Oil tests in Georgia

GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION
DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director

OIL TESTS IN GEORGIA
BY VERNON J, HURST

INFORMATION CIRCULAR 19

JUNE, 1960

CONTENTS

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Introduction~~~~-- ......... __ .~~ ... __ ~~~ .. ____ ~ ____ ._____________________________________________________________ .. ______________ .. _________________ .____ .. ______________________ _

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Abbreviations----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Oil Tests~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Appling County....------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -~---~-~~---- 5

Atkinson County_______________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Ben Hill County_______________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------- ----~------------------------

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Brantley County.... ___ ... _.. __________________________________________________ ~ ___________________________ ~ ___________________________________________________ .____ ___ ___ __

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Brooks County............... ____ ... __________________________ .___ .__ .___ .. _~_-~ ~ _________________ ...... _~ ________________________________________ .____________ .__________ ~ _________ ~ _ 5

Burke County________________________________________________________________ --~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Calhoun County.....---------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Camden County........-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

Catoosa CountY-----~--------------------------------------~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

Chatham County....---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

Clinch County........------------------------------------------------------~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

Coffee CountY------------------------------------------------------~-------- ___ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6

Colquitt CountY--------------~-------------------------------------------~-- ~- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Crisp County_______________ -------------------------------------------- --~ ----~-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Dade County....________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------~---------------------------------------------------~-

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Decatur CountY---------~------------------------------------------------ _____ --------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Dooly County_____________________________________________________________

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Dougherty CountY-----------------------------------------------------~

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Early County......------------------------------------------------------- ~-----~ ______ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________ 7

Echols County____________________________________________________________

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Emanuel County....-------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---~-~--------~-- 8

Glynn County.... __________________________________________________________ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Heard County_________________________________________________________ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Houston County______________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________ 8

Jeff Davis County....--------------------------------------------

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Jefferson County______________________________________________________

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Laurens County__________________________________________________________ --~-~ ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Liberty County_____________________________________________________________ ~-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9

Macon County___________________________________________________________ .. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9

Marion County..------------------------------------------------------- -~ -~-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9

Mitchell County_________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Montgomery County____________________________________________________ ~-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Pierce County______________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Pulaski County_________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Richmond CountY-----~-------------------------------------------------- ___ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10

Seminole County...----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Stewart County_____________________________________________________________ --~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sumter County...... ----------------------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Telfair County...---------------------------------------------------- -------- _______ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Toombs County______________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Treutlen County....---------------------------------------------- -~-~----~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Walker County._________________________________________________

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Ware County___________________________________________________ .. _________ .. ___ .. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .... _____ 11

Washington County__________________________________________ .______ ... ______ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Wayne County.. ----------------------------------------------------. ___ ....... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Wheeler County_______________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12

What is Basement?__________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12

Character of the Pre-Cretaceous Rocks______________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12

Possibilities_________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12

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ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure 1 - Depth of oil tests in Georgia Figure 2 -Relative age of formations Figure 3 - Character of the pre-Cretaceous rocks Map- Oil Tests in Georgia
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INTRODUCTION
As of June, 1960, at least 113 oil tests have been drilled in Georgia. The deepest test, the J. R. Sealy Spindle Top #3
ill Seminole County, has been drilled to a depth of 7620 feet. Three other wells in the same area have gone deeper than
7fiJO feet. The average depth has been 2915 feet, (see Fig. 1). Many shows of oil and gas have been reported.
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Fig. 1-Depth of Oil Tests in Georgia.

7500

All oil tests for which information is available are listed below chronologically by counties. Information for each is presented in the following order:
General location - Narne- Operator. (Date completed)
Basis for locating well Elevation at well site Total depth drilled Rock type at bottom of hole Remarks
References
llevations and depths are in feet. A few abbreviated formational logs that are considered typical are included. For the relative age of formations mentioned in the logs see Figure 2. When samples and an electric log are available, this is indicated under the heading "Remarks." Information sources are cited as references.
ABBREVIATIONS
LL =land lot
= LD land district
GMD = Georgia Military District Elev = elevation at test site
= REF references (see end of circular)
CD Prospect = core drill prospect Lse= lease Basement = regionally metamorphosed rocks and
associated intrusive rocks which were truncated by erosion prior to deposition of Coastal Plain sediments.
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Fig. 2 - Relative age of formations in Georgia.

