LAND STATE BOARD MINERAL INVENTORY
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TRACT IDENTIFIER: 063-30 COUNTY: Kit Carson LOCATION: The Kit Carson County #30 State Land Tract is located in the northwest quadrant of Kit Carson County approximately 9.5 miles northeast of the town of Seibert. Interstate 70 and the Rock Island and Pacific Railroad lie 6.5 miles to the south of the parcel while State Highway 59 lies 8.0 miles to the west. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Location: T. 7 S., R. 49 W. Section: 36 Approximate total acreage: 640 QUADRANGLE NAME(S): Seibert NE
OVERVIEW OF GEOLOGY: Surfical deposits mapped on the Kit Carson County #30 State Land Tract include the following (Sharps, 1980): Qp Peoria Loess (Pleistocene Pinedale and Bull Lake Glaciations) This unit consists of brown, wind-blown, sandy silt and fine sand up to 120 feet thick. The bedrock geology of the Kit Carson #30 State Land Tract consists of the following (Sharps, 1980): To Ogallala Formation (Miocene) Although the various components comprising the Ogallala Formation over Kit Carson County are constant, their mixture is variable and dependent on geography. In the countys northwestern corner the formation consists of approximately 42 per cent fine gravel and conglomerate, calcareous in part, and minor limestone, marl, and clay. Subsequently, it grades southeastward towards the east-central part of the county near Burlington to 80 per cent sand and calcareous sandstone, 13 per cent fine gravel, calcareous in part, and minor limestone and clay. As in Yuma County to the north, mortar beds characterize the unit and are comprised of grayish-orange-pink, pebbly, sand and silt firmly cemented by calcium carbonate or locally opal. Non-consolidated fine gravel composed of rounded granitic, sedimentary, and volcanic clasts is abundant and has resource value as road metal. Beds of silver-gray, biotite-rich, volcanic ash and semi-consolidated ashy sand and silt beds observed elsewhere may also be present. of Thickness the formation in Kit Carson County ranges from approximately 17 to 350 feet. OIL AND GAS RESOURCES: No oil or gas wells have been drilled on this tract or in this Township. The closest exploratory well to this State tract is a few hundred yards to the east in the NW of Section 13 of T7S R49W. This well is one of six exploratory tests drilled by Vessels Oil & Gas located east and south of this tract that tested the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Formation for fractured chalk production. In addition, Amerada Hess drilled two of the wells to the south to Mississippian horizons. No commercial production was established. All were dry holes and were plugged and abandoned. The essential elements for oil and gas do exist in the area, but geological control is insufficient to determine a local trap. COAL RESOURCES: This tract contains no coal resources. METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES: This tract contains no metallic mineral resources.
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS RESOURCES: Eight sand and gravel pits are located within a 5.0 mile radius of the Kit Carson County #30 State Land Tract. The closest of these lies 2.5 miles to the northeast of the property (see figure); the host is the Tertiary Ogallala Fo...