEL gravelVARIED 172 sand +larger sand18 1188 1170154

INTRODUCTION

The public health and economic development of Cass County are directly dependent on the wise use and management of its land and water resources. Geologic and hydrologic information are essential before decisions are made that affect natural resources. Although the amount of geologic information required for making specific decisions can vary, the information will not be used if it is unavailable when needed, or if it is available only in a highly technical form, or scattered in many different maps and reports. The data bases described here address this need.

County atlases, prepared jointly by the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, present detailed geologic and hydrologic information in an interpretive as well as descriptive form. Maps and texts summarize basic geologic and hydrologic conditions at a county scale, and interpret these conditions in terms of the impacts of possible land- and water-use decisions. Site-specific information is available in some areas at a greater level of technical detail than shown on the maps of this atlas. The data are too voluminous to present at the scale of this atlas, but have been incorporated into readily accessible files housed at the Minnesota Geological Survey.

Several sources commonly provide information about an area or an individual property, but they may use different classification schemes to describe the same geologic materials. As a result, discrepancies in interpreting the data may arise or the different sources may appear to contradict each other. For example, water-well drillers may describe glacial till as "clay," but engineering records will describe it as "clayey sand." Both descriptions are acceptable for their original purpose of describing the physical attributes of the material. "Clay," the term used by well drillers, defines the general inability of the till to yield groundwater to a well. "Clayey sand," the term from the engineering record, defines the physical composition of the till relative to particle size and engineering properties. The geologist must take the analysis one step further and define the material in terms of how it formed rather than how it is to be used. In this example, till consists of an unsorted mixture of rock fragments ranging in size from clay to cobbles and boulders, and it is interpreted by the geologist as having been deposited directly by glacial ice. Understanding the process by which the material formed allows geologists to make predictions about what lies between and beyond data points.

All of the types of data described on this plate were interpreted by geologists or hydrogeologists to make them meaningful for mapping purposes. The 1:200,000 scale of the maps in this atlas was chosen because it shows the geologic and topical studies of the county while keeping the physical size of each plate to a manageable level. As a result, some detailed information that was gained by data interpretation and mapping cannot be shown on these maps or discussed in the texts. Some of this information is available in digital files that accompany the atlas.

Whether to use the atlas alone, or in combination with the data bases, depends on the amount of detail needed. Generally, data-base information must be used to evaluate site-specific conditions.

DATA-BASE MANAGEMENT

All of the data shown on the map were plotted on 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle maps or highway alignment maps and assigned inventory numbers. Automated data bases and a few manual files were developed to provide easy access and rapid retrieval of these site-specific data. The data may be obtained from the Minnesota Geological Survey.

Computer storage and retrieval systems are better than manual files for manipulating large amounts of data because automated geologic data bases can be designed to interact with other computer files, such as land-use data. Such interaction permits more efficient assessment of cause-and-effect relationships concerning natural resources than is commonly possible with manual files.

CASS COUNTY DATA BASES

Computerized files were developed for point-source data such as wells and borings in Cass County. They use Public Land Survey descriptions, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), and latitude-longitude coordinates as location criteria; thus, they are compatible with the natural-resource data bases housed at the Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC). The computerized data base developed for Cass County by the Minnesota Geological Survey is the County Well Index (CWI).

County Well Index (CWI)—Information from water-well records and exploration holes is entered into this statewide data base. Each well log is assigned a six-digit unique number and each exploration drill hole is assigned either a five- or six-digit unique number. These reference numbers are also used by state agencies and the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey. Elevations, expressed in feet above sea level, were determined either from topographic maps (see the index to 7.5-minute quadrangles) or Minnesota's lidar high-resolution elevation data set. Elevations from the topographic maps are generally accurate to plus or minus 5 feet (1.5 meters), and the lidar elevations are generally accurate to within 3 feet (1 meter). The street address of each well is also included wherever possible to provide data users with a well-location system that is compatible with local regulatory programs. Software at the Minnesota Geological Survey is used to display and tabulate many of the data elements contained on the original well log.

The County Well Index is currently stored in a data base that consists of ten related tables. These tables contain information such as well depths, well construction, addresses, aquifers, dates drilled, static water levels, and pumping test data. They also contain alternate well identifiers such as permit numbers or emergency-service numbers, the well stratigraphy (the geologic materials encountered during drilling), and the azimuth and inclination of angled exploration holes.

CWI application software developed by the Minnesota Department of Health provides two types of reports:

WELL LOG contains all the information about the well as it was reported by the contractor (Fig. 1). There may also be additional location information, land-surface elevation, aquifer designation, and remarks about the drill holes.

WELL STRATIGRAPHY contains the geologic log with a geologist's stratigraphic interpretations, which are based on her or his knowledge and understanding of the geology of Cass County and augmented in some cases by additional data sources, such as cuttings, borehole geophysical logs, or core (Fig. 2). Only those drill holes with verified locations have stratigraphy assigned to them.