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EPOCH

FORMATION

Recent &
Pleistocene Pliocene Miocene Oligocene
Eocene
Paleocene Upper Cretaceous Lower Cretaceous

Recent deposits Silver Bluff fm Pamlico fm
Talbot fm Penholoway fm Wicomico fm Sunderland fm
Coharie fm Brandywine fm

Charlton fm

Duplin Marl Hawthorn fm Tampa limestone

Suwannee limestone

Jackson Group
Claiborne Group
Wilcox Group

{ Ocala ls

Irwinton sand member Twiggs clay member

Barnwell fm

{Gosport sand McBean fm Tallahatta fm

Lisbon fm

{Hatchetigbee fm Tuscahoma sand Nanafalia fm

Bashi Marl member

Salt Mountain limestone

Midway Group

Clayton fm

Providence sand Ripley fm Cusseta sand Blufftown fm Eutaw fm Tuscaloosa fm

Tombigbee sand

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OIL TESTS

APPLING COUNTY
J.L 522, LD 2-S. J. Felsenthal #1-Weatherford-
Felsenthal. (1947) Elev: 231 TD: 4098 Bottom : Basalt Remarks: Electric log and samples
Ref: 3,4,6.
ATKINSON COUNTY
LL 71, LD 7-Doster Ladson #1-Sun Oil Co. (1945)
Elev: 222 TD: . 4296 Bottom: Altered volcanic rock. Aporhyolite? Remarks: 0-250 Miocene
250-400 Oligocene 400-1840 Eocene 1840-3940 Upper Cretaceous 3940-4282 Lower Cretaceous 4282-4296 Altered volcanic rock. Electric log, samples and lithologic log. Ref: 1,2,3,4,5,6,14,17.
BEN HILL COUNTY
Nine miles northwest of Fitzgerald. ( 1919) TD: 830
Ref: 20
BRANTLEY COUNTY
LL 92, LD 2- Bedingfield. (1946) Elev: 66 TD: 400 Bottom: Sand Remarks: Samples
Re:4
BROOKS COUNTY
LL 454, LD 12 -Rogers, Sr. (1949) Elev: 136 TD: 3845 Bottom: Lower Tuscaloosa Remarks: Top of Cretaceous at 2258. Electric log and samples.
Ref: 4,7,14
BURKE COUNTY
2.5 miles east of Greencut - Three Creeks Oil Company (1923) TD: 1033 Bottom: Crystalline rocks Remarks: Samples
Ref: 1
CALHOUN COUNTY LL ~28, LD 4-J. W. West #1-C. E. Walters & Sowego
Mmeral Exploration Company, Inc., (1950) Elev: 345 TD: 5273+ Bottom : Basalt Remarks: 0-560 Tertiary 560-2630 Upper Cretaceous 2630-5043 Lower Cretaceous 5043-
R. Electric log and samples ef: 1,14,17

CAMDEN COUNTY
4.5 miles south of Tarboro- John A. Buie #1- California Co. (1948) Elev: 65 TD: 4955 Bottom: Volcanic ash and rhyolite tuff. Remarks: Samples and electric log.
Ref: 1,4,6
CATOOSA COUNTY
Two miles south of Ringgold-Art Craig. (1932) TD: 1625 Bottom: Chickamauga (Silurian) Remarks: Lithologic log.
Ref: 6
CHATHAM COUNTY
Seven miles northwest of Savannah, near Port Wentworth Cherokee Hill #1- Savannah Oil & Gas Co. (1922) Elev: 21.5 TD: 2130 Remarks: 0-620 Eocene 1530-1560 Paleocene Lithologic log and samples
Ref: 4,5,6,14
CLINCH COUNTY
Five miles east of Stockton- J. W. Mathews.
TD: 180 Bottom: Miocene clay Ref: 6
LL 200, LD 12- Gillican #1- Georgia Resources. (1940) Elev: 135 TD: 1507 Bottom: Fossiliferous lime Remarks: Samples and lithologic log 274-445 Miocene 445-520 Oligocene 520-720 Ocala
Ref: 4,6,14
LL 273 LD 12- Dickerson #1- J. R. Gay. (1940)
TD: 435 Remarks: Lithologic log Ref: 6
LL 273, LD 12- Dickerson #2- J. R. Gay. (1940)
TD: 435 Remarks: Samples Ref: 6
LL 198, LD 12- Alice Musgrove #1- Hunt Oil Co. (1944) Elev: 147 TD: 4110 Bottom: Shale, Paleozoic? Remarks: Electric log and samples.
Ref: 1,4,6
LL 523, LD 12- Alice Musgrove #2- Hunt Oil Co. (1944) Elev: 171 'rD: 3513. Bottom: Upper Cretaceous shale Remarks: Electric log.
Ref: 4,6,7

