Test wells T21, T22, and T25, White Sands Missile Range, Dona Ana County, New Mexico

Abstract

Two test wells, T27 and T28, were drilled at White Sands Missile Range in south-central New Mexico as part of a joint military training program sponsored by the U.S. Army in February and March 1983. Test wells 121 and T28 were drilled as observation wells in the vicinity of the Liquid Propellant Storage Area. Information obtained from these wells includes lithologic logs, driller's logs, and borehole-geophysical logs from the cased wells. INTRODUCTION Two test wells, T27 and T28 (fig. 1; table 1), were drilled at White Sands Missile Range in south-central New Mexico as part of a joint military training program sponsored by the U.S. Army in February and March 1983. The participants of the program were members of the U.S. Army (active) from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and Fort Knox, Kentucky, and U.S. Army (reserve) from Missoula, Montana, and Bismarck, North Dakota. The U.S. Geological Survey assisted White Sands Missile Range in site selection, borehole-geophysical logging, analysis of well cuttings, and compilation of the lithologic logs. The hydraulic-rotary drilling method was used to drill the test wells. This study was done in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Army, White Sands Missile Range, Engineering and Housing Directorate. To date (December 1983), none of these wells have been developed. Therefore, there are no chemical analyses of water samples available. Depth to water below land surface in test well T27 was estimated from U.S. Geological Survey borehole-geophysical logs.