File data of the Minnesota Geological Survey—Details about other types of data shown on this plate are available from digital (including the Quaternary Data Index, an internal working data base) and paper files at the Minnesota Geological Survey. These include descriptions of cutting samples, soil borings, Giddings probe holes, field sites, soil auger holes, textural analyses, gravity and aeromagnetic data, passive seismic sites, and aggregate resources sites.

FUTURE DATA COLLECTION

Additional geologic information is generated continuously as new water wells are drilled, construction activities expose more bedrock, or additional wells are tested for water quality. To address this, the library of information prepared for Cass County is flexible so that old data can be reevaluated in light of new information, and new forms of data can be added if required. The need to manage groundwater and other natural resources wisely will never become outdated. Future demands on these resources will require current data to assess the impacts.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The staff from the Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District contributed greatly to the development of the County Well Index (CWI) data base. We thank local water-well contractors and landowners for their valuable assistance.

THE DATA-BASE MAP

The types, locations, and density of information used to prepare the Cass County atlas are shown on this map. The data are described below to aid the user in assessing what types may be useful for a particular information need. The Data-Base Map serves as a guide to the precision of the other maps in the atlas. It shows where data are sparse or lacking and interpretation and extrapolation were required to prepare the maps. All data were collected by Minnesota Geological Survey staff unless otherwise specified.

DRILL-HOLE INFORMATION

A record of water-well construction (well driller's log) is a water-well contractor's description of the geologic materials penetrated during drilling and the construction materials used to complete the well. Not all wells extend to bedrock. In areas of thick, unconsolidated Quaternary deposits, drillers commonly do not need to drill through the entire thickness of overburden to find sufficient groundwater. Hydrologic data, such as the static water level and test-pumping results, are commonly included. Before any driller's log can be used, the location of the well must be verified, and a geologist must interpret the log. Driller's logs are the primary source of subsurface geologic and hydrologic data for Cass County; about 13,200 logs were used for this atlas and can be found in the County Well Index (CWI).

Scientific investigation holes are soil auger holes, test wells, and observation wells drilled by the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division to determine the hydrologic properties of local and regional aquifers. Geologic logs were generated for each hole. Test well and observation well data were entered into the County Well Index (CWI). Non-well drill-hole data are available as part of the Quaternary points data set generated for the Cass County Geologic Atlas. Study results and conclusions may be found in U.S. Geological Survey published reports.

An exploratory boring (exploration hole) is an explorationist's description of the geologic materials penetrated during mineral exploration. Exploratory work may include the collection of core and/or cuttings samples of the geologic materials encountered for descriptive and analytical purposes. In Minnesota, these core or cuttings are eventually transferred to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and are available for public inspection at their Drill Core Library in Hibbing. Data for these holes can be found in the County Well Index (CWI).

Core samples were collected at various sites throughout Cass County as a means to establish the nature of the subsurface material. The Minnesota Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and U.S. Steel collected 37 bedrock core samples using diamond core drilling. This method uses a diamond bit rotating at the end of a drill rod. A column of rock moves up the drill pipe and is recovered at the surface for study. Rotary-sonic cores were collected by the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources from six sites in the county (labelled CASS-1, CSS-1, CSS-3, CSS-4, CSS-5, CSS-6) to aid both the interpretation of the Quaternary deposits and in determining bedrock depth and nature (where encountered). Additionally, a seventh hole not shown on the map (CSS-2) was drilled just across the border in Itasca County to the northwest in T. 54 N., R. 27 W., sec. 9. The coring technique recovers a continuous core, 3.5 inches (8.9 centimeters) in diameter, from glacial deposits and bedrock (where intersected). It provides excellent subsurface samples for detailed study and comparison with cuttings, geophysical logs, and driller's logs from surrounding sites. Detailed geologist's logs for all seven of the cores are shown on Plate 4, Quaternary Stratigraphy. These logs are entered into the County Well Index (CWI) and any sampling results are available in Minnesota Geological Survey file data. The core is available for inspection at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Drill Core Libary in Hibbing.

Cutting samples collected during drilling provide physical evidence of subsurface geologic materials. Cuttings are the samples generated as the drill bit cuts through the subsurface material and are used to interpret and verify driller's logs. They are logged and stored at the Minnesota Geological Survey.

Borehole geophysical logs are created by lowering instruments down a well or drill hole and measuring the physical and chemical properties of the geologic materials through which the hole passes. Different logging techniques measure naturally occurring gamma radiation, spontaneous potential, and resistivity. Gamma logs characterize in graphic form the geologic formations penetrated. Spontaneous potential and resistivity are mainly used to locate water levels in wells and the depth of the well casing. An interpretive log is prepared from the geophysical log and correlated with drilling samples from the same hole, information obtained from nearby exposures, or a geophysical log from a nearby drill hole. Geophysical logs can provide high-quality subsurface geologic and hydrologic information for wells that have little or no other information available. The information obtained from a geophysical log is added to the County Well Index (CWI) and the paper log is on file at the Minnesota Geological Survey.