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LL 373, LD 12- Barlow # 1 -Sun Oil Co. (1947) Elev: 177 TD: 3848 Bottom: Quartzite or dark shale. Remarks: Electric log and samples
Ref: 1,4,6
LL 36, LD 13 - Lem Griffis # 1 - Brady Belcher et al. (1952) TD: 4588 Bottom: Siltstone, containing volcanic debris Remarks: Electric log and samples 2170 Top of Cretaceous 3829 Top of Lower Tuscaloosa 3847 Water laid volcanics 4348 Siltstone containing much volcanic debris 4588 Siltstone
Ref: 6,14,17
LL 306, LD 7- No. 1A Timber Products- W. P. Ballard. (1956) Basis: Subsurface geology Elev: 215 TD: 4232 Bottom: Altered igneous rock Remarks: 2430 Upper Cretaceous 3780 Lower Cretaceous 4120-4220 Basement Electric log and samples
Ref: 6,12,14
COFFEE COUNTY
LL 32, LD 6-Taylor. (1943) Elev: 238 TD: 1240 Bottom: Eocene limestone-dolomite
Ref: 4,6

Remarks: Electric log 607 Top of Ocala
Ref: 13,14
LL 144, LD 1 -Well #3 -Carpenter Oil Co. (1954) Elev: 303 TD: 1953 Remarks: Electric log and samples 1833 Top of Upper Cretaceous
Ref: 13,14
LL 189, LD 1 - T. Thurman # 1 -Carpenter Oil Co. (Abandoned 9-21-55) Basis: Subsurface geology TD: 4130 Remarks: Samples, electric log and lithologic log.
Ref: 13
LL 86, LD 1 - W. D. Wall #1-Carpenter Oil Co. (Abandoned 5-24-56) Basis: Gravity survey TD: 2734 Remarks: Samples.
Ref: 12,15
LL 189, LD 1 -C. T. Thurman #2 -Carpenter Oil Co. (Abandoned 4-27-56) Basis: Subsurface geology TD: 3550 Remarks: Electric log and samples
Ref: 12
LL 144, LD 1- J. H. Knight #1- Carpenter Oil Co.
(Abandoned 5-12-56) Basis: Subsurface geology TD: 4151 Remarks : Electric log
Ref: 12

LL 327, LD 6- Mattie Knightwell # 1 -Rowland L. Taylor et al. (1943) Elev: 238 TD: 1210 Bottom: Limestone-dolomite Remarks: Abandoned because of cavernous limestone.
Ref: 6
LL 176, LD 1- Well #1- Carpenter Oil Co. (1954) Elev: 300 TD: 1605
Ref: 13

COLQUITT COUNTY
LL 270, LD 8- R. T. Adams # 1 -D. C. Arrington. (1948) Elev: 270 TD: 4910 Bottom: Lower Cretaceous Remarks: 1680 Top of Upper Cretaceous 3542 Top of Lower Cretaceous Electric log
Ref: 4,6,7,14

LL 275, LD 1- Well #1-Carpenter Oil Co. (1954) Elev: 232 TD: 383 Remarks: Samples
Ref: 13
LL 275, LD 1-Well #1-A-Carpenter Oil Co. (1954) Elev: 196 TD: 1901 Remarks: Electric log to 1880 and samples. 412 Top of Ocala 1633 Upper Cretaceous
Ref: 13,14
LL 228, LD 1- Well #2-Carpenter Oil Co. (1954) Elev: 259 TD: 1441

CRISP COUNTY
LL 144, LD 13- Pate #1- Kerr-McGee. (1946) Elev: 364 TD: 5008 Bottom: Lower Cretaceous Remarks: 0-370 No samples 370-475 Claiborne 478-700 Wilcox 800-920 Paleocene 920-2495 Upper Cretaceous 2495-3130 Tuscaloosa 3130-3250 Lower Cretaceous? Electric log and samples
Ref: 4,6,7,14

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DADE COUNTY
Wildwood, Ga., on property of J. C. Wallen. (1954)
Basis: Drilled for water TD: 292 Bottom: Remarks: Gas at 192 feet.
Ref: 6
DECATUR COUNTY
LL 260, LD 21-Metcalf #1-Hunt Oil Co. (1944)
Elev: 104 TD: 6151 Bottom: Red shale of Lower Cretaceous Remarks: Electric log and samples
2920 Top of Eutaw 2975 Top of Tuscaloosa Ref: 4,6,14
LL 189, LD 15-Martin #1-Hughes et al. (1947)
Elev: 132 TD: 3718 Bottom: Flint River sands of Lower Cretaceous Remarks: Electric log and samples
2845 Top of Eutaw 2900 Top of Tuscaloosa Ref: 4,6,7,14
LL 25, LD 22- W. P. Scott # 1 -Calvary Development Co. ( 1950) Elev: 277 TD: 4195 Remarks: Electric log and samples
Ref: 6,7
LL 247, LD 21-Fee #1-J. R. Sealy. (1953) TD: 3007 Bottom: Eutaw formation Remarks: Gas and hot salt water at 3005 feet. Lithologic log and samples
Ref: 6
LL 232, LD 21 - J. R. Sealy Spindle Top #2. Basis : Doodlebug Elev: 78 TD: 4005 Bottom: Lower Cretaceous Remarks: Electric log.
Ref: 6
LL 111, LD 15-Dollar #1-Renwar Oil Co. (1957) Elev: 129 TD: 5000 Bottom: Lower Cretaceous Remarks: Electric log and samples
Ref: 6,14
DOOLEY COUNTY
LL 74, LD 1- Hill #1- Merica Oil. (Abandoned
7-4-54) Basis: Subsurface geology TD: 2319 Bottom: Quartzite Remarks: Bureau of Mines CD prospect Electric log and samples Formational tops 510 Upper Cretaceous 655 Eutaw 940 Tuscaloosa

1730 Lower Cretaceous 2317 Basement Ref: 1,3,6,14
LL 163, LD 6-H. E. Walton #1-Georgia-Florida Drilling Co. ( 1960) Basis: Elev: 443 TD: 3748 Bottom: Metaarkose Remarks: Gamma ray log, neutron log and samples 0-110 Miocene 110-660 No samples 660-720 Lower Eocene 720-825 Paleocene 825-2952 Upper Cretaceous 2210-2952 Tuscaloosa 2952-3512 Lower Cretaceous 3512-3748 Basement
Ref: 6,14,17

DOUGHERTY COUNTY

LL 116, LD 2-Reynolds Lumber Company #1-J. R. Sealy. (1942) Elev: 209 TD: 5012 Bottom: Lower Cretaceous sandstone Remarks: Electric log and samples and lithologic log 2390 Top of Eutaw 2505 Top of Tuscaloosa
Ref: 4,6,14
LL 374, LD 2- Reynolds Lumber Company #2- J. R.
Sealy et al. (1942) Elev: 192 TD: 5310 Bottom: Sand-shale, probably Lower Cretaceous Remarks: Electric log and samples 2425 Top of Eutaw 2545 Top of Tuscaloosa
Ref: 4,6,14

EARLY COUNTY

LL 406, LD 26 - Chandler # 1 - Mont Warren et al. (1943) Elev: 178 TD: 7320 Bottom: Quartzite, Lower Paleozoic Remarks: Electric log and samples. Fossils obtained from this well. 2460 Top of Eutaw 2510 Top of Tuscaloosa
Ref: 1,2,4,6,7,14

LL 283, LD 26-Sun #1 Mrs. Edith Harvey-Sun Oil Co. Elev: 122 TD: 3250
Ref: 6

LL 330, LD 26- Sun #1 W. B. Martin- Sun Oil Co. Elev: 163 TD: 3100
Ref: 6

LL 364, LD 26 Co. Elev: 175 TD: 3130
Ref: 6

Sun # 1 -

J. S. Willoughby- Sun Oil

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LL 341, LD 26-Sun #1 R. V. Ellis-Sun Oil Co. Elev: 163 TD: 3175
Ref: 6
ECHOLS COUNTY
LL 364, LD 13 -Superior Pine Products # 1 -Hunt Oil Company and Sun Oil Company. (1944) Elev: 181 TD: 3865 Bottom : Black shale (Paleozoic?) Remarks: Electric log and samples. Fossils obtained from this well.
Ref: 1,4,6,7
LL 317, LD 13-Superior Pines #2-Hunt Oil Co. (1945) Elev: 142 TD: 4062 Bottom: Quartzite (Paleozoic?) Remarks: Electric log and samples
Ref: 1,4,6
LL 532, LD 13- Superior Pines :ff3- Hunt Oil Co. (1947) Elev: 143 TD: 4003 Bottom : Black shale (Paleozoic?) Remarks: Electric log and samples. Fossils obtained from this well.
Ref: 1,4,6,7
LL 219, LD 13- Superior Pines :f:F4- Hunt Oil Co. (1948) Elev: 156 TD: 3916 Bottom: Red, micaceous, silty shale. (Paleozoic?) Remarks: Electric log and samples. Fossils obtained from this well.
Ref: 1,4,6,7
LL 146, LD 12- W. D. Bennett and H. Langdale #1Humble Oil Co. (1949) Elev: 181 TD: 4185 Bottom : Paleozoic Remarks: Electric log and samples
Ref: 1,4,6,7
EMANUEL COUNTY
2.4 Miles southwest of Midville- J. H. Kennedy and Pearl Kennedy- Bedingfield and Fallin. (1947) TD: 1861 Remarks: Samples
Ref: 6
GLYNN COUNTY
Lot 16, Colonel's Island- Massey #1- E. B. LaRue. (1953) TD: 4614 Bottom: Upper Cretaceous Remarks: Electric log, gamma ray log and samples
Ref: 6
LL 12 of LaRue map - Curry # 1 - LaRue, et al. (Abandoned 3-24-54) Basis: Lse. evaluation to satisfy sale of spreads. TD: 2050 Remarks: Samples
Ref: 13,6

HEARD COUNTY
LL 133, LD 15- Williamson # 1 -C. C. Alfred. (1947) TD: 1100 Remarks: Electric log.
Ref: 6
LL 133, LD 15- Adams-Massey-Middlebrooks # 1 L. D. Cain. (1949) TD: 900 Bottom: Granite
Ref: 6
Northwest of Glenn-D. H. Shepherd #1-L. D. Cain (1950) TD: 1000
Ref: 6

HOUSTON COUNTY

LL 266, LD 13- Gilbert #1- Tricon Minerals, Inc.