Soil borings are test holes drilled to obtain information about the physical properties of subsurface materials for engineering, mapping, or exploration purposes. They are logged by an engineer or a geologist using a variety of classification schemes based on particle sizes, penetration rate, moisture content, and color. Soil-boring data were collected by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. They are limited in distribution; in Cass County they are concentrated mainly along the U.S. Highway 2 and Minnesota Highways 6, 210, and 371 corridors. These data are most useful in determining the composition of unconsolidated deposits. Descriptions of the geologic materials penetrated can be accessed in digital and paper files at the Minnesota Geological Survey. Minnesota Department of Transportation data are available from the Foundations Unit web page (http://www.dot.state.mn.us/materials/foundations.html).

Giddings probe holes are borings of glacial materials, 2 inches (5.1 centimeters) in diameter, collected by a truck-mounted hydraulic auger. A description was generated at every site and samples were taken for textural analyses at most locations. Samples were generally taken about every 5 feet (1.5 meters), at unit contacts, or where the geologist believed it was important.

OTHER INFORMATION

Field sites are natural and artificial exposures of unconsolidated Quaternary deposits that were described in detail; samples from many sites were texturally analyzed. Field sites include stream and river cuts, gravel pits, excavations, and road cuts. Data from field sites can be found in Minnesota Geological Survey files. Additional gravel pit data may be found on the Minnesota Department of Transportation Aggregate Source Information System web page (http://www.dot.state.mn.us/materials/aggsource.html).

Textural analyses express the proportion of sand-, silt-, and clay-size particles that make up a sample. The samples analyzed were taken from natural and artificial exposures, Giddings holes, and the rotary-sonic cores. They are helpful in determining the origin, correlation, and hydrologic properties of unconsolidated sediments. The data are available in Minnesota Geological Survey files.

Gravity and aeromagnetic (airborne-magnetic) data that are available at the Minnesota Geological Survey are used to assist mapping Precambrian geology. The utility of these two data sets relies on the strong contrasts in density and magnetization that commonly exists between various Precambrian rocks. The aeromagnetic data in Cass County were acquired 500 feet (152 meters) above ground along flight lines spaced 0.25 mile apart (402 meters), and are compiled into a 328-foot (100-meter) grid (line and grid data are not indicated on the map due to high density). The gravity data are based on ground-based stations that are spaced about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) apart along roads. Except for isolated patches of Cretaceous rocks, Precambrian rocks comprise the bedrock surface in Cass County.

Passive seismic soundings provide information based on measurement and analysis of ambient shear- and surface-wave energy in the ground that allow a calculation of the depth to consolidated bedrock, or conversely the thickness of unconsolidated deposits, beneath that point. The measurements employ a recording seismograph system that is implanted into the ground surface and records ambient ground vibrations in three orthogonal directions (2 horizontal and 1 vertical) during a 16-minute interval. The method is called passive because no energy is directly input into the ground at the time of measurement, in contrast to conventional seismic sounding. Instead, the unit measures background vibrations from a variety of natural and artificial sources that include machinery, traffic, and wind. The averaged horizontal spectra of the seismic noise is divided by the corresponding vertical spectrum, and the resulting Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) should display a prominent peak that closely approximates the resonant frequency (shear wave) of the unconsolidated sequence overlying the bedrock surface. The resonant frequency of unconsolidated overburden is a useful parameter for seismic risk investigations, but here it is used to estimate the thickness of the overburden itself, which in Cass County consists chiefly of Quaternary sediments. In this application, the HVSR method is calibrated by taking measurements at locations where the thicknesses of Quaternary deposits are known from either well data or from conventional seismic sounding. The control points are selected to approximately span the expected range of bedrock depths for the region, and the calibration curve that is fitted to these data can be used to estimate bedrock depth in areas lacking either drill hole or seismic control. In general, depth to bedrock calculated by this method can have errors up to 25 percent of the depth; however, in areas with little to no other data, this is still useful information and many soundings can be inexpensively collected over a short period of time with one or two operators. A total of 224 passive seismic stations were acquired as part of the Cass County Geologic Atlas.

Seismic refraction soundings measure the time required for sound or pressure waves to travel from a source through the subsurface and be refracted back to a receiver. Travel time can be correlated with the density and rigidity of the geologic material. Precambrian rocks usually exhibit pressure-wave velocities that are 1.5 to 2.5 times those of unconsolidated Quaternary sediments below the water tables. The spacing of the receivers (geophones) and the arrival times (measured in milliseconds) are used to calculate the depth to bedrock. Seismic refraction soundings are more labor intensive than passive seismic soundings, but can provide velocity information and higher-quality depth estimates. Twenty-nine seismic refraction soundings were acquired in Cass County as part of this geologic atlas. All soundings were acquired by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, using a mechanical impactor as a source.

Bedrock outcrops are exposures of solid rock at the land surface. There are a few naturally occurring outcrops in Cass County; most are found in the southwest corner of the county. They serve as reference points for mapping and for checking the accuracy of subsurface data. Bedrock at or near the surface must be considered in land-use planning decisions such as pipeline routing, sewage-system design, and excavation.

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