(1949)

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Elev: 367

TD: 1698

Bottom: Biotite gneiss

Remarks: Electric log and samples

190-220 Paleocene

910-1500 Tuscaloosa

Ref: 1,3,6,14

LL 44, LD 14- J. D. Duke #1- Tricon Minerals, Inc.
(1949) Elev. 419 TD: 1494 Bottom: Biotite gneiss Remarks: Samples
Ref: 1,6

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
Town Bluff Ferry- Altamaha Oil and Gas Co. Elev: 81 TD: 1105 Bottom: Shaly limestone Remarks: Lithologic log
Ref: 6

Twelve miles west of Hazlehurst- Hinson Oil, Gas & Development Co. (1908) Elev: 225 TD: 1975 Remarks: Lithologic log
Ref: 5,6

JEFFERSON COUNTY
3.5 miles southwest of Louisville- A. F. Lucas & Georgia Petroleum Oil Well. (1907) TD: 1143 Bottom: Basement Remarks: Lithologic log.
Ref: 1,8

Wrens, Ga.- #2 U.S.G.S. Test Hole. Elev: 445 TD: 549
Bottom: Tuscaloosa 0-50 Oligocene-Miocene
50-150 Barnwell 150-250 McBean 250-549 Tuscaloosa Ref: 6,14

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GMD 82, just northwest of Louisville- J. R. Phillips, Jr.
# 1 - Owen Hembree. (1955)
Basis: Stratigraphic test TD: 545
Ref: 6,13

GMD 82, north of Louisville Jlembree. ( 1955)
Basis: Stratigraphic test TD: 787 Remarks: Samples
Ref: 6

Enola Kelly

# 1-

Owen

LAURENS COUNTY
One-half mile south of Minter- Grace McCain # 1 Calaphor Manufacturing Co. (1945) Elev: 280 TD: 2546 Bottom: Diabase Remarks: Diabase at 2532-2548 under Lower Cretaceous Electric log and samples
Ref: 1

LIBERTY COUNTY
LL 20, GMD 15- Jelks-Rogers #1- LaRue, et al. (Abandoned 1-14-54) Basis: Lse. evaluation to satisfy sale of spreads TD: 4254 Bottom: Devitrified rhyolite Remarks: Electric log, gamma ray log and samples Tops of formations 430 Ocala 1100 Claiborne 2290 Upper Cretaceous 3615 Tuscaloosa 4250 Basement
Ref: 6,13,14,17

MACON COUNTY
LL 182, LD 1 - Forhand # 1 -Merica Oil. (Abandoned 7-24-54) Basis: Bureau of Mines CD prospect Elev: 290 TD: 2139 Bottom: Schist Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-100 No samples 100-340 Paleocene 340-1510 Upper Cretaceous 2139- Schist
Ref: 6,13,14

MARION COUNTY
LL 207, LD 31-J. F. Bergin #1-Lee Oil and Natural Gas Co., and Canadian Exploration Syndicate. (Abandoned 4-19-56) Basis: Lee Resistivity method TD: 1764 Bottom: Basement Remarks: Samples
Ref: 6,12,17
LL 33, LD 25- S. N. Winkler #1- Lee Oil and Natural Gas Co. (Abandoned 10-5-56) Basis: Lee Resistivity method TD: 3990

Remarks: 1-8-57 This well R.U. to drill out cmt. and set 5}'2" csg. to test porosity indicated on Schlumberger & Lee In-Hole Survey. Samples down to 2650 in Lower Cretaceous.
Ref: 12,6
MITCHELL COUNTY
LL 133, LD 10- J. H. Pullen #1- Stanolind Oil & Gas
Co. (1944) Elev: 338 TD: 7487 Bottom: Clastic rocks Remarks: Electric log and samples. Olivine diabase sills at 6550-6612 and 7070. Tops of formations 525 Ocala 710 Claiborne 1150 Wilcox 1320 Salt Mountain limestone 1560 Clayton 1710 Cretaceous 3945 Tuscaloosa 4478 Lower Cretaceous 7474 Granite
Ref: 1,2,3,4,6,7,14
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
GM 1810- Moses #1- Meadows Development Co. (1939) Elev: 194 TD: 1180 Bottom: Eocene sand
Ref: 4,6
Uvalda-Moses #2- Meadows Development Co. (1939) Elev: 199 TD: 1619 Bottom: Eocene sand Remarks: Electric log and samples
Ref: 4
GM 1810- Moses #3- Meadows Development Co. ( 1940) Elev: 193 TD: 1906 Bottom: Hard limestone Remarks: Electric log
Ref: 4,6
GM 1567, DF 293 -Lonnie Wilkes #1- J. E. Weatherford. (1946) Elev: 293 TD: 3433 Bottom: Diabase Remarks: Schlumberger to 3424
Ref: 1,3,4,14
PIERCE COUNTY
LL 332, LD 4 - McCaskill-Adams # 1 -Donald Clark. (1939) Elev: 75 TD: 4355 Bottom: Intensely altered medium-grained granite Remarks: Electric log and samples

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Tops of formations 450 Oligocene 690 Jackson 1895 Claiborne 2075 Wilcox 2317 Midway 3995 Tuscaloosa
4355 Granite Ref: 1,2,3,11,17,19
LL 329, LD 4 - Adams-McCaskill- Pan American. (1939) Elev: 77 TD: 4375 Bottom: Altered medium-grained, biotite granite Remarks: Basement at 43 70. Electric log and samples
Ref: 1,2,3,17
PULASKI COUNTY
LL 306, LD 21 - Tripp # 1 - Ainsworth Corp.
(Abandoned 11-7-54) Basis: Craver doodlebug "carriedas corehole." Elev: 280 TD: 2710 Bottom: Serpentinized diabase? Remarks: Widco log, electric log to 2457 and samples 80-280 Jackson 1510-2140 Tuscaloosa Bottom of Lower Cretaceous at 2488 (Louise Jordan).
Ref: 6,13
LL 307, LD 21- #2 Tripp-R. 0. Leighton. (1955) Elev: 305 TD: 2895? Remarks: Metamorphic rocks encountered around 2500; electric log.
Ref: 6
LL 280, LD 12 -Dana #1-R. 0. Leighton. (Abandoned 4-3-56) Basis: Combination of subsurface geology and doodlebug Elev: TD: 6035 Bottom: Basement Remarks: Set 5~" diameter casing at 4947'; 2600 sacks of cement perforated at 4836. 1-8-57- Well cleaned out to 4950, and operation claims to be W.O. csg to set and test porosity indicated on Schlumberger. 4-5-57 plugged back to 3117'; perforated at
3064-3076', bailed % barrel of salty water per
hour. Samples down to 3463'. Ref: 6,12
RICHMOND COUNTY
Allen's Station, 9 miles south of Augusta- Three Creeks Oil Co. (1921) TD: 400 Bottom: Basement
Ref: 1
SEMINOLE COUNTY
LL 82, LD 27- Emily Harlow #1- Mont Warren. (1949) TD: 3572

Bottom: Lower Cretaceous sandstone and shale Remarks: Electric log and samples Ref: 4,6,7

LL 61, LD 27-Grady Bell #1-Mont Warren. (1950) Elev: 114 TD: 3810 Bottom: Lower Cretaceous Remarks: Electric log and samples
Ref: 6,7,
LL 235, LD 21 -Ruth Rambo # 11 & Fee #2- J. R.
Sealy. ( 1954) Basis: Doodlebug TD: 880 (see remarks below) Remarks: Reopened in 1954 and renamed Fee #2; TD 3808 Bottom in Upper Cretaceous
Ref: 6,13
LL 142, LD 21- J. R. Sealy Spindle Top #1 (#1 Lena
Rebecca) . (1955) TD: 7518 Remarks: Samples
Ref: 6,18
LL 142, LD 21- J. R. Sealy Spindle Top #3
TD: 7620 Remarks: Electric log and samples Ref: 6
LL 214, LD 21- J. R. Sealy Spindle Top #4. (Abandoned
6-18-58) Basis: Doodlebug TD: 238
Ref: 13
LL 214, LD 21- J. R. Sealy Spindle Top #5 (Started 150'
from Spindle Top #4. (1958) Basis : Doodlebug TD: 958?
Ref: 6

STEWART COUNTY
LL 135, LD 21- #1 W. D. Bradley Co., Inc. -Heinzel Spanel. (Abandoned 9-6-58) TD: 2916 Remarks: Electric log
Ref: 13

SUMTER COUNTY
LL 210, LD 17-Walter Stevens #1-Flinn-Austin & Co. (Abandoned 12-2-55) Basis: Lee Resistivity method and Craver doodlebug TD: 5240 Remarks: Samples to 2430 Tops of Formations 70 Wilcox 155 Clayton 270 Upper Cretaceous 1635 Tuscaloosa 2200 Lower Cretaceous
Ref: 13

LL 211, LD 17 - Sullivan # 1 5-8-56) Basis: Subsurface geology TD: 2256 Remarks: Samples to 2430
Ref: 12

W. B. Flinn. (Abandoned

10

TELFAIR COUNTY

LL 260, LD 7 - Henry Spurlin # 1 - Parsons & Hoke.

(1953)

TD: 4008

Bottom: Below Lower Cretaceous

Remarks: Electric log and samples

Tops of formations



210 Suwannee

360 Ocala

1145 Midway

1246 Upper Cretaceous

2100 Eagleford shale

2157 Eutaw

2949 Tuscaloosa

3453 Lower Cretaceous

Ref: 6

TOOMBS COUNTY
5 miles southwest of Vidalia- Tropic Oil Company. Elev: 189 TD: 2297 Bottom: Upper Cretaceous Remarks: Tops of formations 512 Ocala 760 Claiborne 1338 Wilcox 1706 Upper Cretaceous
Ref: 2,6,14
LL , LD -Gibson #1-Tropic Oil Company. (1945) Elev: 198
TD: 3680
Bottom: Medium-grained, feldspathic quartzite (metamorphic).
Remarks: Electric log and samples Ref: 4,5,6
(6 miles southeast Vidalia) -Brown #1- Davis, et al. (1947) TD: 3185 Bottom: Red formation? Remarks: Samples
Ref: 4,6

TREUTLEN COUNTY
LL 221, GM 1386- Ray. (1942) Elev: 291 TD: 1935 Bottom: Sand Remarks: Samples
Ref: 4,6

WALKER COUNTY
LL 5, LD 7- Vernon Close #1- T. P. Posey. (1953) TD: 1940 Remarks: Samples
Ref: 6
LL 33, LD 7- Vernon Close #2 -T. 0. Posey.
(Abandoned 10-13-54) Basis: Doodlebug TD: 3000 Bottom: Knox dolomite
Ref: 13

LL 270, LD 7 -Fowler #1-T. 0. Posey. 10-13-54) Basis: Doodlebug TD: 2500 Remarks: Samples
Ref: 13

(Abandoned

LL 25, LD 26- Fitzpatrick # 1 -H. L. Chapman. (Abandoned 12-24-54) Basis: Craver doodlebug TD: 2064
Ref: 13

WARE COUNTY

LL 443, LD 8 - Waycross Well #W-7- Waycross Oil & Gas Co. ( 1915) Elev: 130
TD: 3045 Bottom: Dark grey marl Remarks: Lithologic log and samples Ref: :4,5

LL 465, LD 8 - Merica Oil Company. (1957) TD: 4200
Ref: 14

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Twelve miles northwest of Sandersville & Gas Co. ( 1920) TD: 400 Bottom: Basement Remarks: Samples
Ref: 1,6

Middle Georgia Oil

WAYNE COUNTY

LL 161, near Doctortown. (1906) Elev: 95 TD: 1901 Remarks: Lithologic log
Ref: 4,8

LL 7, GM 333- Brunswick Peninsular #1- California. (1944) Elev: 73 TD: 4620 Bottom: Tuffaceous arkose ( ?) Remarks: Electric log and samples Tops of formations 682 Suwannee 740 Ocala 1045 Claiborne 1980 Wilcox 2627 Midway 2865 Upper Cretaceous 4065 Tuscaloosa 4430 Lower Cretaceous 4570 Basement
Ref: 2,6,13,14

LL 127, LD 3-Byars (1945) Elev: 175 TD: 1965 Bottom: Sand
Ref: 6

LL 127, LD 3-Byars. (1945) Elev: 175
TD: 345 Bottom: Sand Ref: 4,6

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WHEELER COUNTY
A few miles south of Alamo- Dugas # 1 -Telfair Oil Co. (1919) TD: 2100
Ref: 6
LL 219, LD 10- Wilcox #1-Dixie Oil Co. (1923) Elev: 240 TD: 3384 Bottom: Sand and gravel Remarks: Lithologic log and samples Top of Tuscaloosa at 2515
Ref: 4,5,6

LL 288, LD 10 - E. Hinson # 1 (1953) TD: 3630 Remarks: Electric log
Ref: 6

Parsons and Hoke.

LL 486, LD 7 - Jordan Heirs #1- T. R. Davis & Asso.

ciates. (Abandoned 6-22-56)

Basis : Doodlebug

TD: 4002

Bottom: Ferruginous siltstone, slightly metamorphosed.

Remarks: This is OWDD wforiginal TD of 2175 and

final TD 4002. Footage drilled in 1956 is 1827.

This well was reported in 1953 as the Natural

Resources # 1 Jordan Heirs. Electric log

lithologic log and samples.

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WHAT IS BASEMENT?

Past usage of the term "Basement" in reference to subsurface rocks of the Coastal Plain has been inconsistent. Some workers have designated as "Basement" all pre-Cretaceous rocks regardless of whether they are igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary; others have reserved the term for the igneous and metamorphic rocks alone. If "Basement" be defined simply as a rock mass which has been eroded, perhaps base levelled, on which younger sediments have been deposited, then any
mass beneath an erosional unconformity is a "Basement." Such a redefinition might be consistent with calling all pre-
Cretaceous rocks basement, but it departs from past general usage and is therefore confusing. Basement, as used by geologists, bears the same connotations as "Basement Complex" and is best reserved, in the Southeastern Coastal Plain, for the rock mass beneath all unmetamorphosed strata.
At present, the term can be used accurately for few Coastal Plain rocks outside of zone 1 in Figure 3. We are safest in applying it to the high-grade metamorphic rocks, and can reasonably apply it to the medium- and low-grade metamorphic rocks, though not with strict accuracy until more is known about their distribution. The fact that a rock is meta morphic or igneous does not prove it is basement. Consider, for example, the contact metamorphic rocks adjacent to the thicker diabase intrusives in zone 2 and the rhyolites in zone 3.
The important question from the oil prospector's viewpoint is not whether a bottom core represents basement but whether it may be regarded as potentially oil-bearing or associated with other rocks that might be oil-bearing. Whethet a sample is basement can be hard to determine; whether it has evolved at elevated temperatures which might preclude the possibility of oil being found in it (as an igneous or metamorphic rock) is not so hard to decide. The inferences to be drawn from a rock's identification are important-may indicate whether to continue or discontinue drilling. Identification should be based, therefore, on careful petrographic measurements and not on general appearance or a poll of opinions.

CHARACTER OF THE PRE-CRETACEOUS ROCKS
The deepest wells in zone 1 (Figure 3) bottom in diorite, schist, and gneiss-crystalline rocks similar to those of the Piedmont to the northwest.
The deepest wells in zone 2 bottom in "red beds" and diabase. These have been assigned a Triassic age because of
lithologic similarity to Triassic rocks to the northeast. Actually, red beds are found in strata of all ages except those of !he earliest pre-Cambrian age, and are common in the nearby Paleozoic strata of Northwest Georgia. Diabasic rocks, likeWISC!, are not restricted to the Triassic period. The assignment of a Triassic age to all red beds and diabasic rocks under the
Coastal Plain, by lithologic correlation, is little better than speculative until additional evidence bearing on their age can
be obtained.
The deepest wells in zone 3 bottom in volcanic rocks, as basalt, rhyolite, and tuff, which are not correctly labellt;d
as basement. Though their glassy component has devitrified, they have not been regionally metamorphosed and oil
bearing strata might be found underneath them. The granite penetrated by two Pierce County wells could represent a local intrusive rather than basement.
The deepest wells in zone 4 bottom in Paleozoic strata, typically in feldspathic quartz sandstone or dark ~hale.

POSSIBILITIES

The number and spacing of wildcats so far drilled are inadequate for appraisal of oil and gas possibilities in Georgia.

We know, however, that rocks which might bear oil underlie a large part of the State and that most of them have nol

been prospected.

.

Interest is currently focused on the coastal and submerged portions of the Coastal Plain where the thickness of sedi

ments probably exceeds 10,000 feet. This area is completely untested.

Considering the character and extent of the sedimentary rocks and production from neighboring States, the discovery

of oil and gas in Georgia is a reasonable expectation.

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1. Applin, PaulL., (1951) Preliminary Report on Buried Pre-Mesozoic Rocks in Florida and Adjacent States: U.S.G.S. Cir. 91.
2. Richards, Horace G., (1948) Studies on the Subsurface Geology and Paleontology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: Acad. of Nat. Sci.
of Phila., Proc. No. 100. 3. Applin, P. L. & Applin, E. R., (1947) Regional Subsurface Stratigraphy, Structure and Correlation of Middle and Early Upper Cre-
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Mining & Geology. 6. Peyton, Capt. Garland, "Little Black Book" containing newspaper clippings, reports of the Oil & Gas Commission and other informatioa
obtained by personal contacts and visits to wells. 7. Jordan, Louise and Hendry, Charles W., (1953) Fla. Geol. Survey Base Map of Oil & Gas Test Wells in Florida and Adjacent
Counties of Alabama and Georgia. 8. Prettyman, T. M., and Cave, H. S., (1923) Petroleum and Natural Gas Possibilities in Georgia: Ga. Geol. Survey Bull. 40. 9. Munyan, Arthur C., (1939) Map Titled "Well Locations on Coastal Plain of Georgia," Ga. Geol. Surv. 10. Stephenson, L. W. and Veatch, J. 0., ( 1915) Underground Waters of the Coastal Plain of Georgia: U.S.G.S. Water Sup. Paper No. 341. 11. Applin, Paul L., and Applin, Esther R., ( 1944) Regional Subsurface Stratigraphy and Structure of Florida and South Georgia: Am.
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